Is Singapore vulnerable to attacks?

• leon_lai89

  21 Oct 05, 10:51

  i have full confidence with the defence but i think its the people's mentality. yes we do have rehearsals and evacuation and what have you. but its not really treated seriously. it takes something to happen before sinkapoleans will wake up. we are not always safe
• WiNtEr'SkiLL

  21 Oct 05, 10:54

  Originally posted by leon_lai89:

  i have full confidence with the defence but i think its the people's mentality. yes we do have rehearsals and evacuation and what have you. but its not really treated seriously. it takes something to happen before sinkapoleans will wake up. we are not always safe

  Nobody is this world is safe, not from anyone and 'anything' Be it natural disasters , wars, global warming , mars attack, civil wars, public unrest
• Nelstar

  21 Oct 05, 10:55

  Originally posted by leon_lai89:

  i have full confidence with the defence but i think its the people's mentality. yes we do have rehearsals and evacuation and what have you. but its not really treated seriously. it takes something to happen before sinkapoleans will wake up. we are not always safe

  Come on, no country is well prepared for any kind of attack. Be it natural or not.
  
  
• leon_lai89

  21 Oct 05, 10:56

  Originally posted by WiNtEr'SkiLL:

  Nobody is this world is safe, not from anyone and 'anything' Be it natural disasters , wars, global warming , mars attack, civil wars, public unrest

  but we know we are geographically safe from natural disasters
• leon_lai89

  21 Oct 05, 10:56

  Originally posted by Nelstar:

  Come on, no country is well prepared for any kind of attack. Be it natural or not.
  
  

  the psychological and social defence are lacking u see
• Nelstar

  21 Oct 05, 10:58

  Originally posted by leon_lai89:

  the psychological and social defence are lacking u see

  Which country is well-prepared? Please state examples with statistics.
  
  
• leon_lai89

  21 Oct 05, 11:02

  Originally posted by Nelstar:

  Which country is well-prepared? Please state examples with statistics.
  
  

  but obvious like the recent ps incident where a small fire occured and the swenson's blocked the customers n insisted they pay up b4 leaving. i dont know what will happen if there are terrorist attacks
• NT2

  21 Oct 05, 11:03

  yes and the govt will want us to realise that. we need the cooperation of every singaporean
• WiNtEr'SkiLL

  21 Oct 05, 11:04

  Originally posted by leon_lai89:

  but we know we are geographically safe from natural disasters

  For our generation or the next few generations maybe we are safe,
  nobody knows what can happen 100 years from now.. feel so unsecure for my great-grandchildren
• Nelstar

  21 Oct 05, 11:06

  Originally posted by leon_lai89:

  but obvious like the recent ps incident where a small fire occured and the swenson's blocked the customers n insisted they pay up b4 leaving. i dont know what will happen if there are terrorist attacks

  Come on, look at Bali incidents... and what can you say about Indonesia?
  
  How about the London bombings?
  
  It's very hard to prevent attacks unless you knew where they are going to hit.
  
  
• Nelstar

  21 Oct 05, 11:09

  And to be prepared for something unexpected is like trying to hit at your shadows.
  
  I would say the manager of Swensen was horrible, but when things happen, we will never be ready for it.
  
  It's hard to handle situations like these.
  
  
• WiNtEr'SkiLL

  21 Oct 05, 11:10

  But in terms of millitary defence , i feel we are not that far off from established countries though
• Nelstar

  21 Oct 05, 11:13

  Originally posted by WiNtEr'SkiLL:

  But in terms of millitary defence , i feel we are not that far off from established countries though

  We must not intimidate our neighbours into going to arms race.
  
  Thus, no acquisition of weaponry that can really be used more for invasive purposes.