Little India Riots: Afterthoughts

“Some will intellectualize while others satirize. Comments fly at will from the keyboards but let me tell you, a riot or whatever you may want to call it is not a rose by any other name. Been there [during the '60s], saw the real deal many, many years ago and it was really not pretty. It was fortunate that last night's violence was contained in a relatively short period of time.”  -- Facebook user, Lawrence Chong.

“The cleanup should have been done a long time ago before the riot. Anyone who's been to Little India during the weekends should know that place: messy, with garbage strewn all over the district, crowds of people standing in the middle of the roads, people sitting on pedestrian walkways, drunk people continuing to enjoy their drink. I'm a little surprised that only one person was knocked down and killed by the bus. I'm not being sadistic but it's a good thing the riot happened or the government will continue to close one eye on all that happens in Little India.” Facebook user, Clarence Koh.

“I salute our enforcement officers and paramedics. Yes, my condolences to the family and friends of the dead foreign worker BUT that does not mean you can take the law into yr own hands and start a mob riot, burn ambulances, police cars, injure people, engage.in violent criminal behaviour etc. That is not acceptable.” -- Facebook user, Florence Leow (Flor Leow Dhenrychan).