It's not about having the guts or not. That's too simple minded and simplistic. Like I said an imperceptible line between stupidity and foolhardiness and you can't argue about these things in a vacuum.let's give you some historical context. His methods are incongruent to what sinkies view as politically acceptable. You could go on a hunger strike in some places and get the results you want but in sg, you be seen as a dumb ass. If you challenge the authorities through disruptive politics again you will be seen as a contrarian rather than a constructivist. Sinkies motherfuckers have been depoliticised since day one to view activism as an immoral word of carnage. In most if not all democratic systems the activist is the mediating party between the system and those pushing for reforms to the status quo. They stand in the gap, to bring about repproachment. HK has that sort of thing although it has its problems. Malaysia has it. You name it. Sinkielan is possibly the only developed country that outlaws activist politics. Given this absence, how do you incorporate the idea of an opposition into the current system? What is his role in the absence of mediation? Or is the opposition made to play the role of the activist under the guise of a different name? ? The fucking irony in all this is that LKY and his cronies were activists mediating between the ppl and the Brits!