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PRC scholar Sun Xu called Singaporeans dogs. Brian Tan thinks that Singaporeans behave like babies and that we are weak and lazy. Lai Shimun ranted against a minority race and ask them to get their own form of transport because of their smell.
Is this an ugly side of human nature or is this island too small for 5 million people? Such outbursts is a reflection that residents of this tiny island can barely contain the anger and frustration of living in a costly and overcrowded city filled with an immigration population that is sometimes not very concerned about the well-being of this island but more worried about how to make big bucks quickly.
However, we must also remember that there were as many “racists” in our past, if not more, as our parents and parents’ parents are generally less well-educated and are sometimes misinformed regarding issues dealing with race. This phenomenon of racism or locals vs FT can also be part attributed to the rise of social media and internet as a alternative source of news.
In fact, even supposedly public figures see it hard to control and contain themselves. Former WP and NSP leader Abdul Salim Harun ranted against what was two PRC nationals in a train on his Facebook. Calling them ‘locusts’, he lamented that ‘he did not have insecticide with him as he could no longer stand the sight of them.’ It was not known if the PRC nationals did anything to annoy him. Abdul Salim admitted that he was mean but he needed to let off some steam.
Abdul Salim was Nicole Seah’s team-mate in NSP’s attempt at the Marine Parade GRC in GE2011. In GE2006, he was one of the suicide candidates in a WP team, led by allegedly casanova Yaw Shin Leong, that contested in Ang Mo Kio GRC.
According to a website, Abdul Salim is “currently working as a warehouse assistant at a logistics company in Woodlands, Salim aspires to represent and speak up for the working class, especially blue-collar workers, when elected to Parliament. He hopes to be the voice of the workers, the voice for all Singaporeans and to be the humble servant of the people.”
http://temasektimes.wordpress.com/2...o-use-insecticides-to-get-rid-of-prc-locusts/
Is this an ugly side of human nature or is this island too small for 5 million people? Such outbursts is a reflection that residents of this tiny island can barely contain the anger and frustration of living in a costly and overcrowded city filled with an immigration population that is sometimes not very concerned about the well-being of this island but more worried about how to make big bucks quickly.
However, we must also remember that there were as many “racists” in our past, if not more, as our parents and parents’ parents are generally less well-educated and are sometimes misinformed regarding issues dealing with race. This phenomenon of racism or locals vs FT can also be part attributed to the rise of social media and internet as a alternative source of news.
In fact, even supposedly public figures see it hard to control and contain themselves. Former WP and NSP leader Abdul Salim Harun ranted against what was two PRC nationals in a train on his Facebook. Calling them ‘locusts’, he lamented that ‘he did not have insecticide with him as he could no longer stand the sight of them.’ It was not known if the PRC nationals did anything to annoy him. Abdul Salim admitted that he was mean but he needed to let off some steam.
Abdul Salim was Nicole Seah’s team-mate in NSP’s attempt at the Marine Parade GRC in GE2011. In GE2006, he was one of the suicide candidates in a WP team, led by allegedly casanova Yaw Shin Leong, that contested in Ang Mo Kio GRC.
According to a website, Abdul Salim is “currently working as a warehouse assistant at a logistics company in Woodlands, Salim aspires to represent and speak up for the working class, especially blue-collar workers, when elected to Parliament. He hopes to be the voice of the workers, the voice for all Singaporeans and to be the humble servant of the people.”
http://temasektimes.wordpress.com/2...o-use-insecticides-to-get-rid-of-prc-locusts/
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