tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post9123811119013969589..comments2024-03-29T22:11:27.145+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-26730387962022311512007-04-24T15:09:00.000+08:002007-04-24T15:09:00.000+08:00$8,000 a month as Chief Minister? Was that in 1950...$8,000 a month as Chief Minister? Was that in 1950's dollar? Back then you could get mee rebus for what? 5cents? 10 cents? Today it's $2 at the cheapest hawker centre. 20 to 40X increase. <BR/><BR/>By that measure, $8,000 then is roughly about $160,000 (at 20X).Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17086463514896415103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-42725369163826481802007-04-23T15:51:00.000+08:002007-04-23T15:51:00.000+08:00"Be patriotic to your country, always, and to your...<B>"Be patriotic to your country, always, and to your government only when they deserve it."</B> ~ Mark Twain<BR/><BR/>Again redbean, your <I>perpetual mistake</I> is conflating the ideas of "state" and "country" into one—I do believe that you are simply unaware of your conditioning, which is I supposed forgivable, as most people who have grown up in Singapore and educated by the PAP's MOE Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️https://www.blogger.com/profile/02652498247201967379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-21909305836085659062007-04-23T13:44:00.000+08:002007-04-23T13:44:00.000+08:00dissidents or patriots are but two sides of a coin...dissidents or patriots are but two sides of a coin, depending on which side one chooses to see.<BR/><BR/>the worst enemies to the state are those who knows that things are not right but keep cheering the leaders to go on. the other kind of state enemies are the unthinking kind.<BR/><BR/>if the people are thinking, the govt will listen. if the people surrender their ability and right to think, theChua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-11310714535626683832007-04-23T13:01:00.000+08:002007-04-23T13:01:00.000+08:00I always admired David Marshall for his mind, his ...I always admired David Marshall for his mind, his insights, his amazing communication skills, his love of jurisprudence...and probably his most notable trait sadly lacking in the society in general—his PASSION.<BR/><BR/>However, I can't stand and am in almost total disagreement with his politics. HE also comes across occasionally as "holier-than-thou" with an air of "moral superiority" or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com