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The time for the Hammerrhoids to apologise to the hawkers has come…..and has passed.
Balakrishnan calls on WP to clean hawker centres, apologise
http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/balakrishnan-calls-wp-clean-hawker-centres-apologise
Even if the Hammerrhoids suddenly feel the urge to say sorry to the hawkers right now, it’s already too late.
“Sorry boh pakeh!”
The Hammerrhoids should have just apologised to the hawkers earlier so that they can simply move on and close the case. A simple apology would give everyone a simple excuse to forgive and forget. The hawkers have been waiting for the Hammerrhoids to give them an excuse to forgive and forget, and to move on. But without any avail after waiting so long-long.
But to do so now, would be a political suicide.
If the Hammerrhoids were to say sorry now, the public would rightly perceive that the Hammerrhoids were being ORDERED to apologise by the PAP, after PAP has publicly issued a directive commanding them to do so. Such an extremely overdue ‘apology’ would be viewed as insincere, reluctant, enforced and made against their free will. How can anyone possibly accept such a wayang ‘apology’?
Now, the Hammerrhoids have forced themselves into a dead corner. They have to fight to the very bitter end to never, never say sorry just as the Japanese have fought equally hard to never, never say sorry for World War 2.
To justify that they do not have the slightest bits to apologise to any single damn soul in this world or in any other worlds, the Hammerroids have to prove that they are totally faultless and absolutely perfect in handling this dispute. They have to prove that it is never their fault but everybody and every animal and every other thing fault: PAP’s fault, NEA’s fault, hawkers’ fault, patrons’ fault, residents’ fault, architects’ fault, rats’ fault, birds’ fault, wind fault, etc, etc….
Mission Impossible? Let’s hope that the Hammerrhoids will not have to end up issuing a very belated, tearful but useless apology such as this one:
The Hammerrhoid Towkay apologises:
[video=youtube;tuwfBbZUEPM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuwfBbZUEPM[/video]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuwfBbZUEPM
"I'm sorry. I just hope I haven't let you down. Well, when I said: "I just hope I haven't let you down," that said it all. I had:
I let down the hawkers, I let down our hawker culture, I let down our system of Hammerrhoid Town Council and the dreams of all those young Hammerrhoid zombies that ought to get into our ‘good office’ of Town Council but will think it is all too corrupt and the rest.
Most of all I let down an opportunity I would have had for two and a half more years to proceed on great projects and programmes for building a First World Parliament. Which has been my dream, as you know since our first interview in 1991 before I had any, when I thought I might win that year. I didn't tell you I thought I might not win that year, but I wasn't sure.
Yep, I let the hawker people down. And I have to carry that burden with me for the rest of my life.”
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The time for the Hammerrhoids to apologise to the hawkers has come…..and has passed.
Balakrishnan calls on WP to clean hawker centres, apologise
http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/balakrishnan-calls-wp-clean-hawker-centres-apologise
When queried by reporters yesterday, Dr Balakrishnan said: “I would say, at this point in time, my advice to the Workers’ Party is to clean up the place, apologise to the hawkers. After the place is clean, the hawkers, NEA (National Environment Agency) and I will be inspecting the quality of work.
Even if the Hammerrhoids suddenly feel the urge to say sorry to the hawkers right now, it’s already too late.
“Sorry boh pakeh!”
The Hammerrhoids should have just apologised to the hawkers earlier so that they can simply move on and close the case. A simple apology would give everyone a simple excuse to forgive and forget. The hawkers have been waiting for the Hammerrhoids to give them an excuse to forgive and forget, and to move on. But without any avail after waiting so long-long.
But to do so now, would be a political suicide.
If the Hammerrhoids were to say sorry now, the public would rightly perceive that the Hammerrhoids were being ORDERED to apologise by the PAP, after PAP has publicly issued a directive commanding them to do so. Such an extremely overdue ‘apology’ would be viewed as insincere, reluctant, enforced and made against their free will. How can anyone possibly accept such a wayang ‘apology’?
Now, the Hammerrhoids have forced themselves into a dead corner. They have to fight to the very bitter end to never, never say sorry just as the Japanese have fought equally hard to never, never say sorry for World War 2.
To justify that they do not have the slightest bits to apologise to any single damn soul in this world or in any other worlds, the Hammerroids have to prove that they are totally faultless and absolutely perfect in handling this dispute. They have to prove that it is never their fault but everybody and every animal and every other thing fault: PAP’s fault, NEA’s fault, hawkers’ fault, patrons’ fault, residents’ fault, architects’ fault, rats’ fault, birds’ fault, wind fault, etc, etc….
Mission Impossible? Let’s hope that the Hammerrhoids will not have to end up issuing a very belated, tearful but useless apology such as this one:
The Hammerrhoid Towkay apologises:
[video=youtube;tuwfBbZUEPM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuwfBbZUEPM[/video]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuwfBbZUEPM
"I'm sorry. I just hope I haven't let you down. Well, when I said: "I just hope I haven't let you down," that said it all. I had:
I let down the hawkers, I let down our hawker culture, I let down our system of Hammerrhoid Town Council and the dreams of all those young Hammerrhoid zombies that ought to get into our ‘good office’ of Town Council but will think it is all too corrupt and the rest.
Most of all I let down an opportunity I would have had for two and a half more years to proceed on great projects and programmes for building a First World Parliament. Which has been my dream, as you know since our first interview in 1991 before I had any, when I thought I might win that year. I didn't tell you I thought I might not win that year, but I wasn't sure.
Yep, I let the hawker people down. And I have to carry that burden with me for the rest of my life.”
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