I see it as an extreme manifestation of one of the things that's
wrong with Singapore as a whole. Those fellas in that thread see a
problem, point out the problem to someone else, and expect those
other people (in this case the UN) to solve Singapore's problems
for us.
In the end, they fail to realise that in doing so, they have
absolved themselves of their responsibility towards Singapore. I
can agree that the MIW is doing a lot of things wrong, but hey, it
could have been a lot worse. Instead of trying to get the UN to
solve our problems for us, we should be focused on solving them
ourselves. We should take responsibility for our own problems and
not expect others to solve them for us.
And at the end of the day, those problems really ARE petty when you
try to look at the bigger picture. After all, in the grand scheme
of things, I should think that a $5 ERP charge is small potatoes
compared to famine and state-sponsored wanton democide.
