People have to stop being hyocrites..
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With regard to the casino....
It is there all along. In the international waters, in Batam, in genting. Ppl are flocking there... So why not do it in home base? Save on the travelling cost etc etc.
Wat i dun like is the pretense to be of high morale and stop locals from going. -
There was really no pretense. The issue was debated on by MPs.
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Can a "no brainer" see beyond the "one-liner" ?Originally posted by Salman:There was really no pretense. The issue was debated on by MPs.
The pretense is in the debate by MPs who are NOT FREE even to vote according to their conscience but simply to tow the Party Line. -
If all this was pretense, then the MPs would have won the Oscars long ago.
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The pretence was in the govt ASKING for the PUBLIC'S OPINION, making wild claims that they 'value the feedback from the people'.Originally posted by Salman:If all this was pretense, then the MPs would have won the Oscars long ago.
Ultimately, the public got their SLAP IN THE FACE when, despite a huge public outcry AGAINST the Integrated Resorts, the govt adamantly went ahead with the project.
The last straw was when PM LHL firmly and unequivocally stated that the final decision would not be debated in a NATIONAL REFERENDUM. This despite all the appeals to the contrary. -
Salman,Originally posted by Salman:There was really no pretense. The issue was debated on by MPs.
Oh ya, I do rmb the star comments made by some of the ministers. "Casinos are a matter of maturity". I am aching to ask why Press Freedom and Freedom of Speech and criticising the govt (with respect toward race and religion of course) is not a matter of maturity too. And Balakrishnan is running as leader of GRC!!! Someone who makes such lame comments certainly doesn't have any credentials for leadership, apart from academics perhaps!!!!
I remember watching a former talk-show-cum-documentary series on Star World (Starhub Cable 1
called "Focus Asia". The topic happened to be racially-based job discrimination in Singapore. What struck me was what a Singaporean sent in when the program started its audience interaction statement i.e. the part where they start receiving and reading emails, faxes and SMSes from viewers of the show. His email began with the line "Everything in Singapore is a facade. Singaporeans live in a massive pipe dream built up by propaganda." And I'm inclined to believe that. So take this "debate" by MPs as part of the great Singaporean Dream. And start living in the real world for goodness sake!!!
Usually, I try to be rational in posting arguments for debate, but you simply veer off so much into irrational discourse that I ahve no choice but to resort to this.
Pls wake up Salman,
the (enlightened) pikamaster -
creating jobs is just the lamb's head ... the real dog meat behind it is that it is another money making machine like the toto, 4D and turf club to fill the govt's coffers. guess who buys toto and 4D? the rich will always feed off the poor masses ...Originally posted by Agenda:You see, Many people keep complaining about Casino and all.. But in fact they fail to realise that the govt is creating jobs AND middle-income families are NOT allow to enter the Casino.. -
You should get an Oscars. +1Originally posted by Salman:If all this was pretense, then the MPs would have won the Oscars long ago. -
Originally posted by Salman:
They certainly did win the "Oscars" with the awards given by their own Political Party - and wrapped up in "notes" taken from the toil of the Citizens who vote them into Parliament. .
If all this was pretense, then the MPs would have won the Oscars long ago.
Surely you will have known, unless you are limited by your characterisitc "no brainer, one-liners" .
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I don't care about the casino. i'm not likely to be affected by the casino. If you want to gamble then gamble its your money not mine