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Coffee Shop Talk - scroobal's letter to Chua Lee Hoong</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right>
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As much as I do not like vomiting on any day of the week, your piece today did it of all days, today - our National Day. The inauspicious anniversary where the old man was kicked out of Malaysia for the very same reasons that your article indirectly touches on.
Here are couple of points.
Authoritarian rule, kudos to the Toa Payoh Brothel to finally admitting despite denials over 4 decades that it is not authoritarianism.
Rule of Law is synoymous with the West. Thats why commercially and socially they have advanced. Selective interpretation of the rule of law is the hallmark of the PAP. Refusing to recognise the outcome using the rule of law is also also another hallmark of the PAP as in the privy council ruling on JBJ.
The issues are not authoritarian per se as some mkuncipal and state laws of the liberal west are more draconian. Its the actual beneficiaries of the authoritarian or any other political system even liberal democracy that determine fair play and justice. If the beneficiaries are not the citizens as a whole or society in general any system however liberal is a failure.
So who are beneficiaries of the authoritarian system that you speak highly of? Why did you not include North Korea with China. North Korea has the cleanest streets in the world and is near or absolutely crime free.
1. Why are there so many hurdles and requirements to stand as a candidate in local elections. Is the assumption that only PAP vetted candidates know the answers and are above board. A number of PAP MPs current including ex have been convicted of crimes so that goes out of the window.
2. Why are the Lee family holding the purse strings of the country's finances.
3. Why has there not been any inquiry on the many failures that Temasek has got into after Mdm Ho took on its stewardship.
4. Are we getting a balance of views or only those subscribed by government owned agencies. Even a trivial thing like the Everest Expedition where the nationalities of the climbers were kept under wraps is an example.
These are just a few but you get my drift. It matters little on what poilitical system Singapore is based on.
Notice that Robin Kampfner met with "Singapore Chinese" citizens so what happened to the other races including Malay which I understand are the natives of this land and their language is the National Language. Did we hide them that Robin has not met any other races than Chinese.
Statements like that hurt out breathens from other races and despite your training and background all I have to say is that, you can take a girl out of Pasir Panjang but taking Pasir Panjang out of you is another things all together. By the way, do let Robin know that Pasir Panjang is a Malay name and the most famous battle known to British, Japanese and the locals was the battle on Pasir Panjang Ridge that Lt Adnan ( a malay) led and fought courageously.
Now to clean up the vomit.........
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As much as I do not like vomiting on any day of the week, your piece today did it of all days, today - our National Day. The inauspicious anniversary where the old man was kicked out of Malaysia for the very same reasons that your article indirectly touches on.
Here are couple of points.
Authoritarian rule, kudos to the Toa Payoh Brothel to finally admitting despite denials over 4 decades that it is not authoritarianism.
Rule of Law is synoymous with the West. Thats why commercially and socially they have advanced. Selective interpretation of the rule of law is the hallmark of the PAP. Refusing to recognise the outcome using the rule of law is also also another hallmark of the PAP as in the privy council ruling on JBJ.
The issues are not authoritarian per se as some mkuncipal and state laws of the liberal west are more draconian. Its the actual beneficiaries of the authoritarian or any other political system even liberal democracy that determine fair play and justice. If the beneficiaries are not the citizens as a whole or society in general any system however liberal is a failure.
So who are beneficiaries of the authoritarian system that you speak highly of? Why did you not include North Korea with China. North Korea has the cleanest streets in the world and is near or absolutely crime free.
1. Why are there so many hurdles and requirements to stand as a candidate in local elections. Is the assumption that only PAP vetted candidates know the answers and are above board. A number of PAP MPs current including ex have been convicted of crimes so that goes out of the window.
2. Why are the Lee family holding the purse strings of the country's finances.
3. Why has there not been any inquiry on the many failures that Temasek has got into after Mdm Ho took on its stewardship.
4. Are we getting a balance of views or only those subscribed by government owned agencies. Even a trivial thing like the Everest Expedition where the nationalities of the climbers were kept under wraps is an example.
These are just a few but you get my drift. It matters little on what poilitical system Singapore is based on.
Notice that Robin Kampfner met with "Singapore Chinese" citizens so what happened to the other races including Malay which I understand are the natives of this land and their language is the National Language. Did we hide them that Robin has not met any other races than Chinese.
Statements like that hurt out breathens from other races and despite your training and background all I have to say is that, you can take a girl out of Pasir Panjang but taking Pasir Panjang out of you is another things all together. By the way, do let Robin know that Pasir Panjang is a Malay name and the most famous battle known to British, Japanese and the locals was the battle on Pasir Panjang Ridge that Lt Adnan ( a malay) led and fought courageously.
Now to clean up the vomit.........
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