When truth is sacrificed at the alter of pragmatism

• sarek_home

  15 Dec 04, 22:58

  "But when truth is sacrificed at the alter of pragmatism, we engage life with a sever shortsightedness that will sabotage both a deep soul and a lasting spiritual legacy." from a book I just read.
  
  Something for the whole society to ponder on.
  
  

  Originally posted by goh meng seng:

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  Never mind about that. For those who want a casino here, have you done your research thoroughly? Don't just write off "social cost" so easily; PAP knows they could not argue against the apparent high "social cost", thus, they just say it is not about social cost vs economic gains. That's cool and neat but simply put it, they are just sweeping the dirt below the carpet!
  
  Of course, with a twist, they say it is about OUR MATURITY as a society! Cool. Nobody wants to be seen as "immature" and not agreeing to have a Casino would be seen as "IMMATURE"! Hahaha. That's strange. If you know the odds of losing in a casino, any MATURE human being will not be visiting the casino! Then, the most important question to ask is, why have a casino in the very first place to hoodwink those "IMMATURE" ones?
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  Goh Meng Seng
  
  

• CenturionMBT

  18 Dec 04, 01:59

  please continue here. http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=107444&page=5