tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post6472823650644469711..comments2024-02-14T04:53:18.295-08:00Comments on Singapore Dissident: Singapore Island. Education, better living, greater travel and computer literacy does not go hand in hand with dictatorships.Gopalan Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399145588654603667noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-4245166018819455912012-07-15T17:56:17.435-07:002012-07-15T17:56:17.435-07:00To Anonymous Sun Jul 15, 0503,
You seem to miss t...To Anonymous Sun Jul 15, 0503,<br /><br />You seem to miss the whole point. I have not said that life in Singapore, as far as daily necessities, are not better than those in the impoverished surrounding Asian countries. No dout it is better. <br /><br />But what I am trying to say, which I think most other readers understand, is this. The need for democracy and freedom works in opposite directions with totalitarianism. In other words, the more education, the greater the need for human dignity (freedom). <br /><br />Which is why, in spite of the better living conditions, Singapore suffers from record levels of brain drain. Almost every single young person would emigrate if given the chance. <br /><br />A young man with a college degree is not only looking for a place to live and 3 meals a day, which he can get both in Melbourne Australia or in Singapore, he wants to openly condemn the corruption among the Lee Kuan Yew family who pay themselves 5 times the salary of the President of Obama, which he cannot do in Singapore. He can do it in Australia without being arrested. <br /><br />Second, he wants to be treated with dignity and respect which he is not in Singapore. For instance publishing daily propoganda in Singapore's state controlled press is insulting to him as a human being. Whereas in Austraila he can read uncensored news. <br /><br />Which is why Singapore is losing it's battle to remain in the front as a developing country. In fact the Lee Ruling Family's demand that they continue as they have been for the last 52 years is the reason why edcuated Singaporeans are all leaving only to be replaced by Mandarin speaking peasants from Mainland China. They are not in a position to advance the island. But other than them, no one else wants to come. <br /><br />This degrades the class and sophistication of the remaining population, by bringing it down to the level of these Mandarin speaking peasants from the remote parts of China. <br /><br />Of course the Indian and Malay population in Singapore has already disappeared or are in the process of total extinction.Gopalan Nairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399145588654603667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-73959879637925675412012-07-15T17:03:12.211-07:002012-07-15T17:03:12.211-07:00Actually, the common man has it good in Singapore ...Actually, the common man has it good in Singapore compared to a whole lot of other countries. Efficient public goods, good education, low level of corruption at the ground level etc.<br />There is no true democracy anywhere in the world. Look at India, It is democracy in paper, but it is still ruled by the Nehru dynasty. And the freedom of press in India is a joke.<br />Singapore isn't all that bad.<br />I do agree that they could be a lot more transparent and accountable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-661912717406239882012-06-11T10:46:11.199-07:002012-06-11T10:46:11.199-07:00To Fed Up Singaporean,
Would like to point out tha...To Fed Up Singaporean,<br />Would like to point out that it is technically impossible for PAP to lose 90% of the seats as long as they are allowed to manipulate the elections with GRCs, changing electorial boundaries at the last moment and having the Election Dept come under the PM's office. If more opposition parties come forward, all they have to do is to<br />increase the number of GRCs like<br />what they had always done in the<br />past. This will result in lots of<br />walk over GRCs even if majority of Singaporeans vote for opposition parties. Hence PAP will always maintain their majority of seats<br />in the Parliament.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-2038881407027477402012-06-10T23:30:46.137-07:002012-06-10T23:30:46.137-07:00Singapore once again spoke about becoming a Law Ce...Singapore once again spoke about becoming a Law Centre for the AP region. But with its interest in attracting moneyed people, its track record of money laundering, I can see kangaroos hopping all over the place. (No offence to Australia - where the courts dare to go against their government and the billionnaires)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-80072407505086051042012-06-07T17:27:09.581-07:002012-06-07T17:27:09.581-07:00Very well written article. But I some how agrees w...Very well written article. But I some how agrees with the first reply. The PAP and her conies are definitely not dumb. Look at the cases of foreigners beating up a cab driver and leaving the country even before the police know what's going on. <br /><br />My point is PAP is too "entrenched" into anything that has to do with The Law in Singapore. Even if GE2016 they lose 90% of the seats, people who have supported PAP (lawyers,judges,civil servants etc) will continue to work wary of PAP. <br /><br />It's like bringing a North Korean soldier whose undergo generation of brainwashing into the outside world and telling him, his so-called benevolent leader is a dictator and a mass-murder of his own people. And expecting him to believe you on the spot.Fed Up Singaporeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11169463764992628787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-36954761043133712792012-06-07T11:38:08.601-07:002012-06-07T11:38:08.601-07:00to Anonymous,
I don't think it is as easy as t...to Anonymous,<br />I don't think it is as easy as that. Besides the real possibility of being held accountable for their actions, people in power also worry about their legacy. A man who has so skillfully managed to fool everyone into thingking he is God, would find it hard suddenly to be tarred as Satan.Gopalan Nairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399145588654603667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-388608536585230882012-06-06T22:05:29.071-07:002012-06-06T22:05:29.071-07:00The family is not one bit interested should it los...The family is not one bit interested should it lose the elections in 2016. If it wins it is bonus time but if it does not then they have billions to fall back on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com