tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post2380672385624247651..comments2024-03-29T12:16:37.296+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: The Ultimate SacrificeChua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-4024127988771472462007-05-19T22:52:00.000+08:002007-05-19T22:52:00.000+08:00i have posted an article this morning on the reaso...i have posted an article this morning on the reasons why Chinese Singaporeans have not many places to go except for the exceptional and extraordinary.<BR/><BR/>the rest must make sure that this island will continue to exist to provide them a chance to live decent and with a little bit of dignity and pride as a human being.<BR/><BR/>for the majority of singaporeans, going overseas is not really anChua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-81562153963891361012007-05-17T08:02:00.000+08:002007-05-17T08:02:00.000+08:00"but out of the frying pan into the deep blue sea...."but out of the frying pan into the deep blue sea." That is called sacrifice, redbean. For the sake of the next generation. Stay in Singapore and you condemn your offsprings to a life of mediocrity and lifetime of being trampled by by the ruling elite. I'd take my chances with the deep blue sea any day over such a fate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-34826767109657928432007-05-16T11:50:00.000+08:002007-05-16T11:50:00.000+08:00i will address this topic on how important is citi...i will address this topic on how important is citizenship to some singaporeans and why leaving is not an option over the weekend.<BR/><BR/>yes leaving is away out. but out of the frying pan into the deep blue sea.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-63863310024287804192007-05-15T18:32:00.000+08:002007-05-15T18:32:00.000+08:00If you want something bad enough, you will find a ...If you want something bad enough, you will find a way. Making excuses like "not everyone has the means to leave" is just simply a cop out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-79878570305247732612007-05-15T11:57:00.000+08:002007-05-15T11:57:00.000+08:00To Anon aboveYes, everyone has a choice, but not e...To Anon above<BR/><BR/>Yes, everyone has a choice, but not everyone has the means to leave. It's simple as that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-79177609048331079292007-05-15T06:26:00.000+08:002007-05-15T06:26:00.000+08:00Anon above, everyone has the choice to not have th...Anon above, everyone has the choice to not have their male offsprings be subject to NS. All you have to do is leave before your sons turn 11, it's that simple. This fact is no secret, if you ring up CMPB and ask, they will tell this to you. Now, if you choose to stay within your comfort zone and not make that sacrifice to give your sosn a better future, and then later your son gets injured or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-58346323527813292932007-05-14T16:56:00.000+08:002007-05-14T16:56:00.000+08:00If it is everyone for himself, why the hell are ou...If it is everyone for himself, why the hell are our children doing national service for a miserable salary, wasting two years during their NS stint instead of pursuing further studies and then being discriminated further when they join the workforce. <BR/><BR/>Sure, it was just an accident and just someone else's child.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-17436670851648375032007-05-14T11:24:00.000+08:002007-05-14T11:24:00.000+08:00hi anonymous,i don't mean that you are saying it a...hi anonymous,<BR/><BR/>i don't mean that you are saying it as a joke. that was a general statement.<BR/><BR/>it is true that there are too many hypocrisies in this island. the reality is that, like you said, everyone for himself or herself. the rest is a joke or just a pr exercise.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-81673118928776657032007-05-14T11:15:00.000+08:002007-05-14T11:15:00.000+08:00Redbean, I did not meant it as a joke. It is the w...Redbean, I did not meant it as a joke. It is the way things work in Singapore, where if you don't have $$, you are nothing. You need to take those rose-tinted blinkers off and Singapore the gory, rotten reality that is Singapore, a country without a soul, correction, a country where money IS it's soul. There is no place for a caring human being in such a place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-40735941782549427522007-05-14T11:00:00.000+08:002007-05-14T11:00:00.000+08:00we may joke about this uncaring brutal truth. but ...we may joke about this uncaring brutal truth. but it really is not a joke. there are many who have made it materially and laughing at the silly average singaporeans who are still struggling and complaining about bus fare increase by 10c.<BR/><BR/>civilisation may have been around for several thousand years. but the selfish and thoughtlessness towards the lesser beings never change. many will onlyChua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-51725878012200406042007-05-14T10:22:00.000+08:002007-05-14T10:22:00.000+08:00Singapore is not a place to be a human redbean. It...Singapore is not a place to be a human redbean. It is a place for rats who enjoy being a race. In a race, winning is all that metters. If a fellow rat gets kicked out of that race and have its life snuffed out, that is simply the price it paid for being in the race. It has lost, there are still many rats still in the race to the finish line. Every rat for him or her self. No feelings, no emotionsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-86617651783990988272007-05-14T09:34:00.000+08:002007-05-14T09:34:00.000+08:00it is not medodrama anonymous. just put yourself i...it is not medodrama anonymous. just put yourself in the position of the parents or siblings. only then will you feel the hurt and the pain.<BR/><BR/>it may be an accident, but the lost is real and devastating. unless we are just an unfeeling people where every one is just a digit. die so what?<BR/><BR/>feel a little, try to be a human.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-19141973452451339142007-05-14T09:05:00.000+08:002007-05-14T09:05:00.000+08:00Quit the melodrama, Redbean. What happened was an ...Quit the melodrama, Redbean. What happened was an accident, nothing more. It was his time to go, so the Grim Reaper has come to collect his due. You always must over-complicate things, musn't you ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-16912196823703412007-05-13T23:23:00.000+08:002007-05-13T23:23:00.000+08:00Sure I would. But the state is a direct result of ...Sure I would. But the state is a direct result of the "will" (collective) of the people — they always get the govt they deserve. And self-defence by way of conscription — while against my own natural-law-based principles — is simply the "reality" in S'pore.<BR/><BR/>The Taiwanese jets are old and probably breaking down.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, in all matters military, accidents do happen. Even in Iraq Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-86981722343714109392007-05-13T15:25:00.000+08:002007-05-13T15:25:00.000+08:00matilah would have a lot to say about the role and...matilah would have a lot to say about the role and responsibility of the state. i still believe that the entity of the state is still relevant today and for a long time.<BR/><BR/>how to compensate the parents whose retirement ticket has been shredded to pieces? i do not know how much the govt is compensating, but it better be a significant amount.<BR/><BR/>as for the ultimate cause,... the maker.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-52025274695622198622007-05-13T14:25:00.000+08:002007-05-13T14:25:00.000+08:00you should be asking who the ultimate murderers if...you should be asking who the ultimate murderers if you really care about the ultimate sacrifices?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-36150440386038152352007-05-13T10:58:00.000+08:002007-05-13T10:58:00.000+08:00The Victims family should demand at least S$2 bill...The Victims family should demand at least S$2 billions from pap governments for Compensation B'cos who r protecting their wealth & imposed 20% NS tax for those riches(bosses, investors, foreigners worker including PR) who earned more than s$600k annual or course foreigners irregardless high or low pay.<BR/><BR/>I wish all singaporean's all the best & strike hard to be rich to get out of this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com