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Witch Hunting (Singlish Post)

Witch Hunting (Singlish Post)

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“Eh, kena sacked leh.”

“Yes, I’ve heard. I also heard he did the usual things. Closed all his social media accounts and all that. He’s probably out of the country by now.”

“A bit poor thing, right? Just say one wrong thing and kena shit like that.”

I started at F, more than a little surprised at his sympathy. “Don’t you support this sort of thing? You read all those pro SG Alternate News Sites the whole day.”

“Eh, hallo. I read alternate news sites doesn’t mean I support everything they say, okay? I can think for myself. This sort of Witch Hunting, how can support?”

“Well, I’m glad to hear that. Although …” I considered, and decided not to. “Nah. Nothing.”

Lan jiao lah. What?”

“Nothing.”

“Say!”

“Erm, yah, it’s witch hunting. It’s mob mentality. Again. But in this case, I actually think the dude deserves it.”

“WHAT? Eh, kena sacked overnight like that leh! Just for one statement. You think that’s alright?”

“I didn’t say it’s alright. For that matter, I’m also not saying I support witch hunting, or mob mentality, or whatever experts like to call it. What I’m saying is, this guy practically begged for it. He go and touch on the most sensitive topic in Singapore now. He’s the type all those online vigilantes love to hate. What kind of reaction did he expect? Of course all the anti immigration people would jump on him lah!”

Yah, I agree he was stupid. But that doesn’t mean he should be sacked, right? Anyway, that was his own account. Not his company’s. You mean you agree that companies should get involved in the private lives of its staff? Surely not, right?”

“For the record, I think this whole report-to-your-boss-if-you-did-something-wrong-in-public practice, is evil and malicious. But in the case of this guy, I don’t think it’s as clear cut as that.” I pointed at F’s smart phone. “You go check it out. Go read some articles on web PR and SEO and all that. See how often professionals in those areas need to rely on their own good name and social media standing to do their work. This guy was hired as an expert for those things! But he go and kick up a shit storm just like that. Over a game! If I’m his boss, I’d be damn suspicious of his abilities.”

“Maybe … maybe,” F nibbled his lower lip for quite a while before he came up with something. “Maybe it’s some sort of image loh. All those Youtube gamers like to scold bad words too wah. I also scold bad words all the time.” He laughed.

“But you don’t work for a corporation, right? You not doing online promotion for a corporation, right? And nope,” I stopped him before he retorted. “I’m NOT saying your personal life needs to be monitored if you’re working for a large company. I’m saying that there’s sufficient reason for this guy’s boss to question his ability. Mobs existed throughout history. We will never be able to do away with them, however many kindness movements or online petitions we have. The task is therefore not to feed them, not to give them any reason to get hysterical. For this guy not to know that, not to know that Singaporeans have always been very touchy about national criticism too, well, it makes me wonder whether he is able to do his job at all. My guess, his boss probably felt the same and used the whole thing as an excuse to sack him.”

“You think so ah?” His eyes went alive with conspiracy theory mischief. “Some people online saying that also, you know.”

“Seems that way, right? By the way, I think the boss was quite smart with what he wrote in HardWareZone. How he played it to his company’s advantage. Makes me wonder though. Why on earth did he hire an online promotion person, when it’s obvious he’s an expert himself.”

“No time lah. Towkay mah.”

“Probably. Funny hah. End up, he’s the one benefiting from all these. And all because of a game.”

This witch hunting post is written in Singlish. Or the colloquial form of English spoken between Singaporeans.

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