tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post8072079852700621110..comments2024-02-14T04:53:18.295-08:00Comments on Singapore Dissident: Lee says free press not the answer to country's development problemsGopalan Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399145588654603667noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-86099664322415954382008-01-14T12:03:00.000-08:002008-01-14T12:03:00.000-08:00I find it a tad bizarre that LKY now aims to emula...I find it a tad bizarre that LKY now aims to emulate Italy: I love Italy, but isn't it widely viewed as a tired, badly managed country on its way down, a country where businesses are succesful not with the help of the state, but in spite of the state...?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-59256762853648649262008-01-14T03:24:00.000-08:002008-01-14T03:24:00.000-08:00There is only one solution to Singapore's future. ...There is only one solution to Singapore's future. LKY need to stay alive. I just posted a comment about longing to see Samuel Huntington's prediction coming true. Now I remember the other books I read.<BR/><BR/>In his memoirs, LKY talks about the Tungku and his ministers having a corrupt good time ... Even George Orwell will be happy to know that I am quoting from his ANimal Farm ... it is no longer "4 legs good, 2 legs bad" - it is "4 legs good, 2 legs better" now. <BR/><BR/>$600,000 is peanuts. I don't know how much is corruption, but the elites are having a fun time making monkeys out of a stressed out population.<BR/><BR/>To think that I never like literature or General Papers in my schooldays. That is because I was told that I cannot find a decent job as an Arts stream student. This is still true, my life will be miserable as a Singapore journalist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-8767702929765297262008-01-14T00:31:00.000-08:002008-01-14T00:31:00.000-08:00Well pointed out. That's what they do best..sidest...Well pointed out. That's what they do best..sidestep..or ignore. Once my sis asked a member of the RSAF in a forum something like:"Why are Muslims not chosen to fly fighter airplanes...has it got something to do with our geographical location, being that our neighbours are mostly muslim countries, that should there be war, you fear that our muslim soldiers would work with the 'enemy' instead???" <BR/><BR/>She never got a straight forward answer. Like his mentor and master, the officer, you guessed it, sidestepped and dribbled his words. Like the saying goes...If you can't convince,..CONFUSE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-92096969212789842202008-01-13T20:11:00.000-08:002008-01-13T20:11:00.000-08:00Worse still, without a free press Singapore cannot...Worse still, without a free press Singapore cannot progress!<BR/><BR/>This is all just part of Lee's failure to face the facts.<BR/><BR/>And I wonder what operating system he uses on his computer now? Windows 95?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com