tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post111349744482176086..comments2023-11-05T17:53:13.405+08:00Comments on Singabloodypore: Happy-face fascismUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1147658036977504922006-05-15T09:53:00.003+08:002006-05-15T09:53:00.003+08:00Well done!http://nmhxuzrc.com/fwqj/siyp.html | htt...Well done!<BR/>http://nmhxuzrc.com/fwqj/siyp.html | http://omdesrst.com/ppkh/flvd.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1147658032878170802006-05-15T09:53:00.002+08:002006-05-15T09:53:00.002+08:00Well done!http://nmhxuzrc.com/fwqj/siyp.html | htt...Well done!<BR/>http://nmhxuzrc.com/fwqj/siyp.html | http://omdesrst.com/ppkh/flvd.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1147658028801751042006-05-15T09:53:00.001+08:002006-05-15T09:53:00.001+08:00Thank you!My homepage | Please visitThank you!<BR/><A HREF="http://nmhxuzrc.com/fwqj/siyp.html" REL="nofollow">My homepage</A> | <A HREF="http://kohvombe.com/zema/pzfw.html" REL="nofollow">Please visit</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1147658022853094842006-05-15T09:53:00.000+08:002006-05-15T09:53:00.000+08:00Nice site![url=http://nmhxuzrc.com/fwqj/siyp.html]...Nice site!<BR/>[url=http://nmhxuzrc.com/fwqj/siyp.html]My homepage[/url] | [url=http://qdyjfkpx.com/nrhw/ojym.html]Cool site[/url]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1146648765064582832006-05-03T17:32:00.000+08:002006-05-03T17:32:00.000+08:00Singapore is often held up as a model for developi...Singapore is often held up as a model for developing countries. As a citizen of a developing country (South Africa), I become very concerned when reading about the oppressive political and cultural atmosphere in this country. I have absolutely no desire to live in (or even visit, for that matter) a place where you have to get a prescription for chewing gum, or face the possibility of execution for smoking weed. It is noteable that the foremost proponents of Singapore as an ideal to be emulated are predominantly wealthy and possessed of a police state mentality. For an ordinary bloke like me, I cannot see any benefits of such a system. <BR/><BR/>Disneyland with the death penalty, that's Singapore for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1114253827605233602005-04-23T18:57:00.000+08:002005-04-23T18:57:00.000+08:00hilarious. certainly nothing infantile here.singap...hilarious. certainly nothing infantile here.<BR/><BR/>singapore's a dump. the government's a stick in the mud. it's clean and green wherever tourists tread.<BR/><BR/>but fascist?<BR/><BR/>too much emphasis on the role of governments when governments all over the world have lost control of their countries to the new political power; the megacorporation.<BR/><BR/>fascism is a word, and if singapore is fascist, then i'm glad fascism works quite as well as it has.<BR/><BR/>if, say, america decides it has a drug problem, the singaporean methodologies of hanging dealers, crackhos and that fellow who's doing a double-take on that smouldering joint would likely solve the problem.<BR/><BR/>fascism for more better life! fascism for more shiny tommorrow!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1114190378343983742005-04-23T01:19:00.000+08:002005-04-23T01:19:00.000+08:00whatever:But the top-down approach is so much more...whatever:<BR/>But the top-down approach is so much more applicable/relevant in Singapore than it is in America (or say the UK), simply because of Singapore's no-holds-barred corporatist governmental style.<BR/><BR/>It's quite impossible to discuss Singapore without discussing the merits and demerits of its style of governance because that governance infiltrates everything that goes on the in country so pervasively and on a minuteness of scale that is hardly to be found anywhere else.<BR/><BR/>If Singaporean youth are eager to make a change, maybe they also need to know what's going on before they can diagnose what's going wrong. The observation that many Singaporeans are infantile is extremely well-supported by the evidence. I don't consider myself an exception - but I also think I can't get out of it unless I acknowledge the problem first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1114135636396564832005-04-22T10:07:00.000+08:002005-04-22T10:07:00.000+08:00It's easy for a foreigner to enter Singapore and c...It's easy for a foreigner to enter Singapore and criticize the flaws he/she perceives there. God knows I've done the same to America since arriving here. But to analyze things from a top-down perspective ("the Government does this and this") is to miss the big picture. I've had no lack of stimulating political/cultural/etc discussions with fellow Singaporeans (perhaps you need to expand your social circle?) and as every good Singaporean knows, you can do whatever you want as long as your parents don't find out. How is that different from other countries?<BR/><BR/>All this talk about a PAP conspiracy to 'impose happiness' onto Singaporeans is quite unsubstantiated. Does the spread of Christianity in America similarly indicate unhappiness among Americans? I don't see people jumping to that conclusion.<BR/><BR/>Yes, completely free speech is still not to be had in our country. Yes, the government has a thumb in every money-making pie. But this doesn't mean Singaporeans are quietly unhappy or resentful. On the contrary, more people are speaking out about the issues close to their heart. There's a vibrant community of young people eager to make change, both offline and online (the online portion of which I believe you've just summarily dismissed as 'infantile'). We need time, and we need people to stop judging our country based on the self-righteous principles they cling equally narrow-mindedly to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1114087343894103572005-04-21T20:42:00.000+08:002005-04-21T20:42:00.000+08:00After reading the comments left over the last few ...After reading the comments left over the last few days I have re-read the article and it appears to me that Singapore hasn't changed.<BR/><BR/>Go read the likes of MrBrown, Xiaxue and other certain blogs that shall not be named, and it is full of infantile concerns or pulling silly faces. <BR/><BR/>I am planning on doing research into Singaporean attitudes on certain contemporary issues and I am starting to think that because of the high readership of the two blogs mentioned above that my source of data is definitely skewed towards 'infantilism'.<BR/><BR/>Please point me towards blogs that are not infantile and currently do not appear on my Singapore BLog listdfgdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04890467678463833210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1114082305803496172005-04-21T19:18:00.000+08:002005-04-21T19:18:00.000+08:00'Yes we would like to attract foreigners to come t...'Yes we would like to attract foreigners to come to Singapore and work for us, to bring in new ideas but they must sit down, shut up and do as they are told like everyone else.'<BR/><BR/>Does this sound familiar to people who have worked in Sg?<BR/><BR/>And LKY is a philosopher king all knowledge emerges from his lips like water from a fountain.dfgdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04890467678463833210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1114065386617307662005-04-21T14:36:00.000+08:002005-04-21T14:36:00.000+08:00Another contradiction for you:Much as the governme...Another contradiction for you:<BR/>Much as the government lauds the presence of FTs, any comments made by foreigners is considered "not required to be told what to do" as in the case of the recent Amnesty Forum. My my! I love the LKY Logic. Hasn't he been receiving instructions from his formative years in Cambridge or does he really thinks he's white.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1113935445158244442005-04-20T02:30:00.000+08:002005-04-20T02:30:00.000+08:00hi agagooga. The internet is being monitored, and ...hi agagooga. The internet is being monitored, and the monopoly on IPservers, is their current way of regulating it. The law is in place and I am sure that it will be used when someone over steps the mark. <BR/><BR/>I can remember a website owner fleeing to Australia a few years ago because he was accused of inciting religious hatred. So the powers that be will flex their muscles when they feel compelled to.<BR/><BR/>But you are correct, they have currently not been heavy handed. Or is it the case that they do not perceive the 'chattering bloggers' as a near an present threat. <BR/><BR/>While bloggers continue to debate in this 'cyber' reality, without manifesting that chatter into action in the actual streets, they feel safe. Want to try and organise a less than fashionable 'flash crowd' and see how many police officers appear?<BR/><BR/>But remember that you are being watched and that the internet lacks anonymity. No matter whether you leave a name or the name anonymous as many do.dfgdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04890467678463833210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1113925689764677032005-04-19T23:48:00.000+08:002005-04-19T23:48:00.000+08:00It amazes me how people can accuse us of dressing ...It amazes me how people can accuse us of dressing sloppily yet also being immensely vain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1113846420911944922005-04-19T01:47:00.000+08:002005-04-19T01:47:00.000+08:00The Internet, for one. They're not regulating it w...The Internet, for one. They're not regulating it with as heavy a hand as the mass media.Agagoogahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11427912904378599921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1113741433972420352005-04-17T20:37:00.000+08:002005-04-17T20:37:00.000+08:00strikes me as still fairly accurate 10 years on, n...strikes me as still fairly accurate 10 years on, not that I knew it well back then. <BR/><BR/>The Lee family still has its grip. <BR/><BR/>People still strike me as primarily money-oriented, superficial and, though it wasn't mentioned in this article, <B>immensely</B> vain. <BR/><BR/>Of course Big Family now has videos monitoring those nasty goings-on in streets in Geylang.expat@largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1113548381873331122005-04-15T14:59:00.000+08:002005-04-15T14:59:00.000+08:00Hi, it thought it is singles aged 35 and above ins...Hi, it thought it is singles aged 35 and above instead of 25 and above?<BR/><BR/>anonymous 1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1113532345635317962005-04-15T10:32:00.000+08:002005-04-15T10:32:00.000+08:00yup, singles aged 25 and above can apply for a 4-r...yup, singles aged 25 and above can apply for a 4-room flat while in the past you have to get engaged first before you can do that. i think the government finally realised cohabitation is more effective in boosting birth rates than marriage itself. the theory? try until you hit it. then get married. hmm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1113503943887876042005-04-15T02:39:00.000+08:002005-04-15T02:39:00.000+08:00So how does it differ from Ann's description?You c...So how does it differ from Ann's description?<BR/><BR/>You can now getting chewing gum with a prescription.<BR/><BR/>any others?dfgdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04890467678463833210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1113498802317630972005-04-15T01:13:00.000+08:002005-04-15T01:13:00.000+08:00Yes, Singapore has changed since 1995.I'm not sure...Yes, Singapore has changed since 1995.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure that even in 1995 it was as bad as it's made out to be here.Agagoogahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11427912904378599921noreply@blogger.com