blogging task- which author's view should be adopted in the context of sg's multi-racial society?

I feel that Szilagyi’s view should be adopted in a multi-racial society like Singapore’s. With more social responsibility, people would think twice before expressing their views, or to say out what they personally feel. In a society where people lack the responsibility to be cautious of what they are saying would lead to chaos and conflicts between the people. These conflicts not only happen in multi-racial societies, it also happens between people of the same race and religion.
In Singapore, more focus is placed on social responsibility than on freedom of speech. As a matter of fact, I believe that there is freedom to speak only to a small extent in Singapore. A person can speak freely and express his or her thoughts only when the person has concrete evidence of what he or she says is true. Those who say out what they feel in the public without any evidence would face dire consequences. They would either face a lawsuit, or get fined for making unsupported speeches in the public, and would be seen as public nuisance. Hence, this limits the freedom in which the people can say what they want, or what they feel. The Singapore government adopts the idea of creating more social responsibility in the country. I believe that, that was the right choice and that more focus should indeed be placed on social responsibility. As Singapore is a home to many different races, it is difficult to ensure that all people would receive what they want, or to live a type of lifestyle that they like. For the people to live in peace, sacrifices are made to accommodate to the needs of all races, but not the wants of the people. This would show the people that the government is not showing biasness to any race. Hence when people express their views, criticizing others or another race, the government would step in to stop the negative views from spreading, and to maintain peace between the people. For example, the issue whereby a person narrated his views on his personal blog, stating his unhappiness on another race. This racial issue has been brought to court, and the person was sentenced to jail and fined. This ensured continual racial peace and harmony between the people.
In the article by Peter Singer, he stated that all people should have their rights to freedom of speech, and that David Irving should be freed on the account that what he said wasn’t punishable as it was his rights. However, I feel otherwise. This is because, if this idea that the Holocaust did not occur was passed down to younger children in rural regions, with little education, they would not know much about how cruel the German soldiers were and what they did. They may even be taught that what the German soldiers did wasn’t wrong and would follow their footsteps.
Therefore, I do believe that Singapore should continue to adopt the view that more focus should be placed on social responsibility and not too much on personal freedom.