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It’s only natural for Lee Wei Ling to shower praise on her ailing father, though it’s more of his indomitable will than ‘political incorrectness’ that accounts for his fight against neuropathy. There’s no doubt LKY is a rare breed, as a man and politician, as well as his tendency to speak his mind and ‘stick to his guns’, but it’s arguable if what comes out of his mouth is ‘truthful’, and whether being ‘politically incorrect’ i.e insensitive, would actually do any good for Singaporeans, or just an elaborate show-and-tell to stir controversy and dramatic conflict. ‘Truthful’ is a tricky term, for what’s truth to the man may be a glaring falsehood to others. A more accurate term would be ‘honest’, but honesty is a underwhelming virtue you could attribute to any lay person, not a ‘rare’ breed who was once voted as a national icon of Singapore. An ‘honest politician’ is an oxymoron in any case, but let’s take Wei Ling’s emotional assessment of her father at face value and review how his ‘truthful’ opinions have affected others and how outsiders with nothing to gain by lauding him rate his character.
- http://everythingalsocomplain.com/2011/11/06/lky-cant-feel-his-legs/
- http://everythingalsocomplain.com/2011/11/06/lky-cant-feel-his-legs/
