Dumb St Forum letters

[steffychun]

Don't go the populist way

THIS has been a watershed election and many leaders, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, have stressed the need to listen to the people.

One outcome of this may be policy changes on housing and immigration.

Will the Government shy away from tough and unpopular policies to please the electorate even when they can benefit Singapore in the long term?

One reason for the nation making it to where it is today was the hard but pragmatic policies of our founding fathers which required the support and sacrifices of the people.

Our founding fathers were able to carry through the tough policies thanks to their strong leadership and persuasiveness.

The political landscape has changed and the ruling People's Action Party Government needs to engage the people and listen to their needs. Even then, I hope our leaders will not resort to populist measures which are myopic and do not serve the interests of Singapore in the long term.

Charles Tan

WP's decision underlines value of NCMP scheme

THE decision by the Workers' Party to accept Non-Constituency MP (NCMP) seats for Mr Yee Jenn Jong and Mr Gerald Giam - after its leaders' burning opposition to the NCMP scheme before the General Election - underscores the benefits of the system to Singapore's evolving parliamentary process.

The NCMP scheme was never intended to allow its members to vote in Parliament. It was designed to welcome more alternative voices into the legislature as part of the Government's decision-making process.

Now that the elections are over, and the Workers' Party (WP) has opted to accept its two NCMP seats, I sincerely hope it will extinguish its rage against the scheme for good.

Towards a First World Parliament in deed, not just in words.

Toh Cheng Seong

A precious legacy

MR LEE Kuan Yew is a politician extraordinaire. His accomplishments for Singapore when he was the Prime Minister and his total dedication and commitment to the nation's welfare are well documented.

One of his most outstanding feats, which we tend to take for granted, is his success in moulding multiracial, multireligious and multicultural Singapore into one cohesive society. This is a difficult, and in many other countries, an impossible task. In these other countries, there are frequent racial and religious clashes. It is not natural for human beings of different ethnic backgrounds to live together in peace and harmony.

Mr Lee gave a beautiful analogy of the old Singapore when he spoke to a foreign journalist in October 1989.

He said: 'This is not a homogeneous society. Disparate groups of people came to make a living under British rule. They remained themselves in separate distinct compartments. It's like an aquarium, with different glass partitions and different salinity of water. We're trying to form one nation out of them, by removing the glass partitions and gradually equalising the salinity.'

Along with this was the pursuit to make Singaporeans committed to the country and prepared to defend it to the hilt, as well as turn them into confident, courteous, gracious, helpful and generous citizens.

As the late Senior Minister S. Rajaratnam, a member of the Old Guard, put it during Mr Lee's 60th birthday celebration in September 1983: 'Mr Lee Kuan Yew's greatest achievement is not the physical transformation of Singapore but the transformation of the mind and character of the average Singaporean. The docile, self-centred, money-grubbing and rootless colonial slave of a few years ago has, under his leadership and in a few short years, been transformed into an uncringing Singaporean who is today reaching out confidently for a place in the 21st century.'

This is, indeed, a precious legacy for Singaporeans to treasure and safeguard.

What if there had been no Lee Kuan Yew?

I have no party affiliations. I am just a grateful Chinese Singaporean, born in Indonesia and a Christian, living in peace and harmony with my fellow citizens of other races, religions and cultures in this dynamic, progressive, stable and tolerant South-east Asian nation.

Anthony Oei

 

[scroobal]

Some of these guys must be living in a detached world. They way they write as though the PAP lost the entire elections and kicked out of the country. Reminds me of the donkey in this forum who wrote that Singapore was transformed from a fishing village to 1st world country forgetting that the British built it from a mangrove swamp to major port of the world.

"What if there had been no Lee Kuan Yew?" - what a fucked question. This is not a zero sum game. Though the old man built this country, he did not do it alone and he did with political guile and ruthlessness. Many seem to forget that he incarcerated a man without trial for 3 decades - 32 years to be exact. Chia Thye Poh was an MP, a University Physics lecturer albeit a communist. How he was going to overthrow a govt in the last 2 decades of his incarceration is beyond belief.

Old man's entire family enjoyed the "fruits" of his labour to no end and dumb Singaporeans have no clue. The fact that another donkey compared him to Nelson Mandela speaks volume how ignorant we are.

 

[ivebert]

Some of these guys must be living in a detached world. They way they write as though the PAP lost the entire elections and kicked out of the country. Reminds me of the donkey in this forum who wrote that Singapore was transformed from a fishing village to 1st world country forgetting that the British built it from a mangrove swamp to major port of the world.

"What if there had been no Lee Kuan Yew?" - what a fucked question. This is not a zero sum game. Though the old man built this country, he did not do it alone and he did with political guile and ruthlessness. Many seem to forget that he incarcerated a man without trial for 3 decades - 32 years to be exact. Chia Thye Poh was an MP, a University Physics lecturer albeit a communist. How he was going to overthrow a govt in the last 2 decades of his incarceration is beyond belief.

Old man's entire family enjoyed the "fruits" of his labour to no end and dumb Singaporeans have no clue. The fact that another donkey compared him to Nelson Mandela speaks volume how ignorant we are.

Be glad that he did not rule it like North Korea

 

[steffychun]

Some of these guys must be living in a detached world. They way they write as though the PAP lost the entire elections and kicked out of the country. Reminds me of the donkey in this forum who wrote that Singapore was transformed from a fishing village to 1st world country forgetting that the British built it from a mangrove swamp to major port of the world.

"What if there had been no Lee Kuan Yew?" - what a fucked question. This is not a zero sum game. Though the old man built this country, he did not do it alone and he did with political guile and ruthlessness. Many seem to forget that he incarcerated a man without trial for 3 decades - 32 years to be exact. Chia Thye Poh was an MP, a University Physics lecturer albeit a communist. How he was going to overthrow a govt in the last 2 decades of his incarceration is beyond belief.

Old man's entire family enjoyed the "fruits" of his labour to no end and dumb Singaporeans have no clue. The fact that another donkey compared him to Nelson Mandela speaks volume how ignorant we are.

If there was no LKY, it would be Lim Chin Siong, communism, bit of civil war but we would be tougher like Vietnam

 

[Papsmearer]

Some of these guys must be living in a detached world. They way they write as though the PAP lost the entire elections and kicked out of the country. Reminds me of the donkey in this forum who wrote that Singapore was transformed from a fishing village to 1st world country forgetting that the British built it from a mangrove swamp to major port of the world.

"What if there had been no Lee Kuan Yew?" - what a fucked question. This is not a zero sum game. Though the old man built this country, he did not do it alone and he did with political guile and ruthlessness. Many seem to forget that he incarcerated a man without trial for 3 decades - 32 years to be exact. Chia Thye Poh was an MP, a University Physics lecturer albeit a communist. How he was going to overthrow a govt in the last 2 decades of his incarceration is beyond belief.

Old man's entire family enjoyed the "fruits" of his labour to no end and dumb Singaporeans have no clue. The fact that another donkey compared him to Nelson Mandela speaks volume how ignorant we are.

Don't waste time with this fucktards who write to the Shit times. As if the shit times will really print the hard hitting real letters. The PAP has completely re-written history and with a dose of propganda, suddenly, Old Goat and the Old guards are the saviors and architects of singapore's economic success. The name Dr. Albert Winsemuis means nothing to them. Also, these fucktards never ask the rhetorical question how can 2 new lawyers (Old Goat and Raja) and one newly minted LSE economic student (Goh Keng Swee) all of a sudden be able to plan out singapore's economic sucess? Did lightning strike them, and they collectively yelled "eureka"? Or, did they go crying to the UN after getting kicked out of the malaysian federation, and asked for help, and the UN send them Dr. Winsemuis for FREE? Which is the more plausible explanation?

 

[Papsmearer]

If there was no LKY, it would be Lim Chin Siong, communism, bit of civil war but we would be tougher like Vietnam

Bullshit, We would still be a british colony without being handed over to anyone. Assholes like LKY were agitating for self rule. Ok, david Marshall too, I adamit. and he is no asshole. At least we will enjoy freedoms if we were still a brit colony.

 

[steffychun]

Bullshit, We would still be a british colony without being handed over to anyone. Assholes like LKY were agitating for self rule. Ok, david Marshall too, I adamit. and he is no asshole. At least we will enjoy freedoms if we were still a brit colony.

Hey ass hole bullshit to your theory.

 

[kingrant]

LKY was a coward since the Jap Occupation. He hid behind the British and then the Tengku but acted as if he had all that bravado. Like the small boy who hid behind his parents and booed and taunted at other fiercer boys. He panicked all the way after separation and begged the British not to withdraw their troops and bases. He never liked the US but sought their protection after the British left. He was into non-aligned policy then changed to aligned with US, and took cover under the 5 power defence arrangement. He was so desperate when the North Vietnamese armies were advancing that he had to cultivate the Thais, and the cambodians, even the Khmer rouge to become his buffer. The man is morbidly self-righteous, self-centred, conceited and egoistic. He doesnt have real friends, only temporary allies.

 

[Papsmearer]

Hey ass hole bullshit to your theory.

go fuck yourself miotherfucking bitch dog in heat.

 

[Papsmearer]

LKY was a coward since the Jap Occupation. He hid behind the British and then the Tengku but acted as if he had all that bravado. Like the small boy who hid behind his parents and booed and taunted at other fiercer boys. He panicked all the way after separation and begged the British not to withdraw their troops and bases. He never liked the US but sought their protection after the British left. He was into non-aligned policy then changed to aligned with US, and took cover under the 5 power defence arrangement. He was so desperate when the North Vietnamese armies were advancing that he had to cultivate the Thais, and the cambodians, even the Khmer rouge to become his buffer. The man is morbidly self-righteous, self-centred, conceited and egoistic. He doesnt have real friends, only temporary allies.

I think the word u are searching for is sociopathetic.

 

[Amakusa Kourin]

LKY was a coward since the Jap Occupation. He hid behind the British and then the Tengku but acted as if he had all that bravado. Like the small boy who hid behind his parents and booed and taunted at other fiercer boys. He panicked all the way after separation and begged the British not to withdraw their troops and bases. He never liked the US but sought their protection after the British left. He was into non-aligned policy then changed to aligned with US, and took cover under the 5 power defence arrangement. He was so desperate when the North Vietnamese armies were advancing that he had to cultivate the Thais, and the cambodians, even the Khmer rouge to become his buffer. The man is morbidly self-righteous, self-centred, conceited and egoistic. He doesnt have real friends, only temporary allies.

Note how he is desperately sucking up to China.

 

[Received_by_Kings]

Reminds me of the donkey in this forum who wrote that Singapore was transformed from a fishing village to 1st world country

That donkey is your father? Your father does speak the truth anyway, though he's probably too dead to lecture an old, obstinate and unrepentant fuck like you now.

 

[talkincock]

Of course i am ugly and worthless like all the other toilet slurping keling.

Definitely agree.

 

[Received_by_Kings]

He doesnt have real friends, only temporary allies.

What is the definition of a real friend? Especially when almost all are incompetent much less also disloyal to begin with? Are you not aware that most great people in this world are above the ordinary and apart from their families they lived pretty much alone? Like Nicola Tesla who kept pigeons and Charle de Gaulle who preferred dogs?

 

[talkincock]

Of course i am ugly and worthless like all the other toilet slurping keling.

Not that i disagree.

 

[Received_by_Kings]

slurpincock is once again barking like a spurned blowjob boy but I will ignore him nonetheless.

I know he's hurt and disturbed by the truth and his father is probably of some bastard animal birth to begin with, but that is his problem. That is not my problem.

Too bad for that ugly and useless dick face byblow.

 

[ballsathome]

I am a ugly, smelly, shameless, keling ftrash under payroll from the PAP IB

It's obvious so how not to agree?