So your reason for not leaving Singapore is because you do not want to play into the PAP's hands? Sigh.
Yes the PAP is fucked up. We all know that for umpteen years now. So what are you going to do about it? Post more at Sammyboy? Spread the word? Hope more people "see the light" and then come elections we can vote them out? That's what I thought initially.
Then one day my cousin (who is a prominent economist now, but then was working in MAS) said to me "I am sick of your complaining. What are the solutions? To me you have 3 choices 1) Do something about the problems. Join grassroots. Join Politics. Work with the organizations as a volunteer. Be part of the solution. 2) Migrate to a better place 3) Shut up"
It is one thing to be angry with the PAP. But to remain in Singapore to spite the PAP is exactly what the PAP KNOWS most Singaporeans will do. They KNOW most Singaporeans are too fearful of migration. Migration is too troublesome. Too much change. Too much risk. Singapore is obviously not too bad right now. The PAP knows it.
You think those FTs who really go to Singapore are first choice, first class people? They are just as dumb. Dumb bozos who got conned to go to Singapore.
Ask yourself in all the years Sammboy forums has been around, all the discussions, all the intellectual analysis, all the readers, has Singapore improved in the past 15 years or worsened? Wake up! See the light.
It is no longer about the PAP or Singaporeans anymore. It is what as an individual you choose to do. Whether you sacrifice your time and effort to fight the fight. Or put in time to organize and plan your flight (trust me this isn't as easy as you think by merely saying you "qualify" under some internet website's criteria. Writing here does nothing. To give an analogy, it's like trading stocks. Paper trading vs actual trading. Is PAPsmearer really TopSage from CNA money forum? (closed now)
You know why the discussions here are puny and paltry now? Because all the intellectuals and the realists and pragmatists have left Singapore. I know. I used to talk to them. Now they hardly come here. They are happily emigrated.
Now I come here to read and post for laughs.
But as they say, "A man convinced against his own will is of his opinion still".
Those who agree with me, I know they are out there will not post. They have better things to do like actually thinking how to change their lives.
Again, you have no idea of what the internet really is and what the impact of this forum and others like it is. Once something is written on this forum and others like it, it stays on the internet for a long long time. People can look it up, refer to it, etc. if you do not have a sammyboy forum, then you will have only one side of the story, one version, one supposed truth. And that is the PAP's version. I am not ready to roll over and play dead for them. I intend to dispel their lies and deceit, here in this forum and in other forums.
U think this forum has not changed the lives of the people because it has not changed the govt or the PAP. But that is not the purpose of this forum. This PAP regime is so dictatorial, so oppressive that it is unrealistic to expect this forum or the combination of all such forums to change anything. The WP has been in opposition for many years now and have been paid generously for their time in Parliament, and yet they have not made a dent at all. U think your railing and ranting against the PAP have no effect on the govt., you are probably right. But to say it has no effect at all is ridiculous. Look at this thread. there are close to 4000 views now. And 5 pages of postings. Some of these views are from the same people like you and I who visit it multiple times. Other viewers are not registered as Sammyboy members but are the general public, just curious to read another point of view, and perhaps get the real low down on what is happening. Some viewers are Pro PAP IB send to keep an eye on the forum. and others may be ISD, police and apparently at least one judge (the one who had Roy in his court). These people take what they read and share it with friends and families, or discuss it with them or copy and paste them and tag others with it. 4,000 people might have viewed this thread, but many others outside this forum might have also got the gist of what we are talking about here too. The point is that you do not give the PAP a free ride unopposed.
I will give you an actual example that happened to me here. I started a thread on Schooling which I think had 10,000 views. The moral of the thread is that we are lucky that Schooling won a gold despite all the obstacles put in his way by the PAP. The purpose of the thread to deflate the PAP propaganda which was at that time starting to attach their wagon to the Schooling golden stallion. My first post on the thread was copied and paste by a local Mediacorpse celebrity onto his FB, without any credit to Sammyboy or myself. I complained to Sam about it at that time. This celebrity's FB is viewed and follow by many. And many comments were made on his posting, which people attributed to him. It became such a hot topic there that someone tagged Lee Wei Ling on his (my) post. Naturally, thousands of people read and follow LWL's FB, so, I am sure they read my post. the fact that the PAP and no member of Schooling's family disputed these FB posts indicates to me that I pretty much hit the nail on the topic. So, here you have the PAP claiming credit for Schooling's achievements, and here you have my post circulating around FB that he is successful despite PAP interference. Its better to have this version out there to balance the lies that the PAP was spinning. Would you rather I not post this at all because it gets me no where? In this particular case, the version that came out on Sammyboy first ended up being seen by many outside of Sammyboy. would it shock you to know that in the past, I have been tagged on FB by friends with articles that I have actually written, but they got from somewhere else? Of course they don't know that I am the author of those articles. As you know, die hard PAP will read my article and still not believe it, but others might have cause to reflect on it and change their mind about the version they read from govt source. will this change their minds to vote against the PAP at the next GE? Likely not.
But I can guarantee you that even the most ardent supporters of the PAP will shut up and have nothing to say when they see a logical argument backed up by facts, as in this Schooling example. But if you don't write such an article to fight against the PAP, then no alternative viewpoints get out there. Its is true, I can write such things in TRE, TOC, The States Times, etc. But I choose Sammyboy because of its instant posting system. Other websites ask you to submit the article first and then they publish it later on, after they vet it or add pictures and what not. I have never stopped anyone from plagiarizing my articles.
U yourself have mentioned that many people who were formerly on here have emigrated. I am sure many of them were planning to do so and visited the emigration folder here for advise. I am sure they visited many alternate websites like this before making up their minds to leave. So, once again, this site has some usefulness. You can say that sinkies are fucked up because they keep voting in the PAP. But you are ignoring the 30-40% that have never voted PAP. Therefore, Not all sinkies are fucked up.
For myself personally, I remain in singapore because i have been fortunate to have a good life here. My life would not have been significantly superior if I emigrated to australia, canada or US. I have cars here, i live in a landed property, i have a good income. I enjoy a few things here that would not be available to me in those other countries. That is why I chose to stay here. But that is just me. Others are not in the same boat. And moving to these countries might be a significant upgrade for them.
In summary, instead of saying posting on Sammyboy is useless, i suggest you look at the content of your posts. write something worthwhile and well researched, that can contribute to the overall discussion. U say people kpkb here. But you yourself kpkb that its useless to post here. If even one person see the light due to something they have seen in sammyboy, it has been worth it.
