Comments on: Of “Peasant Culture” & “Stupid Singaporeans” http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/04/26/of-peasant-culture-stupid-singaporeans/ An online community engineer coping with the social media explosion Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:25:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: suhao http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/04/26/of-peasant-culture-stupid-singaporeans/#comment-127 suhao Fri, 28 Apr 2006 06:06:35 +0000 http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/04/26/of-peasant-culture-stupid-singaporeans/#comment-127 It requires fundamental shift in thinking, philosophy, values... The West often criticises China for its Communist rule or its inadequate push for democracy. I certainly would not be surprised that if China government continues to practise what it does now for the next few decades because China is putting its "life" at stake should it push for a fast transition to democracy. The point is that China is too big and similarly Singapore is too diverse a nation that makes up too many races to allow for true democracy - freedom of everything... From the State's point of view, a nation's integrity is much more important than its development, be it political or economical. That is just my opinion. I choose msn space because it is owner friendly and user friendly if you use MS. (Given your "hatred" to MS, what do you expect the EU's ruling on its antitrust case?) Another reason is that, one is instantaneously informed of any update on my blog as one will be seeing a yellow star appear in front of my msn tagline. I have one more paper to go tomorrow morning and thank you very much for your kind wishes. Are you going to the talk next Wednesday by the CEO of Hurrey (I hope I get it right)? It requires fundamental shift in thinking, philosophy, values… The West often criticises China for its Communist rule or its inadequate push for democracy. I certainly would not be surprised that if China government continues to practise what it does now for the next few decades because China is putting its “life” at stake should it push for a fast transition to democracy. The point is that China is too big and similarly Singapore is too diverse a nation that makes up too many races to allow for true democracy - freedom of everything… From the State’s point of view, a nation’s integrity is much more important than its development, be it political or economical. That is just my opinion.

I choose msn space because it is owner friendly and user friendly if you use MS. (Given your “hatred” to MS, what do you expect the EU’s ruling on its antitrust case?) Another reason is that, one is instantaneously informed of any update on my blog as one will be seeing a yellow star appear in front of my msn tagline. I have one more paper to go tomorrow morning and thank you very much for your kind wishes. Are you going to the talk next Wednesday by the CEO of Hurrey (I hope I get it right)?

]]> By: Justin Lee http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/04/26/of-peasant-culture-stupid-singaporeans/#comment-126 Justin Lee Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:59:46 +0000 http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/04/26/of-peasant-culture-stupid-singaporeans/#comment-126 thanks for the link karma dude! i think this is an interesting debate for young singaporeans.. how do we feed our minds well enough so that we do not remain in stasis? i think the internet really helps a lot... thanks for the link karma dude! i think this is an interesting debate for young singaporeans.. how do we feed our minds well enough so that we do not remain in stasis? i think the internet really helps a lot…

]]> By: Fergus Macdonald http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/04/26/of-peasant-culture-stupid-singaporeans/#comment-125 Fergus Macdonald Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:28:10 +0000 http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/04/26/of-peasant-culture-stupid-singaporeans/#comment-125 Wise words spoken there Mr Lee! It's one of the things i've noticed while being here - as much as i love the people and the country, there is a definate dependence issue. Whether to overbearing parents who control their kids until they're married, or to a government that has a hand in everything, a lot of Singaporeans seem to lack initiative. It's quite possible that they simply lack the initiative to even have an oppinion! Wise words spoken there Mr Lee! It’s one of the things i’ve noticed while being here - as much as i love the people and the country, there is a definate dependence issue. Whether to overbearing parents who control their kids until they’re married, or to a government that has a hand in everything, a lot of Singaporeans seem to lack initiative. It’s quite possible that they simply lack the initiative to even have an oppinion!

]]> By: cray http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/04/26/of-peasant-culture-stupid-singaporeans/#comment-124 cray Thu, 27 Apr 2006 03:03:24 +0000 http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/04/26/of-peasant-culture-stupid-singaporeans/#comment-124 you know whats' funny (in a happy tree friends kind of way): Lee Kuan Yew acknowledging the racial superiority of "east asians" as he calls them. There is another awesome quote of his here: http://snipurl.com/pq3y you know whats’ funny (in a happy tree friends kind of way): Lee Kuan Yew acknowledging the racial superiority of “east asians” as he calls them. There is another awesome quote of his here: http://snipurl.com/pq3y

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