Originally posted by oxford mushroom:
Your question indicates that you are trapped in the old mindset of
national boundaries. In the globalised world, nationality means
little. It does not matter whether my doctor is Singaporean or
African, as long as he does a good job. Similarly, as long as my
fund manager ensures my investment grows each year, I do not care
if he is from Toa Payoh or Timbuktu.
There is pride in Singapore only if Singapore is prosperous. In the
60s and 70s, Chinese nationals who emigrated to the US would refer
to themselves as Americans. Today, more of them are prepared to
call themselves Chinese. This has got to do with the increasing
prosperity and confidence of China.
There will be national pride if the nation gives its population
something to be proud of. You cannot force it out of your citizens
when mothers have to desert their own children to work as domestic
maids overseas.
Look Fool. Quit avoiding the question and instead castigating me
for whatever you can think of. I do not care about
your ideas. I care about answers. Otherwise, I consider you a lying
cowardly scum who consistently runs away from debates.
And oh by the way, I intend to ply my trade elsewhere eventually. I
would happily pick up an American citizenship anyhow. The Singapore
Passport is a useless piece of paper after all.
Originally posted by oxford mushroom:
Precisely as a pragmatic measure, that is the right thing to say at
a national day rally to the majority who do not have the skills to
emigrate. Of course it is not in the national interests to see our
brightest and ablest leaving for greener pastures where they can
expect a better life. No PM will encourage them to leave even
though he knows that he would have done precisely the same in their
shoes. Those who would leave because they can find a better life
elsewhere will go anyway. You must be naive to think that they will
change their plans because the PM says so. Rather, it will be those
who cannot leave who feel placated. It gives them a comfortable
label...they remain because they are 'stayers', rather than
'failures' because they cannot find a job elsewhere even if they
are unhappy in their current circumstance. This is politics...what
do you expect?
Now this is indeed interesting. I posted in a few posts ago that
every electorate 85% of the population is sheep, the remainder seek
to manipulate the people, and the others are so disgusted with
everything but just simply powerless to do anything or don't care.
I am guessing that you actually subscribe to that school of thought
where people are sheep to be manipulated. Now tell me now, since
you clearly regard people as sheep to be bullied, manipulated etc.
Why should we listen to the Govt who actually doesn't do things
that are in our interest but theirs? Moreover, it is pragmatic that
the Govt lies to us and cover up their misdeeds to give a
pretension that they are doing things in their interest and yet
aren't. After all, we aren't family, so why should I care about
others' well being?
