To my mind, loving Singapore is not the same as acts of
celebrations of national day or loving the politicians the ruling
party, or leaders.
Blind love or puppy love accepting what the leaders are doing or
sayings without questions may be just the opposite as such ac ts
might lead to disastrous consequences and decline of the
country.
Truly loving Singapore calls for adding values to the collective
wellbeing, economic competitiveness and defence of the country in
the event of aggressions from the outsiders.
To act values to the collective wellbeing of the people as a whole,
the highest act of love will be in my view:-
(1) To participate in governing and running of the country.
(2) To play the role of active citizens offering views and opinions
and checking on government where their acts go wrong or not in
accord with the rule of laws or expectation of the citizens.
(3) To defend the country against any aggressions or attacks on the
country.
The lowest and ambivalent form of loving the country is to listen
to and blindly follow the ruling party's unacountable acts or
conducts so as to benefit oneself as grassroots or beneficiaries
which are not in accord with the collective wellbeing of the
people.
Even though our opposition parties might not attain the right
qualities to be elected into parliaments, they belong to the
highest form of loving of the country. With them questioning the
acts of governments whether through taking part in election they
are doing something desirable to the collective wellbeing of the
country. Let there be gradual growing of political maturity
especially among the ruling party elites so that they will not
equate loving of the country as loving of the party thereby
perpetuating potential wrong-doings committed against the
people.
