i recommend people read Edward hernan and Noam Chomsky's
Propaganda and the Public Mind.
1. Is the campaign a public feedback forum or a political
discussion session? How effective is it? How effective would it be?
Even the future Pm believes that once the economy is better, all
this "noise" will be gone (ST2003 Cat Lim's gazing into the crystal
ball)
2. i agree that there is a need for people to know the country's
history. But is it needed on a national scale? or is it the failure
of the Education ministry to cover the minimum in the social
studies cirricula in primary and secondary school? History is
always on the side of the victor, but how many of our textbooks
mention then PM Lee's manoeuvre that led to the defeat of The
Plen?
3. If there should be National Education and greater awareness, i
would rather Us be aware of our constitutional rights which are
severely restraint by our laws. IF everyone knows their rights, we
know what we can and cannot do, rather than have some murky OB
markers. But i always believe that the more people do not know, the
easier they are to control.
this i pose to George.
