Over the decades, if you see how PAP and msm carefully crafted the words over something grave, it doesn't come as surprise that they did the same for palmer. If flood can become "pond", strike can be become "dispute", than a straight forward sexual relations suddently humbled by word likes "personal relationship" in palmer's case and dismisssal became "resignation". What else do we miss?.. Politics is about how best to use your PR and PAP has no lack of resource to help them out even if they have to lie thru their teeth. if PAP were to accidentally slip and use a wrong choice of words, they will have the national state media to correct it for them, well known for the fact. Lim Swee say has full of those examples we can quote, and if you quoted him saying the wrong thing, their usual template will be "being quoted out of context" to shun the original intent. If no more way to hide, they get their lawyer to sue. People always said, head or tail PAP still win. Singaporeans have never been screwed so badly than any creature on this planet.