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The cartoonist's role is not so much to instruct his audience, or illuminate the Truth, as it is to simply take an honest stand and present it vehemently enough so that it must be confronted. This constitutes the power of the cartoon to stimulate discussion and debate. And this is the cartoon's positive function in society-Bill Watterson



Singapore's mainstream media has a crucial role in ensuring the quality and standard of discourse and national debate...the mainstream media in particular... You are not an internet chat room." -Dr Vivian Balakrishnan- CNA/ch
"It's an opportunity for us to remind every one young and old, whatever religious or political background, that you have that this is an occasion for joint celebration and commitment and a commitment to the future"-Dr Balakrishnan
"If you are going to be in the business of developing entertainment media, you are going to have to deal with a fairly scruffy type of person. Singapore is not too good at dealing with scruffy people; you don't like people like that much around here. "One of the challenges is: Are you going to be sufficiently tolerant of the kinds of creative people in these industries that often emerge in very creative societies?"-Mr Peter Schwartz , interviewed in channelnewsasia