Hmm looks like I'm one of the few who got scammed into waking up early today.
So anw, heres the response to the GP e-learning thingy.

Article 1: "Bus sex videotaping"

Should the people involved be videoed?
I would take it as an established common consensus to not take videos and/or photos of others without their consent. Under the heavy influence of the Western emphasis on personal space, such acts can be seen as a intrusion of privacy, and deemed highly socially undesirable and illegal to some extent.

However, in this time and age, it is hardly possible to restrict others from taking a picture or a video with or without consent. The camera-integrated hand phones makes it so much easier for "stealth". Besides, as mentioned in the article, critical evidence may present itself in the form of these "unauthorized" pictures and video. As such, it is hard to impose a hard and fast rule as for what can or cannot be filmed. It is also almost impossible to regulate such actions.

Hence, the focus should instead be on the issue of whether such materials should be posted on public channels and made available for the public. One may argue that taking these "unauthorized" pictures or videos for personal use (or pleasure. or idk-what-and-i-dun-wanna-know-what) will not affect the lives of anyone else besides themselves. However, the act of uploading the video and making it available to public means it is now open to public criticism and defamation of the subjects. Now, that will not only violate personal privacy, but also involve public disclosure of private facts.

In short, my stand is that the people involved should not have been filmed. But more so, the film should not have been uploaded and made public.

Who is at fault?
Once again, it is undisputable that both parties are at fault.

No doubt, the teens should keep their hanky-panky activities somewhere private, away from the watchful eyes of innocent kiddies, and not-so-innocent people like the filmer, and the definately-not-innocent cheekopeks outs there. However high and raging their hormones may be, it doesnt call for a public display of any sort.

The video-taker, on the other hand, could have kindly ask them to stop or inform the bus driver. Or even just sit there and enjoy the "free show" (okay i did not say that).
Anything that does not involve whipping out his camera and filming the incident. Doing so makes his intentions highly suspicious. We all know how some people are just too free and like to post materials on STOMP to gain attention (only to be shot down quite badly. which is QUITE amusing).
What is the use of raising these kind of "public awareness"?! Whatever it is, I'm quite sure it doesnt erase the disturbing scene from children's minds; it doesnt make Singapore a better society; it doesnt right the fact that you were snooping around; and most importantly, more often then not, you tempt teen's curiosity and encourage them to "explore".

What should not be done?
Uhhh i think i kinda covered this already. In short, don't do it on a bus or anywhere public, don't intrude privacy, and definately don't be an ass/attention whore and put it up on the internet, thinking tt it'd gain u some fame and praise. Knowing the critical world out there, its highly likely that you'd back fire.


Yeah tts all. Sry, couldn't really keep the serious tone after a while.
-Tian Ci :D Howled at 9:25 AM