tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post5873082080329585599..comments2024-02-14T04:53:18.295-08:00Comments on Singapore Dissident: A comment from James Tan in repsonse to my post "An Excellent Question" which explains this better than I could.Gopalan Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399145588654603667noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-11549416680291570442008-02-28T17:59:00.000-08:002008-02-28T17:59:00.000-08:00all true, i'm happy for you that you have a balanc...all true, i'm happy for you that you have a balance and can see through things.<BR/><BR/>I would like to say to all people no matter where you live, what country you live in, please please please take courses on critical thinking. More than ever, singaporeans need to be critical thinkers. this government and it's policies try to tell people that nation and government comes before the individual, yet in reality what is happening is the individuals that are in government have somehow put themselves before the nation itself... even the constitution<BR/><BR/>think, to me it's like when a pedophile says to a young child "don't tell anyone." whenever you are asked or ordered not to talk it is because someone will get in trouble. and usually the person telling you not to say anything has the most to lose... sort of like the singapore government.<BR/><BR/>you can say almost anything you want, but do not talk about race, religion, which are things we should talk about to better understand each other instead of close our doors to it. and of course not to talk badly about the government. if only good things are said about the government, then people believe it to be good. if bad things are said, then people question it. and questioning a government does not destroy it, it challenges it to do better, to fix mistakes, to build upon things that are right, and to hold decision makers accountable to the people. <BR/><BR/>here's things to remember<BR/><BR/>fell onto the train track = jump, suicide<BR/><BR/>fell = jump suicide<BR/><BR/>good times ahead = less work and harder work ahead for common folk. or, more cheap labor for businesses and jobs for old folks cleaning toilets.<BR/><BR/>we will be a hub = more foreigners<BR/><BR/>cpf = the relative who borrows money but pays back late or not enough<BR/><BR/>self sufficient = government will not help you, fend for yourself.<BR/><BR/>tax increase = singaporeans getting old, need to put money back we lost investing from cpf funds<BR/><BR/>HDB upgrade coming soon = bribing voters<BR/><BR/>madarin speaking job = we don't want malays or indians<BR/><BR/>singapore is efficient = robotic citizens who do not question and have lost all creative skills, soulless<BR/><BR/>robust = government has control over its people and can do whatever it pleases<BR/><BR/>you think about what you hear from the government and you'll find more of your own conclusions.<BR/><BR/>before any real progress can be made, people need to learn to be critical thinkers, and the government has stripped that ability. is that success, if you are the government it is. if you are a living thinking breathing human being, it's not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com