What you do not read in the Straight Times - Part II

[singaporeano]

Too many articles! Send me more if you know of any!

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/dbf1c864-dc9c-11da-890d-0000779e2340.html

Singapore's ruling party takes a sledgehammer to crack a nut
By John Burton in Singapore
Published: May 6 2006 03:00 | Last updated: May 6 2006 03:00



If Singaporeans had not heard of James Gomez a week ago, they have now. The

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moniker

[lalaoshi]

Straight Times... Does that mean the paper is too straight-laced to cover anything unapproved by the Spore government? Or something else?

Re: moniker

[singaporeano]

I believe the term was coined by gay Singaporeans because up to 5-6 years ago, the word "gay" did not appear in the media at all, and Singapore was basically a "straight" world except for a few boy molesters...

well that has changed, but use of the term "Straight Times" has taken on a much broader meaning to include "straight-laced" as you rightly suggested.