Frankly i think Wong Kan Seng set a very terrible precedent.
We are expected to pay top dollars for ministers the MM
claimed are extra ordinary talents. Then it is with the
understanding that if any ministry conducts a serious error the
minister in charge must be made to pay the reprecussions.
Because any laxity in procedure must be traced back to the man
ultimately in charge, let alone one as serious as allowing a
lame terrorist to
escape
If we must pay top salary to them, then it is expected any
serious mistakes would mean expulsion or forced
resignation.
I would add on to your example though, it's more like if i get
cold water at Hotel 81 i would curse my luck and just go to sleep.
But if i pay top dollars to stay at Fullerton/Riz Carlton i would
raise bloody hell if i can't even get hot water for the money
i paid.
Much as i hate Lee Hongyi for being able to get away
scotch free with his email, he pointed out the whole problem
with the system. We are led to believe that talents man the system,
yet they are not held accountable when they commit mistakes
which would have resulted in severe punishment if the ordinary men
did it.
If it was an ordinary private or corporal that sent out
that email, he probably needs to wash his backside and prepare to
bend over.
I do find very amusement the whole pardoxy about producing
people who think out of the box. It always seems the more non
existent(America/low government intervention) or
dysfunctional (Taiwan, China) the government is , the more
likely they produce people who think out of the box.
Yes, about to bring Ah Wong out to whack. He did not even have
the balls to hand in his resignation letter. If PAP had wayang a
bit (ie he submit resignation, they reject), his image would have
been salvaged. But now, all I see is a cowardly turtle sitting on a
diamond throne totally afraid of losing the seat. Even courage is
out of the window, because he wants to keep his $$$.
Adding to your example, I have another friend who was 1st class
honours in my cohort, he once told me, "For normal people like us,
we should get punished for making mistakes, but for those elites,
we have to forgive them because they are far and few"
Just what sort of logic is that??? Just like every Singaporean
who was fed by the govt with "We have limited talent, so we cannot
afford to lose them. They make mistake, we accept", he accepted
that he must be punished but elites don't need to get punished for
making the same mistake. DUH!!!
To me, the higher you go, the more accountability you should be
holding. Such that, normal people make that mistake, they might be
forgiven, but for the person sitting in an elite position, he
CANNOT be forgiven for making that normal mistake, BECAUSE he is an
ELITE.
*fainted* skewed logic to keep incapable and cowardly people in
leadership positions. And the best part is, our fellow citizens
accept! *fainted*
