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Petition To Keep “Pickup Artist” Julian Blanc Out Of Singapore

He was kicked out of Australia with his tail between his legs after an online campaign brought his controversial dating advice to light.

And if netizens here have their way, pickup artist Julien Blanc will not be allowed to set foot in Singapore.

An online petition on change.org has asked Minister for Home Affairs Teo Chee Hean to keep Blanc and his US-based group, Real Social Dynamics (RSD), out of Singapore.

The petition was started by Singaporean Charis Mah on Friday (Nov 14), and has attracted more than 600 supporters by 11.20pm on Friday.

On the petition to Mr Teo, Miss Mah writes: “Julien Blanc and his group, RSD (Real Social Dynamics) are a group of sexist and racist ‘pick up artists’, who have made a living by teaching men how to violate women through physical and emotional abuse.

“Julien gives seminars on how to pick up women using a variety of highly abusive techniques, such as economic abuse, isolation, coercion and threats, intimidation, emotional abuse, and ‘male privilege’.

“According to information earlier obtained from the RSD website, he may attempt to enter Singapore in the near future.

“…Do not associate Singapore with a man who chokes women around the world as part of his pick up game. Please help us stand with the women of Australia, Canada, Korea, Japan, Brazil, the UK, and women everywhere, and do not let Singapore play host to events where men are being taught how to violate and harass women.”

You can find the Singapore petition here.

Controversial

Blanc has come under fire for giving men sexist and racist advice as well as advocating the use of violence in their quest to seduce women.

In one video, Blanc boasts that “you can do as you want” as a white male in Tokyo, with accompanying footage showing him grabbing women and trying to shove their heads towards his crotch. One instance shows him grabbing another woman by the neck and choking her.

Blanc said: “I’m just romping through the streets, just grabbing girls’ heads, just like, head, pfft on the d**k. Head, on the d**k, yelling, ‘Pikachu.’”

A global #TakeDownJulienBlanc campaign started by American Jenn Li persuaded Australian authorities to cancel Blanc’s visa last week.

Speaking to Sky News, Australian immigration minister Scott Morrison said: “This guy wasn’t putting forward political ideas, he was putting forward abuse that was derogatory to women and that’s just something, those are values abhorred in this country.”

Since then, petitions from various countries including Japan, Canada, the UK and Brazil have been set up to keep Blanc from spreading his message on those shores.

Source: www.tnp.sg

November 16, 2014
PRC Woman Allows Child To Shit In Public

Dear editors,

I saw this woman allowing her child to do his business out in the open at a grass patch between Block 521 and 522 of Bedok North yesterday (Nov 14).

It is inappropriate to do so, especially since coffee shops and a McDonald’s outlet are just opposite this area.

People are constantly walking past this area and I personally feel it is inappropriate as toilets are available just opposite the road in various kopitiams and even a McDonald’s outlet. These shops were roughly only two minutes away.

She should be more considerate to others and use the toilets nearby instead.

Hans

Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

November 16, 2014
Qiswah: Malay/Muslim Organisation Embarks On Humanitarian Projects for Syria and Gaza

SINGAPORE: A new Malay-Muslim organisation has embarked on a humanitarian project to provide 5,000 blankets to Syrian refugees in Turkey and raise donations for the people of Gaza.

Qiswah – the organisation behind this – will deliver the blankets in December to help refugees cope with the harsh winter months. Its “Stitching Lives” project will help Syrians displaced by the inter-communal conflict in their country to patch their lives back.

The project is organised in partnership with other Malay-Muslim organisations such as Jamiyah and the Muslim Expatriates Network and supported by the Inter-Religious Organisation.

To promote the cause, a mass-sewing cross-stitch exercise was held on Saturday (Nov 15) with some 800 people of various races and faiths taking part. Participants also incorporated messages of hope in their cross-stitches which will be replicated on the actual blankets.

Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, who graced the event, said the project underscored how various groups can work together, within and across communities, for a worthwhile cause. He added that the community also has a part to play in the fight against radicalisation, “for example, by helping to guide any individual who may have espoused radical views and encouraging them to seek religious advice from accredited religious teachers.”

“They could also alert the authorities who can take the appropriate steps to help them. In this way, we safeguard each other, our friends and our families,” he added.

Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

November 16, 2014
Activist Doctor Mads Gilbert Denied Access to Gaza Indefinitely

Mads Gilbert, an outspoken Norwegian doctor and activist who treated patients at Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital during Israel’s assault on the Palestinian territory this summer, has been denied access to Gaza “indefinitely” by Israeli authorities.

Gilbert told Al Jazeera on Friday that he was turned away from the Erez border crossing when attempting to return to Gaza in October, despite having all the legitimate paper work.

“To my surprise I was denied access by the Israeli military,” he said. “When I asked the reason they informed me that it was a security issue.”

Gilbert said that when he asked for a fuller explanation, he was told to “leave the premises or the police would be called”.

Telling the world about the burdens of the Palestinians in Gaza is considered a security risk.

The 67-year-old, who has been involved in solidarity work with Palestinians for decades and volunteered at al-Shifa during three wars, has been a vocal critic of Israel’s military campaigns and its occupation of Palestinian territory.

During the seven-week conflict between Israel and the Hamas movement that left more than 2,000 Palestinians dead, Gilbert frequently spoke to international media, including Al Jazeera, about the situation at al-Shifa hospital, which was overwhelmed with civilian casualties.

However, a spokesperson for the Coordination of the Government Activities in the Territories, the Israeli authority that coordinates all traffic between Gaza and Israel, told Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang that the refusal of entry was related to security reasons and had “nothing to do with Gilbert’s anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic remarks”.

Gilbert told Al Jazeera he was informed that the ban was “infinite without any time limit”.

He said he had been invited by the Gaza Health Ministry which had requested his assistance to research the the impact on healthcare of the Israeli bombardment and to follow up on work done during that time.

The Norwegian embassy in Tel Aviv has made numerous inquiries to the Israeli government about the ban.

Bard Glad Pedersen, state secretary at the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, told Verdens Gang, “we have raised Gilbert’s exclusion from Gaza and asked Israel to change their decision. The humanitarian situation in Gaza is still difficult and there is a need for all health workers.”

Medical Aid for Palestinians, a UK-registered charity which has been working in the occupied West Bank and Gaza for over 20 years and supports al-Shifa hospital called the ban on Gilbert “deeply concerning” and reiterated that, “following the recent conflict, thousands of Palestinians in Gaza require specialised surgical treatment and it is imperative that the right to health is unimpeded.”

Denouncing his entry ban as a limitation of freedom of expression, Gilbert said it appeared the Israeli government “doesn’t want the effects of their continuous attacks on the civilian population in Gaza to be known to the world.”

“Telling the world about the burdens of the Palestinians in Gaza is considered a security risk”, he said, adding that in a larger perspective, the ban was not about him but about the Gazans’ right to international assistance.

“The Israeli authorities are, in my opinion, in no position to deny the Palestinian people support from the international community,” he told Al Jazeera.

He vowed to continue to challenge Israel and called for political pressure to be exerted to lift the “long overdue” siege of Gaza.

“There is no way we’re going to accept that medical and humanitarian assistance to the people in Gaza shall be denied just because the Israeli government has decided so. I will not give up travelling to Gaza as long as they have medical needs,” he said.

Israel launched “Operation Protective Edge” following firing of rockets by Palestinian armed groups from Gaza.

According to UN figures the Palestinian death toll was 2,131, of whom 1,473 were identified as civilians, including 501 children.. On the Israeli side, 77 people, mostly soldiers, were killed.

Source: www.aljazeera.com

November 15, 2014
Peniaga Julia Idris Akui Kesilapan Dulu

BAK luka lama berdarah semula.

Inilah yang dirasakan beberapa pembaca yang mendakwa menjadi ‘mangsa’ Cik Julia Idris apabila berita mengenai kehidupan baru beliau dilaporkan di Berita Harian (BH) baru-baru ini.

Pemilik onecupcakeaday itu dicemuh hebat di laman web BH menyusuli laporan berita mengenai perniagaan barunya yang menjual kek cawan unik.

Sekitar tiga tahun lalu, beliau pernah mengendalikan perniagaan dalam talian, shoogarush, yang menyediakan khidmat hiasan pencuci mulut.

Ketika itu beliau mengambil pesanan awal bagi alat perkakas dapur yang dibeli dari China.

Namun, separuh daripada barang yang dipesannya tidak tiba tetapi wang pelanggan telah pun diambil.

Cik Julia dikatakan tidak mengembalikan wang pelanggan menyebabkan ‘mangsa’ cuba menjejaknya sepanjang tiga tahun lalu.

Seorang yang mengaku ‘mangsa’ yang hanya ingin dikenali sebagai Cik Siti, 35 tahun, berkata sehingga hari ini, Cik Julia masih berhutang sebanyak $3,000 yang belum dilangsaikannya.

“Sekitar 2012, saya memesan mesin pembancuh Kitchen Aid berharga sekitar $400 setiap satu.

“Saya mengumpul pesanan daripada 10 teman saya. Saya telah membayar sekitar $4,000 kepadanya.

“Sejauh ini, beliau hanya bayar sekitar $1,000 sahaja. Baki $3,000 masih tertunggak sehingga hari ini.

“Beliau janji akan bayar tetapi dalam bentuk ansuran bulanan. Namun, beliau asyik hilangkan diri sehingga penat saya jejak dia,” jelas Cik Siti yang masih marah ketika dihubungi semalam.

Cik Siti berkata beliau terpaksa mengeluarkan wang sendiri bagi membayar teman-temannya.

Malah, beliau mendakwa terlibat dalam kemalangan jalan raya ketika memandu kerana fikirannya kusut memikirkan nasib yang menimpanya.

Apabila diminta komen, Cik Julia mengaku telah membuat kesilapan sebelum ini.

Namun, beliau menjelaskan bahawa beliau sendiri menjadi mangsa pembekalnya.

“Separuh daripada barang yang saya pesan tidak tiba. Saya sendiri rasa serba salah. Saya mahu membayar wang mereka balik.

“Tetapi buat masa ini saya belum mampu membayar balik. Perniagaan kek cawan yang saya buat secara kecil-kecilan ini juga saya harap dapat digunakan bagi membayar balik wang mereka yang terbabit,” ujarnya.

Menurutnya, beliau masih berhutang dengan enam lagi bekas pelanggannya – secara keseluruhannya berjumlah sekitar $8,000.

Cik Julia, yang sebelum ini pernah menyertai acara sampingan Pesta Raya di Esplanade Teater Di Pesisiran tahun ini dengan menjual kek cawannya, juga berkata akibat cemuhan teruk di laman media sosial itu, pihak pengurusan kantin tempat beliau mengendalikan gerai menjual snek telah memutuskan tidak meneruskan lagi kontraknya tahun depan.

Source: http://beritaharian.sg

November 15, 2014