tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post5404423619081625491..comments2024-02-14T04:53:18.295-08:00Comments on Singapore Dissident: Hello from Fremont, near San Francisco, California.Gopalan Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399145588654603667noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-89000373643895837322014-02-09T01:50:38.644-08:002014-02-09T01:50:38.644-08:00To Comicsmartguy said...
"Mr Nair: I think y...To Comicsmartguy said...<br /><br />"Mr Nair: I think you want to go to jail. I think you want to prove a point or get sympathy in Singapore or aboard. Why I say that?"<br /><br />You are in fantasyland. <br /><br />1. What good would a new passport do if Singapore Immigration can stop me from leaving the island at the airport!<br /><br />2. Driving a car without stopping at the Causeway! What are you smoking!<br /><br />3. The only point you made with some sense is leaving by boat by sailing it myself. I thought about it every hard. I am a sailor and thought of finding a boat to get me to Malaysia. But there are a couple of problems with this. I staked Changi beach area a couple of times. There are several police boats at the Changi Malaysia waters looking for illegal immigrants. There is a good chance I would be stopped. If that happened I would be spending a long long time in jail.<br /><br />Second, even if I managed to get across to Johore, what happens if I get stopped by Malaysian police? <br /><br />Or even if I managed to get to the US Embassy in KL, they may even send me back, I do not know. <br /><br />Taking a boat was a possibility but there were several dangers to it. On balance, it was a risk I could not take for a situation like mine which was not going to end up in a long sentence. <br /><br />Had I been Ronald Biggs and was looking at 20 years, sure I would have taken the chance. But I am not Ronald Biggs which explains why I did not flee under sail. <br /><br />I did in fact try to get a Laser, 420, Wayfarer, sunfish or any other small dinghy but thought against it. <br /><br />It won't look good to read the headlines in the Straits Times, "Gopalan Nair arrested while trying to flee Lee Kuan Yew's island". No, not a good idea. The risk you take should correspond to the danger you face. <br /><br />Gopalan Nairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399145588654603667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-62383387756855705872014-02-09T00:39:02.167-08:002014-02-09T00:39:02.167-08:00Mr Nair: I think you want to go to jail. I think y...Mr Nair: I think you want to go to jail. I think you want to prove a point or get sympathy in Singapore or aboard. Why I say that?<br /><br />Because...<br /><br />(1) The authorities confiscating your passport is no impediment to you walking into the US Embassy and asking for a replacement like you can when you lose a passport or have it stolen. You don't have to wait helplessly for them to return it to you!<br /><br />(2) Singapore is not exactly North Korea. There are no minefields, fences or machine guns on the border. Looks like they let you out on bail and you were there for many months. They even let you out for a few days before starting your jail sentence! You could have escaped from the country easily. How about driving a car straight across the causeway at night refusing to stop at the Singapore checkpoint to Johor and surrendering to Malaysian authorities then asking for US consulate help there? How about renting a boat and motor across the straits to Malaysia or into international waters? Doesn't matter who arrests you or where you go as long as it's not Singaporean officials or the soil.<br /><br />(3) Since you don't care about coming back to Singapore and you have the USA to go back to, it's easy to run away. But you didn't. So you must want to go to jail. Anything else doesn't make sense.Comicsmartguynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-81164833490103771422008-12-04T21:30:00.000-08:002008-12-04T21:30:00.000-08:00Gopalan.. You are a coward.. i don't remember Ghan...Gopalan..<BR/> You are a coward.. i don't remember Ghandi or Mandela apologising to the british or whites and retracting their apologies after that.. you are worse than that despot LKY.. you are a cockroach who shrinks in times of trouble and act like a lion when all's calm and peaceful..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-11995846544372857992008-12-04T21:03:00.000-08:002008-12-04T21:03:00.000-08:00Love your blog!Love your blog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-49864786540412969812008-12-04T06:51:00.000-08:002008-12-04T06:51:00.000-08:00You Should have fought IN SINGAPORE but you didnt....You Should have fought IN SINGAPORE but you didnt. You choose to leave singapore. Now Who is a COWARD?4th bar cadethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02158462479396279689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-20011932972357764532008-12-03T17:08:00.000-08:002008-12-03T17:08:00.000-08:00You had to get out from the lion's den. I doubt L...You had to get out from the lion's den. I doubt LKY will like the Singapore he has created if he was not in the seat of power.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-33588717679347769842008-12-02T23:39:00.000-08:002008-12-02T23:39:00.000-08:00You are Singapore Hero?Thank you. Looking for symp...You are Singapore Hero?<BR/><BR/>Thank you. Looking for sympathy and financial support in oversea. What is the different in Terrorism.<BR/><BR/>If you stand up strong in Singapore, like Chee, you may get more respect, but not this manner.<BR/><BR/>You look not only as a coward but a crown, and ppl who whorship you are idiots.<BR/><BR/>You oredi not Singaporean, dont come and mess up Singapore, let Chee do it.<BR/><BR/>Chee Soon Guan's supporterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-2041883305049531562008-12-02T21:09:00.000-08:002008-12-02T21:09:00.000-08:00The debts were incurred in USA while I was kept in...The debts were incurred in USA while I was kept in Singapore. I dont live in Singapore. I spent 2 months in jail. The rest of the time I was kept in Singapore because my passport was held. Loss of clients, unpaid rent, living expenses in Singapore, no income, etc etc., credit card debtGopalan Nairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399145588654603667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-27652925840641388972008-12-02T20:27:00.000-08:002008-12-02T20:27:00.000-08:00Dear Mr Nair,I support you. But I need to know. ...Dear Mr Nair,<BR/><BR/>I support you. But I need to know. How can a 6 month stay in jail, which is:<BR/>(i) Rent Free<BR/>(ii) Board Free<BR/> and provides you with free use of toilet, lights, a bed and a roof over your head, with no time for you to go shopping,<BR/><BR/>have resulted in you incurring massive credit card debts???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-63854799116401430882008-12-02T07:41:00.000-08:002008-12-02T07:41:00.000-08:00"Gopalan, it's funny you write garbage like this. ...<I>"Gopalan, it's funny you write garbage like this. You are a two-faced coward...blah, blah, yadda, yadda..."</I><BR/><BR/>And what does that say of you, Mr No-Name Anonymous Coward of Mon Dec 01, 11:39:00 PM PST? Why are you troubling to respond so vehemently to 'garbage'? Why bother taking the time out from your happy-clappy, allegedly wonderful life in paradise-on-earth? Could it be that Goplan's words touch a raw nerve and you know that he speaks the truth?<BR/><BR/>It must be galling that all sectors of the economy in your insignificant little dot hit the buffers whenever the land of milk and honey (that you sneer at) coughs, eh? And it's gonna get worse for you in 2009, much worse as the screw tightens. Now tell us again about this golden period your foolproof Minister Mentor says you're enjoying? So much for the infantile bragging about opaque reserves, mediocre government and Asian values. Only frogs in the pot like you haven't noticed the rising temperature of your surroundings.<BR/><BR/>As Christopher Lingle observed, you live in a Leninist one-party police state and are content to gnaw on the bones tossed to you from the high table. A pretend First World Nation to be envied? Most Singaporeans are beginning to think - not!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-4399579667110800292008-12-02T05:46:00.000-08:002008-12-02T05:46:00.000-08:00Doesn't matter what you choose compare with...Indo...Doesn't matter what you choose compare with...Indonesia or Burma, you can hide behind these pale comparisons, trying to put Singapore down..In your heart, you know what the truth is, no point pretending.<BR/><BR/>The truth is that you will be compared against spineless characters without any self-conviction...that will remain...I hope you feel at least a tiny bit of shame for your deceitful conduct..<BR/><BR/>US didn't leave as much a mouse fart in diplomatic support for the citizenship you hold with them during your arrest in Singapore. You're merely hiding behind that shield of citizenship so you can rant without any accountability.<BR/><BR/>Deep in your heart, you fear so much for as much a Jail-term and you preach high morals to people about how they fight democracy. You are a shame in front of people like Mandela who spent 25 years in prison. You don't espouse the cause you believe in, you are merely a cheap opportunist. I hope you realize that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-471305231240744292008-12-02T01:35:00.000-08:002008-12-02T01:35:00.000-08:00Hi GopalanI am Anna. How are you today?The last co...Hi Gopalan<BR/><BR/>I am Anna. How are you today?<BR/><BR/>The last comment posted by an anonymous, I think he/she IS really comparing Singapore to war torn or under developed countries. That's why he so proud of having 3 square meals per day :P<BR/><BR/>He/she doesn't speak for me.<BR/><BR/>Cheers & Regards<BR/><BR/>AnnAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-79693770567315721132008-12-01T23:57:00.000-08:002008-12-01T23:57:00.000-08:00I suppose you are comparing Singapore to Indonesia...I suppose you are comparing Singapore to Indonesia and Burma?<BR/><BR/>Gopalan NairGopalan Nairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399145588654603667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-31824843879551796672008-12-01T23:39:00.000-08:002008-12-01T23:39:00.000-08:00Gopalan, it's funny you write garbage like this. Y...Gopalan, it's funny you write garbage like this. You are a two-faced coward. <BR/><BR/>If you stand by your conviction and belief, why did you beg the Judge to release you from the prison? What high moral stand do you have when you are nothing more than a third-rate liar? You promised that you will delete a few blog entries only so that they can be re-posted after you run like a chicken and hide in your Fremont home? <BR/><BR/>If you can't even stand the hardships of a prison, and lie your way to get out of it, what credibility are you demonstrating to people. <BR/><BR/>You are nothing more than a "whino" Gopalan. You have done nothing for Singapore, except to rant and bitch. <BR/><BR/>You should see other countries in the region and feel the poverty and misery people are going through. I tell you what, WHO cares? People get three square meals to eat, a good education, a decent job and healthcare and a pride that they can hold their head high. <BR/><BR/>Are there many countries that can promise that? What is happening in the land of milk and honey where you have taken asylum? Systemic blind-siding of financial markets and complete mis-management by regulators have raped the global economy beyond recognition. Is this the freedom and "inclusive democracy" you are talking about? <BR/><BR/>What are you complaining of? You are nothing but a dinosaur living in stone age with no connection to reality. Go get a life somewhere you loser...and post this comment in your blog if you have the gutsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-50762296806144954982008-12-01T11:57:00.000-08:002008-12-01T11:57:00.000-08:00Haha, LKY not free, too busy wondering when the ba...Haha, LKY not free, too busy wondering when the batteries of his pacemaker are going to go flat.<BR/>Haha, will you still have a job then?<BR/>Haha, that will be really funny too...maybe.<BR/>Haha, sad case man, too bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-27597070431686280342008-12-01T05:44:00.000-08:002008-12-01T05:44:00.000-08:00Haha, you're really funny.. may be.LKY that free t...Haha, you're really funny.. may be.<BR/>LKY that free to read your blog? nice try man nice tryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-53907340156188005922008-12-01T02:28:00.000-08:002008-12-01T02:28:00.000-08:00Welcome back! Always enjoyed reading your blog.Hop...Welcome back! Always enjoyed reading your blog.<BR/><BR/>Hope you get your life back soon. Cheers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-86311837670731425822008-11-30T07:49:00.000-08:002008-11-30T07:49:00.000-08:00I think you meant to say you arrived on Nov 26, 20...I think you meant to say you arrived on Nov 26, 2008 (not May 26, 2008).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-54095634727163198182008-11-30T04:56:00.000-08:002008-11-30T04:56:00.000-08:00I in Australia, have been praying for your well-be...I in Australia, have been praying for your well-being. Uncle Yap did great by letting us know you are released.<BR/><BR/>The kangaroo court over in Singapore has done itself a great disservice for itself through its actions.<BR/><BR/>You are the victim and a witness to what we have long suspected of the injustice system in Singapore.<BR/><BR/>Why should you return to a country that treat its former citizens like traitors.<BR/><BR/>I am sure that you will find America, a much more forgiving land. If Democract Pres-elect Obama is born in Singapore, he will be bankrupted by Lee and in exile in USA now.<BR/><BR/>Wish you good health, and may you find positive outcome in your debt problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-5004854929078152232008-11-30T02:43:00.000-08:002008-11-30T02:43:00.000-08:00There is no freedom in America. You are spied on b...There is no freedom in America. You are spied on by the state and in Gopi's state of California, gays are not allowed to marry anymore.<BR/><BR/>What freedom is there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-65054516753478550952008-11-29T11:55:00.000-08:002008-11-29T11:55:00.000-08:00Glad to hear you made it safely back home, bruised...Glad to hear you made it safely back home, bruised but unbowed by those nasty cowards that currently run the police state that is our poor nation today. If any lesson has been learned, it is that there are no lies they will not tell, no evidence they will not fabricate, no depth to which they will not sink in their desperate bid to retain complete hegemony at all cost.<BR/><BR/>They may have fined you and they may have jailed you in their petty vindictiveness, but there is simply no question who emerged victorious in the contest. Thanks to you and the SDP, the carefully-manicured credibility of that aged bloodsucker lies in ruins and nobody believes a word uttered by the empty vessel and his Mafiosi any longer. His bumbling, incompetent, lying police force has been shown to be exactly that, and the Alice In Wonderland 'justice' meted out by his kangaroo courts is now an international joke. One really has to wonder how those fawning, spineless guardians of the Constitution have the nerve to look in the mirror each day.<BR/><BR/>Someday there will be a reckoning for these creatures and that day is not far off. Meantime, a sincere thank you for your valiant stand against that disagreeable oppressor. Truly is it said that you can take the Singaporean out of Singapore but you can never take the Singapore out of a Singaporean. Rest assured that your blog is essential reading for all who love and care about Singapore. Way to go, Gopalan!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-60156906882444814982008-11-29T09:25:00.000-08:002008-11-29T09:25:00.000-08:00Dear Gopalan,Welcome back. What has transpired in ...Dear Gopalan,<BR/><BR/>Welcome back. What has transpired in Singapore is a travesty of justice, making a mockery out of the rule of law.<BR/><BR/>I hope it is possible to get an action against the violation of your First Amendment rights by a court which has no jurisdiction over your expression in a US-based blog.<BR/><BR/>Stay strong and take care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-78541354387538780892008-11-29T00:37:00.000-08:002008-11-29T00:37:00.000-08:00Ugly PM Lee and his refusing to resign father will...Ugly PM Lee and his refusing to resign father will ultimatley pay the price of their greed oand ill gotten gains.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-46766344917587109322008-11-28T23:59:00.000-08:002008-11-28T23:59:00.000-08:00Dear Gopalan,Welcome back to freedom and we are so...Dear Gopalan,<BR/><BR/>Welcome back to freedom and we are sorry that you have been screwed over and over again while you were in Singapore. We see that the ordeal have made you even stronger instead of subdued when critical of the Singapore Judicial and Government. There are reasons as to why the Singapore Judicial system now do not accept appeals to the Privy Council. Real Gold is not afraid of Fire. Can our Court system stand up to the scrutiny of the Privy Council or ICJ?Sylvester Limhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09266543898043246869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-9186725268229184372008-11-28T23:29:00.000-08:002008-11-28T23:29:00.000-08:00Even the WSJ get the taste our world-class kangaro...Even the WSJ get the taste our world-class kangaroo court system. The day of hip-hoping of this despondent government is numbered. The world now knows the kangaroo and unable to do business with it. Look at how hard the kangaroo trying to sell tiny red dot to the third-world country now. Can't sell to first world , sell to third-world country, and that is how cheap our world-most-expensive government is now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com