tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post3108003544867496153..comments2024-03-19T11:32:07.178+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: Voices of the disadvantagedChua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-88347095081142843122010-09-12T12:33:45.995+08:002010-09-12T12:33:45.995+08:00"the elected govt promised to look after the ..."the elected govt promised to look after the less able. I would like to hear the govt saying otherwise. "<br /><br />I didn't realise that you were a humourist on top of being an excellent satirist. John Howard (ex-PM of Australia) once said<br />that there are core promises and non-core promises. The latter can be broken easily and the former needs some excuse to be given when theyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-60318419534351271902010-09-08T16:49:21.453+08:002010-09-08T16:49:21.453+08:00redbean tries to wriggle out, as usual.
Of course...redbean tries to wriggle out, as usual.<br /><br />Of course everyone has different "ideas" of what words mean. But unless the master-debaters agree on the definition of words -- i.e. they are constrained to specific contexts -- the discussion will go nowhere because the words just become rojak.Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️https://www.blogger.com/profile/02652498247201967379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-17909940514759129562010-09-08T15:31:31.860+08:002010-09-08T15:31:31.860+08:00Please lah Matilah. You know difference between ko...Please lah Matilah. You know difference between kopitiam talk, talk politics, or talk like an academic?<br /><br />You want to nail a politician to his statement, promises or definition, like affordability?<br /><br />Even the academics cannot agree on any definition for any words. Everyone will have his own definition if he chooses. So you can have all your definitions. I won't be stressed Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-3327483447078220392010-09-08T14:56:39.624+08:002010-09-08T14:56:39.624+08:00> This is a civilised and democratic society w...<i> > This is a civilised and democratic society where the elected govt promised to look after the less able. < </i><br /><br />WOW! You define "what it is" with such certitude -- as if to say "I am right because I know I am right".<br /><br />But you trip your own argument up: what do you mean by "civilised and democratic"? BTW, there is no such thing as &Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️https://www.blogger.com/profile/02652498247201967379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-67692964298843471342010-09-07T17:37:50.246+08:002010-09-07T17:37:50.246+08:00This is a civilised and democratic society where t...This is a civilised and democratic society where the elected govt promised to look after the less able. I would like to hear the govt saying otherwise. <br /><br />So till that day comes, the less able should get some help when possible. And they are not asking for anything crazy. <br /><br />Why elect a govt that says you die your business? The less able must shout and scream for help if they Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-74258372570778264812010-09-07T16:34:06.018+08:002010-09-07T16:34:06.018+08:00> The govt cannot shirk this responsibility if ...<i> > The govt cannot shirk this responsibility if it is to be the govt of the people and for the people.< </i><br /><br />Collectivism gone mad.<br /><br />The question to this vague claim is "which people" are you talking about.<br /><br />The way you argue is that "the disadvantaged" in some twisted-logic way must be afforded "more rights" over the others.<Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️https://www.blogger.com/profile/02652498247201967379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-65478857802032921472010-09-06T16:55:56.600+08:002010-09-06T16:55:56.600+08:00OK redbean, go play your twisty word games. I'...OK redbean, go play your twisty word games. I'm not going to stop you. :-)Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️https://www.blogger.com/profile/02652498247201967379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-88116446074015893952010-09-06T16:43:03.500+08:002010-09-06T16:43:03.500+08:00To the Anon Poster above, the strategy of schemers...To the Anon Poster above, the strategy of schemers, the tactic of of crooked minds do have telling signs. No running away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-40697310045001400642010-09-06T15:45:32.218+08:002010-09-06T15:45:32.218+08:00Hahaha
Why is it that I keep on thinking the way ...Hahaha<br /><br />Why is it that I keep on thinking the way I do? <br /><br />They slowed down HDB builing program to create a severe shortage, prices shoot through the roof, they kept saying still affordable so that they can keep on laughing their way to the bank, until.........election coming, then sudden sign of reversal and used that as a vote buying strategy.<br /><br />Now, unbelievably, soAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-65593154726202835192010-09-06T14:50:16.223+08:002010-09-06T14:50:16.223+08:00Ahem. Just wondering, are you getting more profoun...Ahem. Just wondering, are you getting more profound or more confused. In one sentence you said there is no govt, and at the same time you explain what govt is.<br /><br />'There's no such "thing" as "government" -- a 'government' is simply a bunch of people and resources 'legalised' by some process...'<br /><br />It is getting smoking here.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-28524326009984355632010-09-06T14:34:17.951+08:002010-09-06T14:34:17.951+08:00Once again, its a problem created by PAP -- they d...Once again, its a problem created by PAP -- they deliberately slowed down building new flats while importing foreign trash at an insane rate. <br /><br />When property prices shoot through the roof due to severe shortage, the PAP put on their saviour clothes and pretend to 'help' us by fixing the very same problems they created in the first place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-55441011872762411572010-09-06T14:01:44.915+08:002010-09-06T14:01:44.915+08:00Yes...This is what the people(who think like me) e...Yes...This is what the people(who think like me) expect of the govt to vote it to power. If the govt does not think it is its obligation, no problem, the people can vote in a new govt. <br /><br />For those who think like you, no need to vote lah.<br /><br />Ooh, there is no such thing as government. OK, I try to pretend that it makes sense.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-53934416898166570262010-09-06T14:01:04.909+08:002010-09-06T14:01:04.909+08:00Yes...This is what the people(who think like me) e...Yes...This is what the people(who think like me) expect of the govt to vote it to power. If the govt does not think it is its obligation, no problem, the people can vote in a new govt. <br /><br />For those who think like you, no need to vote lah.<br /><br />Ooh, there is no such thing as government. OK, I try to pretend I understand who you are saying.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.com