9/13/2013

Racial relations Survey

Racial relations are taking the limelight again with the Survey by the Institute of Policy Studies. The survey revealed some expected results in a multi racial society that has been subject to some violent rape and assault recently. There is nothing new really and the findings could even be deduced with a little bit of thinking. The Survey only confirmed the situation with the numbers from the respondents.
 

What did the Survey expect to find out other than the obvious? What is behind the thinking of the people behind the Survey? There seems to be some preconceived ideas or expectations that are deemed to be good and not good. There are some presumptions of what a good multi racial society should be. And one of the good or right things is that all the different races would be hugging and kissing each other everyday. And all of them will be socializing with each other, visiting each other and making friends if not sleeping together. The people are expected to reach out to understand other races and their sensitivities! Are these the expectations? If so, then they will be very disappointed. Is it the responsibility of individuals to make time to understand others when they hardly have time for themselves?
 

There are many conditions and natural behavior of human beans that would not allow it to be so. Even in a homogenous community, not everyone is hugging and kissing everyone and loving everyone or knowing everyone. There is the limitation of time. In a hot bed society like ours, everyone is so busy trying to make his living better, chasing after that dollar to pay for whatever that is needed. How much time would one have left to go sneaking around other people’s homes and prying into people’s affairs, people who have nothing to do with you or do not matter in their lives?
 

The days when life was less hectic, when there were plenty of idle time to do what one pleased, socializing, talking shop and playing are over. You can’t rewind the society to those days when living was easy and there were plenty of time to gaze at the stars or making love and raising children.
 

Then there are the individual traits that may not be particularly social in nature. Not everyone would like to be busybody or poking their noses at other people’s life and affairs. There are many that are more comfortable doing their own things, be themselves and amusing themselves in their private pursuits. What the heck is this thing that everyone is expected to be socializing with everyone and with other races to be seen as good, normal and expected? What craps! Oh, there are people who would want to be around with people, talking and yaking the whole day and night. Not everyone will conform to the same mould and expectation of the social scientists.
 

People will get together when they have the time and the common interests. People make friends by sharing their common activities in common areas. If the interests are different, how could they be seen messing around with each other? Would the crows and the mynahs be kissing each other or feeding in the same trough? Would one scorn at the crows or mynahs for not associating with each other or for not playing ball together? Would one be unhappy with the introverts, the not so sociable, the not so kaypoh for keeping themselves away from the maddening crowd? Different people chose to have different lifestyles and different ways of living, and people should respect that. Are the people expected to open their doors or go down to the community halls after work to prove that they are part of a community? And why bother to do that in a hotel of strangers? Are the people expected to be sharing their food with their neighbours, greeting and kissing their neighbours along the corridors?
 

As a country and community, what is expected and important is for the people to feel as one people, to believe in the share destiny and common interests, to have the freedom of choice to live as one chooses, but behind all these, to stand up for the country as one united people when a situation demands it. I think this is already asking too much of the people.
 

Is the Survey expecting too much? Or the Survey already knows what to expect and any shortcomings would be seen as unsatisfactory?

23 comments:

Anonymous said...

you talk like a real old uncle, so grumpy in the morning because last night lost money in gambling.

Anonymous said...

who cares about surveys nowadays, old uncle.

Anonymous said...

The above two post, bend your backside, net citizens wanted to screw your asses talking to RB that way

Anonymous said...

Good morning RB and all .........

Surveys are only useful only there are people analysing the findings out of the surveys to bring about improvements.....

A recent study confirms that there are serious tensions between SGs and new immigrants...........

I sincerely hope that the govt is seriously looking at the findings of the study and temporary STOP importing immigrants immediately........

I can see that there are many many extremely unhappy SGs out there, unhappy that this tiny island so very crowded......

In my opinion, it is the social ills of overcrowding that is the real concerns.....

Anonymous said...

Hmmm 9.02am, I don't know about him but I got big dick, so can I screw your ass?

Anonymous said...

RB, let's hope more doggies got screwed by the new citizens and foreigners.

Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️ said...

Surveys are mostly bullshit lah. They are not really that useful because many people don't tell the truth when they are asked a whole lot of questions.

But even if the survey, for argument's sake is CORRECT.

So what? So what if locals can't handle an influx of foreigners? How is that important to the overall future of the cuntree? It is not. The progress of a nation cannot be held back by stupidity, selfishness and childish emotionalisms. i.e. just because some people feel bad, doesn't make them "correct".

Anonymous said...

Surveys are taken on random, the reading gotten can be skew by inexperience, if a society needs number to run its policy, it's banking on getting screwed, OSC did 47k and got rubbish and therefore we had another medi life shitty occurances, if it's for the good of the people, justification needs to be done on those ask and for those that table the numbers.
SMC's getting help from the govt?, the ppl that actually okayed the loans are ppl that do not know the difference between a tag and a nail, but yet they are the honours student that approve loans, if given the loans, and through hypetech will the jobs be secure.....so putting water on sprung fire, is what the govt is doing, another example are the roads, even monkeys can tell when they are 1st biuld, they are just too small....we have the best minds?, we have they best talent?, but we sure have the biggest pay pack.

Kaki

Chua Chin Leng aka redbean said...

Hi Kaki, welcome to the blog. The truths are always the truths. Some are hard truths, some soft truths, some medium hard truths.

Anonymous said...

I notice that in a man, the older he gets the harder the truths that are swirling around in his head become, obviously inversely related to the hardness or lack of thereof in the other head.

Anonymous said...

This survey is bull shit becuase of the way the questions were framed. Furthermore it's a known fact that Singaporean have never been honest is surveys and will always provide the "correct answer". It's like the Ponggol election survey. The best was the Durex survey which indicated that 60% of Singaporean do not engage in oral sex..hahahahah

b said...

There are many pitfalls to surveys. Just google. Only the discerning eyes are able to see the truth not half truth.

patriot said...

Call me cynic or say that i am too cynical or whatever.
Surveys, OSCs, people consultations and what not in Sin, are ultimately for propaganda purposes. There maybe accuracies in them, but the sentiments and interpretations made to them can differ and be used to ones' intention.

Most of the times, they are just propaganda to me WHEN me reads them from State Media.

patriot

Anonymous said...

I went through the OSC page by page but cannot find the 47k ppl so mention, strange? I could only find that 4k ppl was surveyed, do u know where was it stated that it was actually 47k ppl??

Kaki

Chua Chin Leng aka redbean said...

If I can remember it was in the ST and all the media.

Anonymous said...

The best way to deal with the situation in small island is to use Sunzi number 36 stratagem.

檀公三十六策,走是上计.

PiakAhPiakSongSong said...

@ 9.38pm

Yes!

Can chow better do so!

Otherwise old liao arse still kanna piak ah piak until cannot walk, then too late liao! What say you?

patriot said...

Yes, young Singaporeans who cannot earn $50ks(fifty thousands) and above yearly should find ways to migrate. Staying in Sin should be the last option if the future matters to them.

patriot

Anonymous said...

The racial divide will always be there. The PAP is just trying to sweep the problem under the carpet and pretend everything is well.

Look at Myanmar. When the army's heavy hand was present, we do not hear of muslims and buddhist fighting each other. Now that the Myanmar Government is loosening its iron grip, groups of people are trying to exert control over land and properties, direcly or indirectly using religion as the criteria. The problem is very difficult to resolve, if the experience of Israel in the Middle East is any indication.

So, in all honesty, I am not surprised at the result of the survey. It is to be expected.

Anonymous said...

Cannot trust the survey.
Recently there is a poll to suggest over ten percent strongly agree gay marriage. Not just no objection but 'strongly agree'

OMG! What a joke!

Chua Chin Leng aka redbean said...

We will all have peace and harmony in paradise where the lions and sheep lay side by side, and the lions eat grass.

One caveat, provided man does not bring their religions to heaven.

Anonymous said...

You have given a subjective input. How about breaking down the survey and give it an objective overview?

Anonymous said...

Thanks found it in st.

Kaki