In response to Heng, firstly others might have said so but never
did I state or say that Melvyn Tan did any underhand and/or under
the table deals with the government.
And about you saying I should yell at the state, I and other people
do not do that, because we are not silly, stupid and senseless
people (I hope not too many are like that anyway) Like I have
already said in my previous post, we give our opinions and views
which we have every right to as citizens of this country and (I
sure hope) as NS men who have dutifully served our beloved nation.
We lobby the government and give our views (albeit sometimes
strongly) and hope that our voicing out does have the desired
effect on the government, which I gladly say so it seems to have an
effect with Teo Chee Hean already saying he is considering more
stringent penalties on draft dodgers. In that sense we did voice
out to the government but in a matured and sensible way, and not
kao peh kao bu and ranting.
And finally you saying that it is a small matter, I think this is a
statement that borders on the ridiculous and ludicrous. This is
evasion of national service and running away from it and breaking
the laws of a country which is punishable by imprisonment. You
sayiing this is not a serious matter? If every person can do this
kind of thing and siam NS, it will make a mockery of the National
Service system and in turn the government. It is definitely NOT a
trivial matter.
