I seemingly understand humans less and less as I grow. I can't help but to think what's wrong with people.


For instance, seat belts on minibus. How can that prompt that many people to write to forums daily?

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-LTA looking into seat belts for minibuses
-Vacillate no more, it's time to belt them up

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-Susie Lawson was so troubled when she saw parents holding their newborns in their laps as they drove out of Thomson Medical Centre that she wrote in to the hospital last August.
-Buckle up, save little lives


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And for our greatest toilet break ever, I understand why there are haters. It's really surprising to see some on the extreme opposite end. Chua Lee Hoong, "Reading Internet posting often makes my blood boil. Especially recent one on Mas Selamet Kastari incident and the Committee of Inquiry finding disclosed by the Deputy Prime Minster Wong Kan Seng in Parliament this week."

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- That escape: Crucial issues aplenty, so let's move on

I'm not going to waste my time explaining what she wrote, read these.
http://sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/315610
http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/04/28/demonising-the-internet-%E2%80%93-and-bloggers/
http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2008/04/foreign-and-loc.html
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I don't recall hearing such things and seeing such reactions as a kid. Are people genuinely concerned or have some people adopted the 'say the politically right thing' policy so much so that it has become second nature?