1/29/2013

Punggol East – We are not daft



Whoever thinks that the voters, in general and those in Hougang or Punggol East, are daft got to get his head check. The maturity of the voters, mind you they may not have first class honours or top doctors or scholars, but many are very well educated, with tertiary education. And many are definitely smarter and more qualified that the plane loads of FTs being unloaded to replace them. At least our local FTs are carrying genuine certificates and qualifications from world class universities and from our world best primary and secondary schools with very well qualified and trained teachers.

The pattern of voting in Punggol East was simply brilliant. It was reported that in every polling station, the WP won. There was no exception or enclave where there was stronger or weaker support for the PAP or WP. Translating this, it means the support is from the overall majority of the voters.

And the voters made every vote count. There was no significant wastage where votes went to the two minor parties. All the votes were either for the PAP or the WP. The voters were serious, very serious. They wanted to make a real difference, and they did.

The last Presidential Election could be a strong factor to remind the voters that anyhow vote could be a very costly mistake. This time they made no mistake. They wanted Li Lian earnestly and every vote for Li Lian was carefully considered, or in the same way for Koh Poh Koon.

The smart voters have arrived. The voters today are not like the illiterate uncles and aunties when a little last minute carrot or goodies could sway them. They not only looked at municipal or local issues, they also understood the big picture. You can’t con them anymore. Welcome to the new Singapore and a more intelligent electorate. They are simply saying, ‘We are not daft.’

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

That is why property & car prices must remain high.
That is why school syllabus must be difficult.
That is why we must not subsidize Singaporeans.
That is why Singaporeans must compete with Foreign Talent for jobs at a lower salary.

We want you to work so hard that you become daft and obedient.
Got no time to think about what is good for you.
So tired that you believe everything that Shit Times says must be correct.
Only know how to vote PAP.
Got no time to hear alternative political views.

You want a better life?
Vote Opposition ... if you dare.
Do you dare to believe that we can have a better life without PAP?

GE 2016 and beyond.
Beyond PAP.
Do you dare to serve Singapore & Singaporeans instead of PAP?

Anonymous said...

Quote "On why there is still a need to moderate social space involving social media for example, Mr Lee said the online community in particular is not moderating itself.

Extreme views are put out and responses and disapprovals are also extreme."

Is that what he can see the only reason for the decline in votes for them? And trying to "fix" this as a solution? sigh....obviously not waking up at all.

So Mr Lee said this cannot be left to itself.

Anonymous said...

Without social media, they see nothing, hear nothing and worrying about nothing.

Removing social media will remove all the problems.

Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️ said...

>> Whoever thinks that the voters, in general and those in Hougang or Punggol East, are daft got to get his head check. <

Humans in large groups tend to behave stupidly if they act collectively.

Voting in a political process is dumb, because the political process itself is dumb.

Don't vote. It doesn't matter. Democracy is akin to mob rule.

Anonymous said...

The PAP obviously got the wrong feedback by relying on PA, Community Clubs and if I may say, on political analyst that give them the wrong signals.

They should have taken the views of the social media more seriously. because those are geniune views, rather than the skewered views given to please the PAP leaders.



Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️ said...

@anon 246:

You make up too much of unnecessary narrative.

Cognitive Bias : Availibity Heuristic

As humans we think in terms of narratives (our imaginations at work) instead of probability and statistics.

Here are the facts:

1. Mike Plamer was having regular blow jobs and obviously enjoying blasting his man-cream into the face of a staffer

2. Because of the public exposure, he steps down

3. Now you have a "vacuum"

4. What happens next is probabilistic. It could go either way. In this case, the PAP failed to secure.

Had Mike and his fuck-toy not acted on their mutual attraction and lust and engaged in the exchange of salacious and musky bodily fluids, then nothing would have changed.