Originally posted by BillyBong:
After reading the ST article blowing her remarks
'sky-high', i cannot help but realise a couple of interesting
issues:
Wee Siew Kim made several comments concerning his daughter's
remarks. Among them was the fact that while her [b]'basic
point' was correct, her delivery was
insensitive.
It seemed to me like the father was still trying to justify her
daughter's comments despite being seriously condemned by the
general netizen community and public. While he was not obliged to
offer an apology on her behalf, there was no need to continue to
impose on the issue.
Furthermore, his follow-up comments over people who cannot take
'blunt' criticism was belligerent to say the least. It was
literally implying that the comments she made were RIGHT, and then
people who 'can't take the heat' should 'stay out of the
kitchen'.
Sounds like we all know who Wee Shu Min takes after - father or
mother.
Instead of taking a leaf out of Winston Hodge's diplomacy, his
remarks merely escalate the belief that those ruling elite will
forever be entrenched in their 'elitist' mindset, incapable of
experiencing the difficulties of the average norm.
Contrary to Wee Siew Kim's claim, not only will the lesson be
lost, it will
inculcate a continued arrogance and 'infallible' streak that has
plagued the ruling elite, and their children will be no better
off.
Till now, we still have not seen a sincere apology of any kind
towards Derek Wee. I don't expect there will ever be. [/b]
I am beginning to wonder if the PM is communicating with his
MPs. If the MP can say such things in the press totally contrary to
what the PM has been trying to do, something does not seem to add
up.
