Singaporeans like the N Koreans are 'psychopathic types' too
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Hey Dear MM Lee, we Singaporeans like the North Koreans are 'psychopathic types' too!
Thanks to WikiLeaks revelation of MM Lee's comments to US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg at the Istana on May 30, 2009 ['WikiLeaks Exposes Kim Flab Jab'- The Diplomat,3Dec2010], or see [Razor TV Video], we now know that in MM Lee's opinion, North Koreans are ‘psychopathic types’ and their leader Kim Jong-il is a ‘flabby old chap who prances around stadiums seeking adulation.’
But aren't we Singaporeans quite the same too?
Here's how it could be so:
1) We continue believe in a main political party insincere in its efforts at upholding racial harmony.
- In GE1988, PAP govt used 39 parliamentary seats for its inaugural implementation of the GRC system of elections, the main purported reason for such being the achievement of inter-racial harmony and equality through the guarantee of minority MPs being elected to parliament. At inception, the effectiveness of 'ensuring minority representation' (referenced to actual resident minority proportions) with 13GRCs was 73.960% (see chart or post for date and calculation details), but this figure is projected to fall by 12.657% to 64.599% by GE2011 despite there being 1 more GRC in GE2011 as compared to GE1988 (due mostly to increased minority populations in Singapore- 1980s cf 2009).
- The negative side-effect of GRCs- i.e. the tendency of GRCs seats to take up parliamentary seats and thus reduce SMC seats; (reduction in SMC seats is disadvantageous to younger, smaller opposition parties and independents as these have neither the memberships not the funds to compete in large GRCs of 5-6members each- just little over 10% of all parliamentary seats were SMCs in GE2006, GRCs in addition are very much subject to the problem of gerrymandering to suite the incumbent during elections).
Despite the size of the Singapore parliament growing (marginally) between GE1988 and GE2006, from 81 to 84 MPs respectively [chart]. That same period saw the number of SMCs for contest however fall drastically- from 42 in GE1988 to 9 in GE2006, the reason for this being that across the board, GRCs had ballooned in size from 3MPs/GRC in GE1988 to uniformly 5 to 6MPs/GRC by GE2006.
Thus in the midst of the failing effectiveness of 'ensuring minority racial representation' by 12.657%, the prevalence of GRC MPs in parliament actually rose from 48.148%(GE1988) to 89.286%(GE2006): an increase of 85.441%.
Adding to the insincerity of the GRC system is the fact that upon demise of any GRC MP, even if it were to be the minority member, no by-election need be held. By this, the original premise of having GRCs in the first place has effectively been disposed.
It seems to me that the GRC system of elections is a policy built more so to suite the interest of PAP and its aversion to any political contest, rather than the original intentions of ensuring racial equality and harmony in Singapore.
2) We have complete adulation for our ex-Prime Ministers. They are elevated post-retirement firstly to the post of 'Senior Minister' and when the current PM retires, to the grand and royal appointment of 'Minister Mentor'. We pay them royally well too, 'MM(s)' and 'SM(s)' earning in 2008 S$3.7M each, a figure less than 1.6% below that of the Prime Minister's salary and a lofty 24% more than either of the 2 DPM's.
We must continually vote for them during elections no matter how sickl, old, tired or even confused they may look, for only current MPs are eligible
for a Cabinet appointment in Singapore. Imagine the shame and insult we would inflict upon ourselves should we not support the 'SM' or 'MM' and vote for them. Our change of heart would surely give the foreign press a field day with unpatriotic headlines like "Minister Mentor looses post, Singaporeans loose direction", "Minister Mentor dies in office, Nation set for chaos".
Perhaps our ex-PMs should take a leaf from the book of 4th and ex-Malaysian PM, Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad (b. 10July1925) who'd started his blog http://chedet.co.cc/chedetblog/ in May2008, and whose immensely popular blog to continues to engage and influence both Malaysian politics and the young in a discreet and elegant way. Tun Mahathir's blog will remain a historic and emblematic guiding light to his political followers if not the nation, long after his demise.
3) We believe that a paranoid and incompetent PM is the way to go, recall PM Lee's infamous election rally in the heart of town that state media reported as ['PM Lee says countries worldwide respect and admire Singapore's proven system' CNA:03May2006]: "...I'm going to spend all my time thinking what's the right way to fix them, to buy my supporters votes, how can I solve this week's problem and forget about next year's challenges?...". PM Lee then threatened to fix the opposition, start vote buying and screw policy prudence if 10 or more opposition entered parliament. Me thinks that PM Lee has either improved upon his leadership skills or is perhaps pushing his own limits by the making of yet another promise, this time guaranteeing the presence of 9 opposition members in parliament, their status as mostly consolatory NCMPs notwithstanding.
4) Don't we all love puppetry of coat-tail MPs and the state bestowed culture of always voting for PAP Cabinet Ministers and their royal entourage?
According to ['THOUGHT OF THE MONTH- Top 5 reasons why we should retain the GRC system'- YPAP/ Fong Yoong Kheong, 11 May 2010, Updated 28June2010]>3) Electorate gets to vote Cabinet Minister> ... "The GRC system entitles more Singaporeans with a chance to directly vote for a Minister. This translates into empowerment of the people and a stronger voting power.", Singaporeans feel heard and honored in getting to vote for GRCs led by Cabinet Ministers, whom by their devious manipulation (see pt1 'GRC' above), have managed to guarantee themselves a Cabinet position even before the polls have been concluded- indeed are PAP Ministers divine in their ability to prophesy the future; crafty PAP politicians.
This contrasted with ['Singapore lifts whip on orchestrated parliament'- AFP 21Mar2002]: "The free vote is given to them when they make a request, and the Whip will consider. In the past it was simply: 'No you can't even request', he said." This only goes to show how dependent we now are upon our hierarchical cabinet to direct and instruct our untested coat-tail PAP MPs.
In most democracies, it is the winning MPs, having each attained the mandate of the electorate they represent that decide amongst those elected who and whom should become ministers and form the cabinet. It is perhaps 'uniquely Singapore' that each minister elects amongst his entourage whom is deserving of a 'coat-tail MP' post; see: ['GRCs make it easier to find top talent: SM' - ST 27 June 2006]. For these coat-tail MP candidates, the only work requirement in exchange for a plump pay check is probably that one's 'morals have been (thoroughly) washed with soap'; for those whose convictions tell otherwise, herd instinct and the parliament whip would dissuade any further significant political dissent.
So yes, we Singaporeans in allowing the PAP to manipulate and hyper-inflate the GRC system of elections to their unethical advantage, have implicitly endorsed PAP's current political dynasty. With so many coat-tail MPs around, I guess we are set to see many more SM, MMs, DPMs, ministers without portfolios in the PM's office needed to select, guide and defend coat-tail MPs from 'dark and evil opposition forces' late into their retirement years.
So in our own little way, we too have ‘flabby devious old chap(s) who prances around stadiums hyper-inflated the GRC system of elections to gerrymander and rig electoral systems (i.e.fix the opposition), buy supporter's votes, and make myopic decisions seeking adulation walkover elections, a pliable electorate, an endangered political opposition, pompous titles of political appointment and a salary scale second to no other democratic country’.
So Dear Mr MM Lee, we Singaporeans aren't so special after all, wouldn't you agree?
[Wikipedia: Kim Jong Il]
Majulah Singapura and a nice day to all.
Inspiration/ Motivation:
- Matthew 25:40: "The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'"- (NIV)
- "If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it. "~ Mother Teresa
References:
- [wiki:gerrymandering#Singapore]
- 'The new authoritarianism': "More and more of us are willing to trade freedom for wealth or security... ... A modern form of authoritarianism, quite distinct from Soviet Communism, Maoism or Fascism, is being born. It is providing a modicum of a good life, and a quiet life, the ultimate anaesthetic for the brain." [Guardian, 1July2008]
- 'Don’t risk real freedom for short-term material gain': "Our civil liberties are in jeopardy and we are to blame. We have reduced democracy to the right to make and spend money... (in return for) a temporary blanket of security and what turned out to be an illusory prosperity" [The Times, 7Sept2009] -
north korea is still goin to do something to spore leaders n spore despite what spore says now.
look...the malaysian prime minister never said anything bout north korea....the indonesian prime minister never said anything bout north korea...even the china and south korean leaders never went to point where they got personal to north korean leader by saying he is fat n he is having mad people as citizens in north korea!
if u went to IMH and told someone there that he is ugly looking and his brother and sister is a psychopath....high chance u would get a black eye in return or even be killed as a result.....and thats the janitor we are talking about!
its not if north korea will attack spore as that time is already too late to ponder about...its when and where north korean special forces would be in spore!
im afraid its somewhat late to kiss ass or say sorry to north korea as it is.
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north korea shld send commandos to kill the old man
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they are!north korean commando terrorist ops always try kill the person who said that!if they cant do dat..they get hi son etc etc......still cant know where his son is after a few years,,,then probably bomb spore ntuc n everyone there etc as a last shot in anger.
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Full blown psychopath (PD) is dangerous & can be clearly recognised & exposed but its the subclinical form of psychopaths (maybe u have someone in your mind) who r more devious as most ordinary folks cannot recognise the subtlety of its chicanery/machinations.
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.........u tell that to north korean guy and see what he does to u....think havent finish talking an axe would already be stuck on someones head.
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sporeans.....brace yerselves!
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I don't think Harry Lee Kuan Yew has right to criticise North Korea.
Kim Jong il's father Kim Il Sung fought against Japanese occupiers while Harry Lee behaved like a traitor and a coward and worked for Japanese.
Coward still want to talk big.
pui.
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[edit] Early years
Much of the early records of his life come from his own personal accounts and official North Korean government publications, which often conflict with independent sources. Nevertheless, there is some consensus on at least the basic story of his early life, corroborated by witnesses from the period.
Kim was born to Kim HyÅ�ng-jik and Kang Pan-sÅ�k, who gave him the name Kim SÅ�ng-ju, and had two younger brothers, Ch’Å�l-chu and YÅ�ng-ju. The ancestral seat (pon’gwan) of Kim's family is ChÅ�nju, North ChÅ�lla Province, and what little that is known about the family contends that sometime around the time of the Korean-Japanese war of 1592–98, a direct ancestor moved north. The claim may be understood in light of the fact that the early ChosÅ�n government’s policy of populating the north resulted in mass resettlement of southern farmers in PhyÅ�ngan and HamgyÅ�ng regions in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. At any rate, the majority of the ChÅ�nju Kim today live in North Korea, and extant ChÅ�nju Kim genealogies provide spotty records.
The exact history of Kim's family is somewhat obscure. The family was neither very poor nor comfortably well-off, but was always a step away from poverty. Kim was raised in a Presbyterian family; his maternal grandfather was a Protestant minister, his father had gone to a missionary school and was an elder in the Presbyterian Church, and both his parents were reportedly very active in the religious community. Kim was an accomplished church organist.[4][5][6] According to the official version, Kim’s family participated in anti-Japanese activities and in 1920 they fled to Manchuria. The more objective view seems to be that his family settled in Manchuria like many Koreans at the time to escape famine. Nonetheless, Kim’s parents apparently did play a minor role in some activist groups, though whether their cause was missionary, nationalist, or both is unclear.[7][8]
Kim's father died in 1926, when Kim was fourteen years old. Kim attended Yuwen Middle School in Jilin from 1927 to 1930,[9] where he rejected the feudal traditions of older generation Koreans and became interested in Communist ideologies; his formal education ended when he was arrested and jailed for his subversive activities. At seventeen, Kim had become the youngest member of an underground Marxist organization with fewer than twenty members, led by H� So, who belonged to the South Manchurian Communist Youth Association. The police discovered the group three weeks after it was formed in 1929, and jailed Kim for several months.[10][11]
[edit] Communist and guerrilla activities
The Communist Party of Korea had been founded in 1925, but had been thrown out of the Comintern in the early 1930s for being too nationalist. In 1931, Kim had joined the Communist Party of China. He joined various anti-Japanese guerrilla groups in northern China, and in 1935 he became a member of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army, a guerrilla group led by the Communist Party of China. Kim was appointed the same year to serve as political commissar for the 3rd detachment of the second division, around 160 soldiers.[7] It was here that Kim met the man who would become his mentor as a Communist, Wei Zhengmin, Kim’s immediate superior officer, who was serving at the time as chairman of the Political Committee of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army. Wei reported directly to Kang Sheng, a high-ranking party member close to Mao Zedong in Yan'an, until Wei’s death on 8 March 1941.[12]
Also in 1935 Kim took the name Kim Il-sung, meaning "become the sun."[13] The name had previously been used by a prominent early leader of the Korean resistance.[8] Soviet propagandist Grigory Mekler, who claims to have prepared Kim to lead North Korea, says that Kim assumed this name while in the Soviet Union in the early 1940s from a former commander who had died.[14] On the other hand, some Koreans simply did not believe that someone as young as Kim could have anything to do with the legend.[15] Historian Andrei Lankov has claimed that the rumor Kim Il-Sung was somehow switched with the “original” Kim is unlikely to be true. Several witnesses knew Kim before and after his time in the Soviet Union, including his superior, Zhou Baozhong, who dismissed the claim of a “second” Kim in his diaries.[16]
Portrait of Kim Il-sung.
Kim Il Sung's birthplace in Mangyongdae-guyokKim was appointed commander of the 6th division in 1937, at the age of 24, controlling a few hundred men in a group that came to be known as “Kim Il Sung’s division.” It was while he was in command of this division that he executed a raid on Poch’onbo, on 4 June. Although Kim’s division only captured a small Japanese-held town just across the Korean border for a few hours, it was nonetheless considered a military success at this time, when the guerrilla units had experienced difficulty in capturing any enemy territory. This accomplishment would grant Kim some measure of fame among Chinese guerrillas, and North Korean biographies would later exploit it as a great victory for Korea. Kim was appointed commander of the 2nd operational region for the 1st Army, but by the end of 1940, he was the only 1st Army leader still alive. Pursued by Japanese troops, Kim and what remained of his army escaped by crossing the Amur River into the Soviet Union.[17] Kim was sent to a camp near Khabarovsk, where the Korean Communist guerrillas were retrained by the Soviets. Kim became a Captain in the Soviet Red Army and served in it until the end of World War II.
In later years, Kim would heavily embellish his guerrilla feats in order to build up his personality cult. He was portrayed as a boy-conspirator who joined the resistance at 14 and had founded a battle-ready army at 19. North Korean students are taught that this Kim-led army singlehandedly drove the Japanese off the peninsula.[8]
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Serving British interests
"Now, from all the already released records in London as well as other historical researches, it is clear that in launching Operation Cold Store, Lee Kuan Yew was serving the then strategic interests of Britain which wanted Singapore to continue to provide a forward military base in Southeast Asia," said Lim
"It is also now an undeniable fact that Lee worked earlier for the Japanese military during the Occupation making Britain's English materials available in Japanese-language for the occupiers," he added.
Lim was a graduate of Singapore's prestigious Raffles College and a medical doctor trained in University of Malaya, which was then located in Singapore.
"I was also a founder of University of Malaya's Socialist Club which became the cradle for many politicians and intellectuals in both Malaysia and Singapore who fought for independence," he recalled with a sense of pride.
"In those days, anti-colonialism was a very powerful and popular sentiment even in Singapore … I helped found the People's Action Party (PAP) to fight for the freedom of Singapore from British rule and to reunite it with Peninsula to form an united, non-communal and progressive Malaya but when Lee turned right wing and started serving British interests, the party split and I left to join the Socialist Front," he explained.
"We certainly opposed to Singapore being maintained as a military base for Britain and that was why Lee had to crush the Left in Singapore at all cost … The Left in Singapore also opposed to the 1963 merger because we thought it was an opportunistic adventure on the part of Lee who wanted to exploit Tunku Abdul Rahman's anti-communism to suppress the Left in Singapore … we wanted merger but not in the 1963 version which proved to be an utter failure just two years later in 1965.
"I was completely English-educated," stressed Lim, which was obviously a sarcastic and subtle rebuttal to the now stereotyped and widespread notion that the Left in Singapore in the 1950s and 1960s was a "Chinese-educated" phenomenon. -
we should be careful of old men. old men tends to talk rubbish as they know they had not much time left, dont leave the world with a regret mah.
The lee should just retired and enjoy the millions they had earn during his political term. maybe only Kim Jong ill , the junta has earn more money then the Lee family for being the ruler of the country in asia. morally right or wrong? u be my guest.
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Retire??? the famous quote by LKY..."Even if I am buried six feet underground, when singapore shake, i will rise to address the problem" so much for retirement.
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Another one "Singaporeans should not retire"
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he really said that? can i call it æ»ä¸�悔改？ æ»ä¸�放弃？ 冤é‚ä¸�散？Retire??? the famous quote by LKY..."Even if I am buried six feet underground, when singapore shake, i will rise to address the problem" so much for retirement.
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yeah! i heard from some ah peks who came to place for drinking, they said, LKY said that not for his sins or wrongdoing or come back from the dead, but to show to the people how much he love Singapore and his fellow citizens.
