Okay, with regards to that MP who was looking at her phone
during the National Anthem?
It turns out that she was, by her own admission,
posting on her Facebook account.
To quote her:
"I was so caught up in the wonderful NDP 2011 and felt so
proud of being a Singaporean, that I wanted to capture that moment
of pride, at the very tail end of the anthem, to share on FB with
my residents. If in my enthusiasm I offended anyone, please accept
my apologies. NDP is a time to unite not divide. Majulah
Singapura."
Seriously, WTF. Even back in secondary school, if you were to so
much as fidget around and scratched your thigh during the national
anthem, you're gonna get hell from the discipline master.
And during BMT, we had flag raising/lowering ceremonies on the
first day of our ten-day outfield. One fella who was caught
fidgeting by his PS got tekaned like hell and got turn-out parade
(Smart 4, boots polished) three times a day for the next ten days.
Considering that that outfield was Cat 1 for nine out of the ten
days, that was hell.
Oh, and he said goodbye to several of his weekends.
Perhaps, we must make it compulsory that all MPS must serve NS,
regardless of gender, race,language or religion!
At least the basic of standing still to show respect to the
flag, anthem and nation as common sense should be present for them.
Wait.. Perhaps their common sense is not that common after all....
:D
