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Erm... in all fairness, the Thread Starter did take a dig at Janil Puthucheary's Lamborghini (or Lamborghini pics). Agree that the swear words can be minimized though.

Re: Mediacorpse's footage is much worse ! Brocoli, mate, could you even entertain the remote possibility that this contingent of MPs are travelling as Singaporeans, which is why all of them appear in the same photo? See that nice signage there that says "Singapore"? Why do some people here seem...

Well, Brocoli's only being true to his role as "investigative journalist". At the very least, I don't suppose anyone can call him a whatever-party-poodle or whatever-party-dog now. As for Lily Neo, I am frankly rather shocked at her choice of words. Like Ramseth, I'll give her the benefit...

I'm not sugar-coating anything, and I never implied it is "sexist" to suggest that only women can bear children. That's a biological truth. Gender-specific roles, however, are constructed norms and rely as much on societal attitudes as biological truths. For instance, men are deemed more...

No, I do not think a sole male breadwinner would need those few weeks of leave to take care of kids - the same way I do not think a low-income family would benefit from having a permanent stay-home mom when she can ill-afford to do so. Read my earlier posts - I never suggested implementing an...

This is precisely the sort of sexist attitude I was referring to. The mere suggestion of lengthening paternity leave is instantly termed "dimwitted". That, coupled with a threat to "get some from me", along with the knee-jerk assumption that it's always the husband that holds a high-flying post...

And I really meant to say that I may have come out a wee bit too strongly on the motherhood bit in my initial posts due to personal beliefs - that's all. :) Anyway, thanks for the good discussion thus far. Its been quite a pleasure.

Heh, I'm one of those who refuses to contribute to the state project of raising birthrates, so no... not a mom. :D But, I believe that complex social issues shouldn't be reduced to a simple dichotomy between mothers who work, and those who don't. Or worse still, between women who choose to be...

Hi Ramseth, Scroobal got to you before I could. As he said, it didn't come easy for many. I have friends born to parents who spoke English and dialect at home (cf. Tan Cheng Bock, who speaks English and Hokkien, but not Mandarin - at least not fluently). It didn't make sense for them to be...

Thanks mate. Actually, I wasn't asking for suggestions on how to get out of the vicious cycle of the ratrace to the bottom, but for alternative theories (if any) as to why couples aren't spawning at more desirable levels. :D You certainly hit the nail on the head though. This is hardly a...

Hi, Thought I should clarify that I wasn't purporting to recommend how to raise the birthrate, or provide better care and upbringing to children. I was merely responding to the suggestion that mothers had the sole responsibility of raising their kids, and that dual families didn't realize...

Then, the way forward should be to inculcate more pro-family policies as a whole, such as lengthening the duration of paternity leave and providing more affordable childcare services, among others. Raising children should be a dual responsibility, rather than rest squarely on the shoulders of...

Re: hougang stand-in MP trade residents' privacy for publicity !!!!! Netizens jin tul Dude, if you have to do a point-by-point rebuttal, may I first offer you a four-letter word: R-E-A-D. First, I expressly stated that the pictures "mainly showed the backview of residents"; I never argued...

Yes, yes and YES! Much as I cringed at the responses former MM dished out, I couldn't help but feel that a lot of the people posing them were setting themselves up to be screwed. The problem is, Singaporeans attend such events with the mindset of inferior beings and accordingly, adopt the...

Re: hougang stand-in MP trade residents' privacy for publicity !!!!! Netizens jin tul Glenda Han's not the only victim. The TS seems to have taken it upon himself to dig out the "sordid secrets" of just about anybody, with his "why I'll never vote for Nicole Seah" and "WP infiltrated by PAP"...

Re: hougang stand-in MP trade residents' privacy for publicity !!!!! Netizens jin tul Thanks, you took the words right out of my mouth. If I may also add that the pictures mainly show the BACKVIEW of the residents ie. their faces aren't even visible. Honestly, I am not too comfortable with...

To be fair, I think some of the points in the article are worth a mention. The Tony Tan example was beyond lame, for sure, but issues like the Elections Department being parked under the Prime Ministers' Office, the constant re-drawing of electoral boundaries, and the control of the media are...

Re: Workers "PARTY GIRL" - the reason why Lim Sia Suay, Raymond Lim win East Coast 20 If I may be allowed to add another criterion: 4) if she has been doing outreach work in East Coast. And while we're at it, let me emphasize that the operative words are "in the next few years". It has to...

Re: Workers "PARTY GIRL" - the reason why Lim Sia Suay, Raymond Lim win East Coast 20 From the responses on this thread thus far, most people would hardly call the act of visiting a bar "indecent". Of course, that's a matter of personal opinion, and you are certainly entitled to your thoughts...

Re: Workers "PARTY GIRL" - the reason why Lim Sia Suay, Raymond Lim win East Coast 20 I'm not Glenda, just a reader of the "Political Issues" section who wanted to say something about what I thought was an incredibly sexist argument. Of course, you are free to disbelieve me all you want, but...