Last time whenever i said the Singapore national pledge, my mind
was quite innocent and so my mind was like this...
We, the citizens of Singapore
pledge ourselves as one united people,
regardless of race, language or religion,
to build a democratic society,
based on justice and equality,
so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and
progress for our nation.
But after afew years of mature thinking, now my mind was thinking
like this...
We, the citizens of PAP
pledge ourselves as one PAP people,
regardless of race, language or religion,
to build a PAP society,
based on justice and equality,
so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and
progress for our PAP.
Actually the National Pledge was written by Sinnathamby Rajaratnam
in 1966 shortly after Singapore's independence. Mr Rajaratnam
revealed that the dream was to build "a Singapore we are proud of".
He believed that language, race and religion were divisive factors,
but the Pledge emphasises that these differences can be overcome if
'Singaporeans cared enough about their country.
'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_National_Pledge
But never did Mr Rajaratnam lived to this day to see..., it is not
that Singaporeans did not cared enough about their own country, but
Singaporeans are not given the freedom to choose their own leaders,
to voice out their own opinion without been label as a opposition
members, or worst been label as a traitor of Singapore.So, whoses
at fault now?We or the 'government' of
Singapore?
