“It is very unfortunate that you get attacked for doing your job. You bear the brunt of the frustration and madness that were initially targeted at the system you are part of, and unfairly so. It is a system problem as much it is a people problem, and both screw one another. If you are part of the system, or part of the people, you get burned in the midst of the screwing.”
Sam’s Thoughts
“Ironically, the evacuated p s y c h o s i s of Ong personifies/symbolises the Singapore state’s condition – The state, of mind – opaque, inexplicable, inversely irrational, utterly dehumanised.”
Cavalierio
“Truth remains everyone of us has a right to the unalloyed truth; doesn’t matter how bad it is; it remains our prerogative; our elemental right even and when it’s surreptitiously taken away from us and replaced by doggy soundbites instead.”
Just Stuff
“[SDP's] pro-democracy petition to the Myanmese embassy garnered 1,200 signatories. Now compare that to the 40,000 signatories in Singapore for a petition to end animal cruelty. Imagine that. We are 40 times more likely to campaign for animal rights than human rights. So before you wag your self-righteous finger at me, remember that in the end, the same people that cry injustice and pen down their names in remembrance with one hand, will sign away the rights of thousands of their countrymen with the other hand.”
Unbranded Bread and Butter
“At the heart of the matter lies the one principle that the government abides by, whether consciously or not: Citizens are dangerous and ignorant until proven otherwise. This is why MICA rejected the following two recommendations:”
“1. remove registration need for individuals, groups and political parties that provide online political content;
2. decriminalize the making of party political films”
groundnotes
“If there is much frustration being directed at the Government, perhaps it is time for Ministers and PAP MPs to step down from their ivory towers and look beyond their $100,000 per month, $200,000 per month salaries and understand the hardships faced by the working class.”
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