Dear Ramseth
Whatever personal grievances suffered because of the remarks, whatever views one has of the context of the remarks. At the end of the day is unity and compromise more important than being distinct and seperate and assorted personal grievances ? If La Mei's position remains, "I shall have nothing to do with you unless you are more like a true opposition as I see it, " then I suspect very little unity is possible. Politics is about strange bed fellows, Opposition politics about even stranger opposites. There must be compromise on both sides and for that compromise to work. The compromise must hurt both sides equallyfor the common goal of challenging the PAP. We really need an Anwar like figure that can rise past LTK CST and heck even CSJ :_)). That man could do the politically impossible. PAS in bed with DAP :_))
Locke
Excellent comment thus the new thread.
I noticed that people do not realise that various political parties and entities exist because there are varying views and approach to a common goal. One should focus on on their respective approach and for want of a better term the "common enemy" - the PAP.
Coalition, common front, political clusters exist usually for time period when common themes are shared and "strange bed fellows exist" that need to be accommodated.
Sadly the nitpicking, the venom and the focus at least in this forum and in some blogs are skewed to everyone else but the PAP.
The end result has to be votes, support from the ground and endorsement by singaporeans not excuses, bullshit and flying pigs albeit within an oxygen deprived "democracy" dictated by a tyrant.
Forget about TOC or those who have been associated with the PAP in the past. A Leopard cannot change its spot. The PAP has not changed the way its ruled for the last 50 years so there should not be any reason for being associated with them in the first place.
If JBJ, Chiam, Ling, Low, etc can do it, I don't see how others can't. Many were very close like Seow, Tang etc. Just be focused, resonate with Singaporeans and get the PAP out one by one. Gradual but resolute.