Why Anton Casey isn't all wrong.

Hey Guys,

TGIF! It’s great that the week is ending soon and how quick time is passing. My exams are in a week’s time but what matters most is the holiday that’s coming along!

Okie, if you have been reading the news and by news, I mean your social media websites, you would have heard of Anton Casey.

Yes, some forums will rank him as the number 1 most hated Caucasian in Singapore. Congrats?

If you didn't know about him,

1. Wow, have you been hiding under a rock?

2. The thing is that he posted pictures and comments on Facebook saying that Singaporeans are poor for taking public transportation and how we have a “stench”. (Actress Oon Shu An made a great comeback regarding the “Stench”, read about it: http://sg.entertainment.yahoo.com/blogs/singapore-showbiz/local-actress-oon-shu-ann-open-letter-anton-031951568.html )

Well, in all honesty, I think that he deserves some applause. Why? If you remember some of the similar dramas in Singapore (For example, Amy Cheong, Heather Chua), they all targeted their offensive remarks to one particular group of people. Anton Casey? He went and targeted the whole Singapore population. He does have some guts there (Not that I condone of).

 

After some nasty comments by Singaporeans, he went on and posted a video retaliating them.

Thanks to this video, he got fired and his reputation got so bad that he fled the country (Victory to us!)

I feel kind of sad for him, because he lost a relatively stable and well-paid job. Who cares? He deserved it anyway. *High five to anyone that agrees. #JustKidding

Needless to say, pretty much any Singaporeans that watched this video would have been enraged. Honestly, I didn't feel anything at all when I watched it, I kind of agreed with him.

“Blame your Mom and Dad for raising you a wuss”

Isn't that somewhat true that Singaporeans are wusses?

A wuss is someone weak. We are weak.

When he posted all those pictures and comments, why did we felt so enraged, angry? I’m not saying that we should remain indifferent, but if you were to see the comments Singaporeans are posting, we did seem weak.

We are weak, when confronting others.

Our barks are indeed worse than our bite, or you can say, we are a NATO.

No

Action,

Talk

Only.

We return attack at him with our nasty comments online, but would Singaporeans dare to say that to him face to face?

We as Singaporeans, many times we can be very brave and talk bad about others behind their back, but we just smile and wave in front of others and pretend nothing happened.

Let me encourage you guys when you all have something against someone.

Do not target the person online via Facebook or Twitter, find him in person and confront him, or just send that person a text.

Here’s how you do it:

Hey (person’s name), I think when you did (whatever that he did), I feel (how you felt). It’s not that I’m attacking you personally; it’s just that it doesn't seem like the right thing to do. Maybe if you (suggest solution), I think it would've been better. :D (Always end with a smiley face)

Let us be the bigger man (and woman ;D) and dare to point the mistakes in others in a way that doesn't offend others, but help them change.

So till next time, stay awesome and rock on.