tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post9032035838091881574..comments2024-02-14T04:53:18.295-08:00Comments on Singapore Dissident: Dissent is simmering under the brim in Singapore.Gopalan Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399145588654603667noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-4119478267103422902010-08-30T12:27:54.185-07:002010-08-30T12:27:54.185-07:00A society that robs an individual of the product o...A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort, or enslaves him, or attempts to limit the freedom of his mind, or compels him to act against his own rational judgment-a society that sets up a conflict between its edicts and the requirements of man's nature-is not, strictly speaking, a society, but a mob held together by <b>institutionalized gang-rule.</b> Such a society destroys all the values of human coexistence, has no possible justification and represents not a source of benefits, but the deadliest threat to man's survival. Life on a desert island is safer than and incomparably preferable to existence in Soviet Russia or Nazi Germany, (or present day North Korea).<br /><br />If men are to live together in a peaceful, productive, rational society and deal with one another to mutual benefit, they must accept the basic social principle without which no moral or civilized society is possible: the principle of individual rights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-5606168225086655202010-08-27T12:52:37.077-07:002010-08-27T12:52:37.077-07:00And.... Check under various Singapore You Tube web...And.... Check under various Singapore You Tube websites and just scan through some of the comments-from Oliver Fricker to Singapore National Anthem, and YOG 2010 song. There is definitely and obviously dissent going on, and less unity among the masses. My guess, it will only increase.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-4259262006057585632010-08-27T07:23:28.178-07:002010-08-27T07:23:28.178-07:00If you have not watched this YouTube, you should. ...If you have not watched this YouTube, you should. It is hilarious.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XygGeHKJPpIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-24362052235267915982010-08-26T23:56:27.900-07:002010-08-26T23:56:27.900-07:00Do you get the sense that the brick wall is beginn...Do you get the sense that the brick wall is beginning to crumble at the edges and there is a general confusion in PAP ranks as to how to react appropriately to the embarrassing events that are battering the government with increasing frequency? It's not the smartest of moves to antagonise the Malay community (who are already up in arms from being marginalised) by arresting two of their own on ludicrous grounds because in certain electoral wards like Aljunied, the Malay vote is crucial to winning. If they're trying to frighten the monkeys by killing a couple of chickens this move is politically crass .<br /><br />Caning for MRT graffiti, helplessness in the face of flooding, the Shadrake affair, the judicial murder of innocents Vignes Mouthi and Amara Toshi because it was 'procedure', the current attempt to frog-march a teen-age drug mule to the gallows, the bogus Presidential appeal procedure exposed and now the vindictive response to critics of the shambolic YOG. Tsk, tsk. I get the distinct feeling that control is gradually but unstoppably sliding away from the hands of the 30 highest-paid twits, er, I mean ministers, in the world in spite of Herculean effort. Maybe the sound of music <b><i>is</i></b> about to stop pretty soon now that the Titanic approaches its nemesis.mycroftnoreply@blogger.com