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Re: Caring for the poor? This is what will happen if you pander to the needs of loser I am always amazed by how Leongsam is able to stoke the forum into a frenzy by his anti-social welfare, pro PAP postings. I note with amusement that he is not able to even use supporting evidence of welfare...

I can assure you that it is roughly the same everywhere else and not in Singapore only. The public schooling system was formulated in the backdrop of the industrial revolution and is designed to equip the bulk of the populace with relevant skills so that the industrialists will have a ready...

You must understand that the hardcore PAP demographic belong to the authoritarian/submission category. A good start on the psychological make-up of the authoritarian/submitter can be found here: http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/ And it is not easy to nail them down since they hail from all...

Well, the Iranians can sink a carrier, but what will that do? Give a casus belli to their most hated enemies to carpet bomb them back to the stone age? Let the Israelis join in? You do realize that the Saudis will gladly foot the bill to bloody what amounts to another different sect of Islam...

IMHO, I can understand where he is coming from but in my assessment, Mr. Au is barking up the wrong tree. He thinks that the Worker's Party coming out to discuss this is good for Singapore politics but he forgets that the other player in this giant circle-jerk is for all intents and purposes...

I read the WP's reaction as "not surprising", largely because LTK - and by extension the WP - is known to view the mainstream media as the PAP's propaganda wing [of course, he is right to have this view] and largely circled the wagons. Of course, if party members are still walking the ground and...

For the ambitious SAF officer - say formation commanding officer, one way to shine is to use your imagination and then write a fancy paper to commission a pie in the sky project for the other plebs in MINDEF to take a stab at it. Then the gravy train starts to run and run and after three years...

This has been the case since... god knows when. Independence? I know this because my old English teacher in secondary school, a Scotsman who speaks perfect English and who is totally committed to teaching applied for citizenship many times, yet was rejected again and again. Even the other...

Re: Survey revealed Singaporeans are third most trusting of their government leader There's a problem with surveys - i.e. you must trust that the person being surveyed is going to be honest. If you can honestly believe a Singaporean or PRC citizen is going to be honest in this kind of...

We should thank the Old Man for opening his mouth again and confirming to us all either his opinion on Singaporeans are [i.e. we are all blithering idiots so hoodwinking us is easy] or he has finally gone totally senile. Old Man, ask yourself this question: What if new migrants also bring their...

That kind of bullshit doesn't fly. Public transport in Singapore is at best a duopoly. How in the world are you going to dampen demand when people still need to travel to and fro for work? Its like the argument that higher prices for healthcare will dampen demand. Most people don't go to see...

I am not sure which tree you are barking up against me, since I am not throwing stones at the concept, just at what has happened in reality. I apologize if you misunderstood due to the grammar and spelling mistakes in my post. I am not a supporter of state socialism and am puzzled by your rant...

The koban system was meant to build up relations with the local community with policemen walking the beat and learning their areas so they can leverage local knowledge to resolve potential conflicts and solve crimes efficiently. Unfortunately, it also meant that they needed to maintain quite a...

The problem here is that there are too few capitalists with capital being controlled by an elite selection ending with the same problems as in socialism. What Hayek talked about the Road to Serfdom, many people missed the point that he was trying to make, that a system where a few control the...

And your reply is typical of PAP supporter, the mentality of what I call a value extractor with high levels of cognitive dissonance. I just have higher expectations of the current system. Since they want world class salaries, I expect them to be world class. I expect an education system which...

This is rather amusing. You are asking him to become a different person. If he did not hold strong liberal views in the first place, he would have gotten the message from the establishment and never entered politics.

When you eliminate all possibilities, whatever remains, no matter how implausible, is the answer - our public school system has failed. I wonder if this Education Minister will take up the baton to change the public schooling system. But I guess not, since the Old Man will tell him the hard...

The Old Man has both admirable and loathsome qualities. This is normal, since it makes him human. The problem with hardcore PAP supporters is that they see nothing loathsome in him, and the problem with hardcore anti-PAP people is that he is all loathsome. As I see it, the worst thing for so...

Re: My last warning to Singaporeans - better listen to me or get burn URA and SLA ke They can't help it. They like to give excuse to say that Singapore is very exposed to international trade but I can tell you the real reason is that Singapore's export economy remains low on the international...

I am not ignorant and am well aware of the costs involved. However, most Singaporeans believe they are getting a bargain due to paying no to low income tax [after deductions] and will automatically bring this up to defend the government. Then I enlighten them on their flat which they do not...