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17-08-2014, 07:40 PM
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Vocal minority drowning out voices of majority on TRE (http://www.tremeritus.com/2014/08/17/vocal-minority-drowning-out-voices-of-majority-on-tre/)
http://www.tremeritus.org/simages/dmca_protected_sml_120n.png?e074ae http://www.tremeritus.org/wp-content/themes/WP_010/images/PostDateIcon.png?e074ae August 17th, 2014 | http://www.tremeritus.org/wp-content/themes/WP_010/images/PostAuthorIcon.png?e074ae Author: Contributions (http://www.tremeritus.com/author/contributor/)
http://www.tremeritus.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/freedom-of-speech.png?e074aeDear TR and readers,
I am a member of the 2011 60.1% majority voting for our world class PAP government. Once in a while, I dropped by TR to size up the other side. While I found TR to be highly hilarious and entertaining in the past, recently, I found the voices to be troubling, protectionist and bordering on xenophobic.
Right now, there are so many threads on TR that are so negative on Singapore, a country that is highly rated by many international organizations, this is unfair to our country and could cause our great international reputation as a liberal, open economy, meritocratic society to be tarnished for no good reason!
While CHEAPER BETTER FASTER sounds a bit cruel, we need to bear in mind that without this, our inflation will be higher and a bowl of mee pok could be $7-8! In fact, my north India acquaintances are earning upwards of $6000 per month and using salary level as indicator of ability, it is fair to say that they are more expensive while better and faster than many locals who are less capable!
In any countries, there will always be a minority who is unable to do well due to their inherent ability, education level, IQ and EQ. With their lack of education, lower earning powers and subsequent lower social status, it is no wonder that they feel that Singapore is being unfair to them!
Actually, the MAJORITY of Born and Bred TRUE BLUE Singaporeans are doing well, grateful to our great world class PAP government and demonstrated it by voting 60.1% enmass in 2011! Most of the time, we are successful in our careers and hence do not have the time to waste on Internet forums.
On the other hand, the 39.9% vocal minority should be the less successful sour grapes who prefer to spend their time as armchair generals on Internet criticizing our great Government instead of improving themselves and their careers and lives.
Till now, I refrained from using any rude words. I hope everyone can be civil and play fair.
To my bros the 60.1% who voted for PAP in 2011: feel free to add your comments to show the 39.9% what you really think. Otherwise, the 39.9% vocal minority will just keep on saying unfair things and mislead people into thinking that many people are unhappy with PAP when facts show that 60.1% majority support the Party!
To the 39.9% in 2011: I hope you will refrain from commenting, and instead, let the 60.1% to comment for once. I am quite sure we, the 60.1%, will surprise you with our strong support for government.
Mark Tan
* Submitted to TRE
Editor’s note: Let’s be civil and not engage in personal attacks. Discuss issues with civility even though we may disagree with one another. Whether you are 39.9% or 60.1%, all are welcomed to comment and share ideas together.
Here’s a familiar story we have told in the past:
Inspired by Voltaire, a famous forerunner of the French Revolution, Evelyn Beatrice Hall, writing under the pseudonym S. G. Tallentyre in her 1906 biographical book ‘The Friends of Voltaire’ summarized Voltaire’s beliefs in this famous phrase coined by her:
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
When Voltaire’s remains were brought back to Paris to be enshrined in the Pantheon in 1791 after the French Revolution, it is estimated that a million people attended the procession, which stretched throughout Paris.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?188080-Member-of-60-1-feels-TROUBLED!-Help!!!&goto=newpost).
Vocal minority drowning out voices of majority on TRE (http://www.tremeritus.com/2014/08/17/vocal-minority-drowning-out-voices-of-majority-on-tre/)
http://www.tremeritus.org/simages/dmca_protected_sml_120n.png?e074ae http://www.tremeritus.org/wp-content/themes/WP_010/images/PostDateIcon.png?e074ae August 17th, 2014 | http://www.tremeritus.org/wp-content/themes/WP_010/images/PostAuthorIcon.png?e074ae Author: Contributions (http://www.tremeritus.com/author/contributor/)
http://www.tremeritus.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/freedom-of-speech.png?e074aeDear TR and readers,
I am a member of the 2011 60.1% majority voting for our world class PAP government. Once in a while, I dropped by TR to size up the other side. While I found TR to be highly hilarious and entertaining in the past, recently, I found the voices to be troubling, protectionist and bordering on xenophobic.
Right now, there are so many threads on TR that are so negative on Singapore, a country that is highly rated by many international organizations, this is unfair to our country and could cause our great international reputation as a liberal, open economy, meritocratic society to be tarnished for no good reason!
While CHEAPER BETTER FASTER sounds a bit cruel, we need to bear in mind that without this, our inflation will be higher and a bowl of mee pok could be $7-8! In fact, my north India acquaintances are earning upwards of $6000 per month and using salary level as indicator of ability, it is fair to say that they are more expensive while better and faster than many locals who are less capable!
In any countries, there will always be a minority who is unable to do well due to their inherent ability, education level, IQ and EQ. With their lack of education, lower earning powers and subsequent lower social status, it is no wonder that they feel that Singapore is being unfair to them!
Actually, the MAJORITY of Born and Bred TRUE BLUE Singaporeans are doing well, grateful to our great world class PAP government and demonstrated it by voting 60.1% enmass in 2011! Most of the time, we are successful in our careers and hence do not have the time to waste on Internet forums.
On the other hand, the 39.9% vocal minority should be the less successful sour grapes who prefer to spend their time as armchair generals on Internet criticizing our great Government instead of improving themselves and their careers and lives.
Till now, I refrained from using any rude words. I hope everyone can be civil and play fair.
To my bros the 60.1% who voted for PAP in 2011: feel free to add your comments to show the 39.9% what you really think. Otherwise, the 39.9% vocal minority will just keep on saying unfair things and mislead people into thinking that many people are unhappy with PAP when facts show that 60.1% majority support the Party!
To the 39.9% in 2011: I hope you will refrain from commenting, and instead, let the 60.1% to comment for once. I am quite sure we, the 60.1%, will surprise you with our strong support for government.
Mark Tan
* Submitted to TRE
Editor’s note: Let’s be civil and not engage in personal attacks. Discuss issues with civility even though we may disagree with one another. Whether you are 39.9% or 60.1%, all are welcomed to comment and share ideas together.
Here’s a familiar story we have told in the past:
Inspired by Voltaire, a famous forerunner of the French Revolution, Evelyn Beatrice Hall, writing under the pseudonym S. G. Tallentyre in her 1906 biographical book ‘The Friends of Voltaire’ summarized Voltaire’s beliefs in this famous phrase coined by her:
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
When Voltaire’s remains were brought back to Paris to be enshrined in the Pantheon in 1791 after the French Revolution, it is estimated that a million people attended the procession, which stretched throughout Paris.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?188080-Member-of-60-1-feels-TROUBLED!-Help!!!&goto=newpost).