tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post3400965441561989898..comments2024-02-14T04:53:18.295-08:00Comments on Singapore Dissident: Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew, is such a life worthwhileGopalan Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399145588654603667noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-6507132113462236422017-06-20T11:45:25.365-07:002017-06-20T11:45:25.365-07:00To start with, the whole "fishing village&quo...To start with, the whole "fishing village" story is a huge myth. As far back as the 1880s, Singapore enjoyed one of the highest living standards in Asia. Why wouldn't it -- the British had set it up as a thriving transhipment port, forcing just about every vessel coming through these parts to call port here and pay duty on its cargo. In the 1930s - decades before PAP arrived on the scene - the Cathay condo units had air-conditioning. In the 40s and 50s, the city spawned a golden age of Malay-language music and cinema. Clearly, the "village" metaphor, as thoroughly as it has been drilled into everyone's head, is nothing but a big lie. At best, it is a tweak on the old and equally dubitable Zionist statement "we made the desert bloom".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-67844546028187995822012-01-31T04:09:49.532-08:002012-01-31T04:09:49.532-08:00Gopolan - Re Kissinger please don't forget to ...Gopolan - Re Kissinger please don't forget to mention the untold misery, injuries & death he ordered on the mainly poor civilian population in Cambodia & Laos. Over 3 MILLION dead. The amount of bombs dropped on on Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia was FOUR times the tonnage than what was dropped by the USA during WW2 in all theaters of that war. Like LKY, HK has a hot date in hell with the man who sports the horns & pitchfork. It cannot come soon enough for both of them, and all their sycophantic friends.William Rogersnoreply@blogger.com