What I like so much about Mr Goh is that he pulls no punches and speaks openly and honestly. It's a breath of fresh air. I wish all politicians could be like him.
While you made good points, valid, so do others too, GMS, twp, screwboll etc - since this site is I believe is a 'democratic place, allowing free flow of discourse, in a way unrestricted. I do not claim any much better expertise than many here, but just a feedback for you to think about.
While you say some positive things on GMS, do not chose to be blind he also spouts nonsense, which he has a right to no doubt. We are not using a yardstick to say what GMS spew is smart or intelligent verbose, I mean we need to come to a general understanding - if 51% say that GMS spews nonsense, and 49% says not - where you stand? Still trumpeting his openness, honesty? Open and honest on what? A beggar can be entirely honest and open, if not how to beg, so do a prostitute who is EVEN more open if not how money gets in?
There will come a time, when visitors come and see 51% of nonsense from GMS, and the other one-sided writers, inevitably, people will be turned away, more and more and lesser new visitors will arrive on these shores because at the end, one do not get intelligently and critically educated except keep on reading 'open and honest argument' which perhaps you take no issue on in this website.
Have you ever thought of GMS-fatigue? WP bashing fatigue? Of course sane defence is that people will know how to distinguish what is sanity and what not - but this is not the point. People simply give up not wasting their time to contribute (by visiting, reading, writing) - nothing to do with distinguishing what is good, open, honest, intelligent etc etc. - if there is nothing to benefit by coming to Sammyboy and pay homage to Samleong. If Geylang becomes less a place to make money, prostitutes I believe will migrate to Desker road.
Hope you see my point - example I come here to read, and learn from TWP, Scroobal. Yes I do learn a lot from GMS too - but one day I have give upcoming here to come and constantly have to defend my senses, luckily unadulterated by GMS so far - this is my fatigue presently.
Thank you.