June blog task for racial harmony day

Singer believes that freedom of expression is essential to any democracy and therefore should be not be limited. On the other hand, Szilagyi believes that more focus should be placed on social responsibility.
In the context of Singapore's multi-cultural society, where there is cultural and religious pluralism, which author's view do you think should be adopted?
Write a response of at least 300 words and 2 content paragraphs, and include materials from both articles as well as your own knowledge and experience.

Freedom of expression is defined as the concept of being able to speak freely without censorship. It is often regarded as an integral concept in modern liberal democracies. However, I feel that in a multi-cultural society in Singapore, freedom of expression should not be executed as it may incur many conflicts among people from different racial and religious groups. As a result, I agree with Szilagyi's opinion.

Many of us have known the painful history of the Holocaust, whereby the Nazi Germany and its collaborators murdered approximately six million Jews during World War II.Even today, the Jews still remember the history. When David Irving denied the Holocaust, many Jews felt angry, as the sensitivities of the Holocaust victims, who were their ancestors, were ignored. David Irving was convicted as a result. This is one of the many cases of freedom of speech which resulted in occasional alimony among people. We should not let anybody to pass any callous remarks which affect a particular group of people. Had David Irving not done what he did, he would not have been thrown behind bar.

Although in democratic countries, freedom of expression is a basic right, there should be a limit to it. We can imagine the chaos when individuals are free to express their opinions and say spiteful things to one another. Riots may occur leading to the disruption of peacefulness in a country. The world will become a malicious and unfeeling one. Many people will be hurt - They will be humiliated because of their particular way of thinking or their skin colours, which is not really something which they can change.

In this society, we need to bear a social responsibility, which means be accountable for our own doings. Furthermore, there is a need to respect and tolerate people with different background, skin colours and racial and relious groups.