Read also the article entitled "This is not politics!" in
today's LianheZhaobao.
http://www.zaobao.com/yl/yl501_161004.html
The author of the article makes it clear Singaporeans should not
expect the ruling party, or the government to create an environment
in which the oppositions or anybody can scold them (ruling party
and the government). Political freedom is also not something
bestowed by the government. A free political environment is
something singaporean should fight for and to build up. So Lim Swee
Say is right that if you guys don't come forward and challenge the
ruling party, it is not our fault!
But the author is clear in pointing out that there is fear among
singaporeans in expressing our political wills though the
government keeps saying "what is there to fear?" Young people are
feeling that there is no space and culture in singapore for
political debates but the government is saying that the space is
there but you need to know how to use it.
He went further to say that "the dark shadow in singapore politics
might not have been projected by the government but it was formed
after many people saw how the government dealt with the oppositions
in the past. "
"The government felt it was their right to strike at irresponsible
opposition members but from the ground levels there are voices of
disapprovals which cannot be explained."
"Such differing views are not healthy," said the author, " not
conducive in creating a healthy society with freedom of expression.
"
"the government cannot always tell its people not to feel unhappy,
based on reasoning." Mr. Lim Swee Say and his colleagues ought to
ponder, it is not always 'right or wrong', 'yr fault, not mine', it
is about dealing with people, it is about feeling, not about facts
and figures.
