tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post114855218104246583..comments2023-11-05T17:53:13.405+08:00Comments on Singabloodypore: 'PAP Dictatorship Beware'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1148877602184713572006-05-29T12:40:00.000+08:002006-05-29T12:40:00.000+08:00What Lee is not intelligent enough to realise, or ...What Lee is not intelligent enough to realise, or conveniently ignores, is that the Laws of Demand and Supply applies in the case of 'Good' opposition.<BR/><BR/>When it is commonly perceived that there is a market for 'opposition', that is, that they can actually get their posteriors into the House of Parliament, then even more viable characters will join the various parties. In this event, the leadership of these parties will have a greater selection of greater minds to choose from. But first, the people will, upon appreciating this point, have to vote in what Lee & Sons consider to be 'bad' opposition. <BR/><BR/>Additionally, Lee must remember that his efforts to create a 'nation of rabbits' will have knock-on effects on the overall intellectual calibre of just about every chingaporean traversing the streets. Nobody who is consistently exposed to the local cultural milieu can escape with her or his perspectival arsenal unscathed.<BR/><BR/>Finally, 'good' opposition can be defined by the perspective that leaders ought not to have pay scales that have a negative relationship with those of the masses, that the masses do not exist solely to pander daily to the whims, fancies and interests of the elite, of which Lee and Sons, are a part of, and who believe that right-wing fascism cum racism is not a viable conduit for the irrigation of the fields of creativity and dynamism amongst the masses.<BR/><BR/>OMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1148581628834291202006-05-26T02:27:00.000+08:002006-05-26T02:27:00.000+08:00vague predictions of "self destruction" are neithe...vague predictions of "self destruction" are neither here nor there; it is more useful to look at where the various trneds, like the resurgent opposition parties, the attempt to "open up" at the same time of clamping down, would actually lead toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1148567641872615872006-05-25T22:34:00.000+08:002006-05-25T22:34:00.000+08:00Here's the source:http://www.malaysiakini.com/opin...Here's the source:<BR/><BR/>http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinionsfeatures/51432<BR/><BR/>But I think you need to be a malaysiakini subscriber to login for the full article.<BR/><BR/>Cheers.PanzerGrenadierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836438378215893219noreply@blogger.com