Somehow all 3-lettered acronyms
seem to perfect the art of "double speak" - in the Animal Farm,
those PIGs led a revolution in freeing themselves from the tyranny
of the Farmer - and condemned all who walked on 2-legs as their
enemy (except for those that has wings instead of hands).
Somehow, when time passes by, those 'EXTRA-ORDINARY' PIGs seem to
have the 'extra-ordinary
talent' and began to quietly change the ground rules and
began to walk on their hind legs, and took over the Farmer's
House.
In our REAL WORLD, some scenes seems to be a replay of Georgie's
writing of the Animal Farm, with our supreme leader first taking
office in a modest room in City Hall, and as time passes, moved
into the Istana, which used to be the residence of the Colonial
Governor-General governing the British Far East Empire.
Some quotable quotes of famous 'Double Speak' Principles spoken by
our Extra-Ordinary LKY seems to be a replay of George Orwell's
fictitious writing but actually occurring in the same manner over
time:
Lee Kuan
Yew, once one of the worlds most articulate voices of
freedom, had this to say in 1956 as an opposition member of
Parliament:
But either we believe in
democracy or we do not. If we do, then we must say categorically,
without qualification, that no restraint from any democratic
process, other than by ordinary law of the land, should be allowed.
If you believe in democracy, you must believe in it
unconditionally. If you believe that men should be free, then they
should have the right of free association, of free speech, of free
publication. Then no law should permit those democratic processes
to be set at naught. . .
In a subsequent speech made when Singapore was part of the
Malaysian federation, Lee articulated his feelings about freedom of
the press and media.
Let us get down to fundamentals.
Is this an open or a closed society? Is it a society where men can
preach ideasthe novel, unorthodox, heresies. . . where there is a
constant contest for mens hearts and minds on the basis of what is
right, of what is just, or what is in the national interest? Or is
it a closed society where the mass mediathe newspapers, journals,
publications, TV, radio. . . feed mens minds with a constant drone
of sycophantic support for
a particular orthodox philosophy?
Forty years later, in 1997, LKY
remark was recorded in the aritcle Machiavelli's Tiger - Lee Kuan Yew and Singapore's
authoritarian government :
'Between being loved and being
feared, I have always believed Machiavelli was right. If nobody is
afraid of me, Im meaningless.'
Lee Kuan Yew, Oct 6,1997
I truly believe the process is
Darwinian, he says, if adopting Western values diminishes the
prospects for the survival of a society, they will be
rejected
As far as Asia goes, its problems and vulnerability on the road to
riches mean, in Lees view, that Western liberal ideas are
inappropriate. Individual rights will simply get in the way of
social progress. Do not indulge them.
For over 45 years of independence,
Singapore is no closer to the enthusiasm for a democratic Singapore
espoused by a 25 year old LKY.
For over 45 years, Singaporeans have been brainwashed to provide
"sycophantic support for
a particular orthodox philosophy" as pronounced by
the Ruling Party guided by MM LKY.
Looking back at what a 25 year old LKY had so eloquently publicly
said in 1957, and comparing to what he said recently in
support of increasing the ministerial wages in 2007, Singaporeans
are truly caught like the animals in Animal Farm, and the PIGs are
having a party in the Istana:
To establish a fair and just society where man does not exploit his
fellowman, we must first end the colonial society, the result of
the exploitation of the wealth of Malaya and our people by British
capitalist interests. That is why the P.A.P. is vehemently
anti-colonialist.
Colonialism means not only the exploitation of local man by
local man, but also the exploitation of all local men by the
white man.
It is only when we have ousted the British from political control
that we have a chance to create a new different society with equal
and fair opportunities for all to live and learn and work
without exploiting their fellow
men either by their greater wealth or greater
talents.
After 50 years, we are now living in
a society that no longer see the 'local man being exploited by the
White Man' but now exist with the 'exploitation of local men by those
men in White whose
basic political qualifications are their EXTRA-ORDINARY
talent and wealth'.
"The biggest mistake any
Singaporean can make is to believe that Singapore is an ordinary
country and can behave like an ordinary country like Malaysia, like
Indonesia, like Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Australia, New
Zealand, Denmark," he was quoted by the Straits Times as
saying over the weekend
"The problem we now face is how
to attract more talent, how to headhunt and to
persuade the best to come into parliament,"
