People all over the world are invested in this election, me included. Now as my close friends know, I ha(d) absolutely no emotional investment in this country. This country, to me, held nothing special in terms of my future, only in my memories and my past as a child. And as we all know, the past is good to remember, but choosing to stay in one place because of it is tantamount to the destruction of your own future.
It would do the People's Action Party (PAP) good to remember that.
Why are citizens speaking out against the ruling party? Why have PAP rallies garnered a few thousand people, but WP and SDP rallies garnered at least TEN thousand people? Why would anyone be an ingrate and go against Lee Kuan Yew, who singlehandedly built this country from scratch?
Because there is respect for Lee Kuan Yew, but NOT his cabinet. Lee Kuan Yew is the man who started it all, but he did not realize that the people he has chosen are too incompetent to carry on his legacy and prowess. Yes, I think he is great. Not many people in the world can bring a struggling baby nation to the well-known economic city it is known as now.
But if there is one mistake he has made - he has chosen people WRONGLY and those people have STIFLED DISSENT.
He has jailed political opponents. Look at the harassment of Jeyaretnam. Look at how he has dealt with Chee Soon Juan. OK, granted, Dr Chee shot his mouth off rather stupidly, but that guy is fearless anyway. He's not afraid of being prosecuted.
Then look at how his handpicked Parliament has denied Sylvia Lim's requests to revise ministerial pay. Sylvia Lim is a smart, strong woman who has on many occasions proven that her views and opinions are relevant to the modern citizen living in ANY city today.
Yet, look at who else is in parliament and heard. THIO LI ANN, one of the greatest pieces of bullshit to ever walk this Earth. Who openly HATES on LGBT people in Singapore, and YET, IRONICALLY, teaches Human Rights in NUS. That woman is brimming with hatred.
A side note on Thio Li Ann: Her story on how God "spoke to her" is FUCKING RIDICULOUS.
"I basically had a sense that God was talking to me. I had stood up to walk out and I heard someone say, 'Stop'. And no one was around me. Everybody was busy doing their own thing. I was one of only one or two Chinese girls in this whole room of ang mohs. And then I just had the sense that I had encountered God, that he knew my name and I was shocked." Thio was quoted as saying in the interview.[36]
OK, really??
God, with a plate FULL of things to do, ranging from saving people dying in various wars across the world, to engineering wonderful coincidences which result in scientific breakthroughs, decided to somehow have a joke to tell you "STOP!" just so you could hate on 10% - 20% of the world?
REALLY? EGOISTIC MUCH?
You know, I have a better idea of who told you to stop. It was the priest who was standing to the side of the pews, afraid he would lose one more person to listen to him. It was another "ang-moh" - btw we call them Caucasian now, nice of them to have let you study in their country, yeah? - who didn't want that simpering Asian girl to leave so he could have a shot at her.
It is ridiculous, and senseless, and just shows how irrational you are. I mean, God could have made his presence to people. With LIGHT. With IMAGES. With AN ENTIRE SPEECH. It's a church, for crying out loud! His homeground!
With ONE WORD "Stop!" I would, as a rational person, search for a more logical explanation, especially if you used to be the "arrogant, arrogant, atheist" you claimed to have been before.
Yes, that was very well-done, TLA. And it was even more well done, Parliament, when you stomped your chairs and feet to cheer on her disgusting hate speech.
He has not allowed debate for the death penalty, which I find it preposterous to apply on drug criminals. He has not allowed for arts groups to "disparage the Government and its beliefs". Sorry, Tina Fey, you can't come here. Seth Rogen, you spoke the truth, but... oh well, better luck next time!
A terrorist escaped, but all that was given was a half-hearted apology - in a meandering, long-winded way that more likely attributed it to the guy's intelligence.
You are too complacent. You believe that the country is yours by default. You still keep with the beliefs of the 1960s when the rest of the world has moved forward. You think the people will forever be indebted to you. You think you DESERVE the people's votes. This is 2011. People want change. You have been ruling for 40 years. Give it up, let someone else take over. They might pleasantly surprise you. Sylvia Lim is as smart, if not smarter, than Lim Hwee Hua hands down.
The result of that is that... well, we'll see. But all I feel is, none of you is deserving of ANYTHING. Least of all from the people that never had anything to begin with.
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