I was reading New Paper and something caught my attention, the news is a little old already, hahaa…
There was this girl, Debra koh (14), who drown last week in the Sungei Pandan canal. She was with 3 other classmates and it was raining. They placed all their cellphones into a bag. They were tossing their bag around when the bag with their phones fell into the canal. Debra and her friends tried to recover the bag. Debra Koh drowned while attempting to recover the bag.
But I’m not here to talk much about Debra since this incident is quite dated already. A blogger who calls herself Tian Tian blogged that Debra deserves to die. She also claims that Debra whacked her previously and was a trouble-maker. This insensitive act comes with a punishment; she was confronted by 20 teens, kicked and slapped 20 times according to the New Paper report.
Always be careful of what you blog about and be sensitive. Some people treat blogging like writing an entry in the diary. You can be as egoistic, self centered and insensitive about everyone in your diary but you can’t do the same for blogging. When you blog, what you’re doing is publishing text online for anyone who may find your website. At least be sensitive to religions, races, misfortunes and so on, it’s kinda like basic blogging etiquette.
There are things that I swore I would not blog much about:
# Religion. Too sensitive. I’m a Christian but I do not want to get myself involved in religion disputes.
# Races. Very serious offence locally (Singapore that is). If you have a racist joke, think twice before publishing it.
# Real friends. I do not want to make too much mention of friends because I felt it’s invading their privacy. I learnt lessons the hard way.
# Regional politics. Well, you know what I mean, hahaa… I don’t want to comment on regional politics, it’s messy and might just get you into trouble if you get the facts wrong.
# Rants. I think the internet is full of junk already and ranting about not being able to get tickets for a sold-out concert – well, it’s just too insignificant. No one online would be interested in your rants.
So be careful guys. Blog smartly and sensitively.
Side note: Tian Tian removed the offending post and replace it with an apology. My condolences to Debra Koh.
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