154th: Sporns Are Like Barbarians!

Did they check who the perpetrators are given that 65% of the population is made up of FTrash? Ah, but it's such an inconvenient truth that it's better act blur on it and continue the Papayas' fine tradition of blaming Sporns for everything! *Ptui*

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EDITORIAL
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Why so uncouth?
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->Singaporeans' lack of social graces is in the spotlight again, after Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong raised the matter of civility in his National Day Rally address. As an example, people were still not clearing their tables and returning their food trays at foodcourts, he pointed out.
Why is it such a difficult thing to do, we simply cannot understand. It is about being considerate and showing respect to the next person, and most Singaporeans obviously do not get it. The practice of reserving or 'choping' seats with a packet of tissue paper on the table, common with women, is another deplorable habit. It is so yesterday, so hick.
As a people, Singaporeans are not given to baring their souls to strangers. But at foodcourts and hawker centres, when they cross their legs with flip-flops dangling, the good folks bare their soles for all to see, their life histories etched in the dark lines on the balls of their feet.
Surveys conducted by the Singapore Kindness Movement have found that Singaporeans no longer prop their feet on the backs of seats in front of them in cinemas. But what the surveys did not uncover is another unsavoury habit: patrons littering the carpet with leftover food, wrappers and drinks cups.
By the way, many cineplexes smell as the carpets are not shampooed often enough and seat upholstery is not replaced after years of sweat and wear. Cinema operators owe paying patrons some respect. Civility comes in many forms. Exhortations on cultivating social graces have been drilled into the people for decades in civic campaigns, but the coarsening is still evident. Could one reason be that Singaporeans came largely from common stock? As Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said earlier this year, it will take a long time to develop and mature culturally. But often, the culprits are not illiterate people. What gives?

I'll watch movies on my theater system at home, no smell, no stain

During National day rally, we can witness a sinkie giving remarks to another sinkie.

I remember correctly he says he gonna FIX the opposition and raising GST to help the poor.

He should try to comment on a PRC kid ( order by her prc mum) urinating in the MRT where those "yesterday" citizens do not even go forward and stop it.

panama said:

I'll watch movies on my theater system at home, no smell, no stain

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Well, i watch it in the internet

I'll watch movies on my theater system at home, no smell, no stain
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I watch it on my PSP

we learn our lack of social grace from the very top..

does MM,SM or PM have any graciousness in them when they keep on sueing oppositions??

While it's true that many foreigners lower the social courtesy index, the fact is that most singaporeans are just as awful in this department. Foreigners will eventually go, but singaporeans will always be here, so it makes sense to focus on the locals.

When you're in a new country, you take cues from local behaviour. If the china and india workers are in switzerland or canada, they WILL queue and be nice since everyone is like that!