Not cunning and greedy enough!
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Ok ok.
In the past, ST articles came out like our soldiers need to be more cunning and businessmen more greedy..but our parents and teachers tell us the opposite ..and this caused confusion among the younger generation..
So please do we need to be cunning and greedy to survive in modern singapore?
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For those who have turned to the dark side please tell me is it necessary and is it worth to tread on this dark path? And for those who remained more wholesome are you being stepped on by your enemies and competitors?
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got link to the article ma???
or do u wan to post this in speaker's corner??? but then ah, i think if u post there, u'll get flamed...
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survival and existence is not truly living...
sure, amputate your humanity and conscience and you trade that in for numbers in your bank account.. i think it's a fricken lousy trade...
however, many have traded them in and are coasting along...
back to the same thing i've always written in your topics..
make your own decisions.. and live with the consequences..
btw.. you do not need their definition of "success" to be really successful.. in Singapore or anywhere in the world...
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Sporeans now all go for money, I try to get them into another eco friendly sustainable economics topic and they looked at me blankly like I'm an alien from another planet..sigh
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well, you can make a change in yourself..
does it matter if others find you strange?
hey, love people, use things.. never the other way around...
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"The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be…unnatural."
―Palpatine, to Anakin Skywalker[src]i have threaded in the dark path. Yes its worth , but certain morals need to be preserved in the process. The dark side can change yr workings, but it should not change yr soul, who u are.
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Evil is a word used by the ignorant and the weak. The dark side is about survival. It's about unleashing your inner power. It glorifies the strength of the individual."
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The dark side was seen as having been used for selfish purposes, although many dark-siders who were accused of such selfishness claimed that their dark side was simply a means to achieve an end. One of the most notable examples was Anakin Skywalker, who embraced the dark side with the intentions of saving his wife, at the expense of the Jedi Order. Many found the dark side to be addictive, being unable to resist its pull the more they subjected themselves to it. Dark side users became more powerful as their physical bodies slowly decayed. However, some users like Mara Jade noted that the use of the dark side was a practical matter, as the power it granted was more efficient when performing destructive Force powers like telekinesis. Like the light side, the dark side was often treated as though a semi-sentient entity with purposeful designs.
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"It is a place of great power; the dark side lives and breathes in the very core of this world."
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Originally posted by ☃®:
"The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be…unnatural."
―Palpatine, to Anakin Skywalker[src]i have threaded in the dark path. Yes its worth , but certain morals need to be preserved in the process. The dark side can change yr workings, but it should not change yr soul, who u are.
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"Evil began in a time before recorded history, when magicians made themselves into kings…and gods…using the powers of the dark side of the Force. The weak-minded have ever been ready to obey one who wields great power. Those who learned the powers of the dark side were quick to exploit this weakness—to make war. Again and again the dark side has surged forth, like a storm…devouring whole worlds and entire star systems. Those who mastered dark power became dark power. They unleashed destruction, for no other reason for selfish gain. They despoiled nations…destroyed whole civilizations. Some of them, I am ashamed to say, were Jedi."
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"i have my reasons. i nid be Jedi dark side because i old cannot find job, ggot house kids wives maids, lovers, car, families, dogs, pigs to feed. so it is original and norm that i should be cunning dark side more over another who is single no family to feed. i am not wrong because i nid to survive"
- quotes from dark siders i worked wif
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Our teacher is teaching us to have good values on the surface. When we go thruogh sec school, poly, we tend to find kind hearted people are mostly taken advantage of.
Thus, we need to pretend we are kind, do all the work, learn more, and dun teach, now that is kind and cunning+selfish
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really good ppl tend to be seen as abnormality or freaks
that is what my sensei always said
he also said always believe in what u do and dun monkey see monkey do
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Upbringing, I would say..
If you are too nice, people tend to see that you are hiding a machinegun behind your back, ready to shoot all of them down the moment they turn their backs.
If you are too bad...well people just hate you.
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Pledge yourself to the ways of the Sith.
Peace is a lie
There is only passion
Through passion I gain strength
Through strength I gain power
Through power I gain victory
Through victory my chains are broken
The Force shall set me free ...
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be 精, not 奸 or 贱
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Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate . Hate leads to suffering.
singaporeans fear is being out of job, unable to pay debts ect
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Originally posted by FireIce:
be 精, not 奸 or 贱
If really have to be 奸 or 贱, i will not hesitate to be.
i am more of a opportunist
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C'mon guys, you all must be kidding on the 'dark side' stuff, arent you folks?
Try doing a 'dark side' twist and you will end up in jail. Singapore is rule by law. Run foul and you gonna kiss your sorry ass goodbye.
Being cunning or greedy does not need to go to the dark side.
Military example:
If the enemies are 300m and ambushed you, its too far to do a charge. You find cover, discern the number of flashes or firers in the enemy team, and you can either call in the artillery to lay waste on them, or if arty is out of range and the enemy force small, you do a flank and wipe them off the face of this Earth. That's cunning. Nothing to do with the dark side.
Biz example:-
If you competitor is getting his market share, you better find out and analyze where you are and why you cannot compete. Price, services, production costs, etc have to be studied. Once the results are out, you work on your weakness and capitalize on your strength, and the market is yours, depending on how much you can produce to corner the market.
This works only in Singapore I must add. Overseas, its a hotbed of dark corruptive forces. As long as you stick to Spore, you dont need to cheat, lie or steal. Do it and you will sell your product once. No one's gonna return a second time. You can fool one person for one day but it is unlikely you can fool everyone everyday.
So, its still back to basics on what we had been taught in school. Those who practise the dark side are now in the dark shade of Changi Prison's high security walls. Others who are still running around within society will check in soon.
And the worse aspect is - heaven have eyes. Retribution is real. Dont play around with fate. The price for belonging to the dark side is never worth any riches you presume to obtain, because in the end, you will still return to dust. You will either be immortalised or reviled in memory by those lives you touch for generations. to be venerated or to be spate upon, even to your descendants.
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Originally posted by xtreyier:
C'mon guys, you all must be kidding on the 'dark side' stuff, arent you folks?
Try doing a 'dark side' twist and you will end up in jail. Singapore is rule by law. Run foul and you gonna kiss your sorry ass goodbye.
Being cunning or greedy does not need to go to the dark side.
Military example:
If the enemies are 300m and ambushed you, its too far to do a charge. You find cover, discern the number of flashes or firers in the enemy team, and you can either call in the artillery to lay waste on them, or if arty is out of range and the enemy force small, you do a flank and wipe them off the face of this Earth. That's cunning. Nothing to do with the dark side.
Biz example:-
If you competitor is getting his market share, you better find out and analyze where you are and why you cannot compete. Price, services, production costs, etc have to be studied. Once the results are out, you work on your weakness and capitalize on your strength, and the market is yours, depending on how much you can produce to corner the market.
This works only in Singapore I must add. Overseas, its a hotbed of dark corruptive forces. As long as you stick to Spore, you dont need to cheat, lie or steal. Do it and you will sell your product once. No one's gonna return a second time. You can fool one person for one day but it is unlikely you can fool everyone everyday.
So, its still back to basics on what we had been taught in school. Those who practise the dark side are now in the dark shade of Changi Prison's high security walls. Others who are still running around within society will check in soon.
And the worse aspect is - heaven have eyes. Retribution is real. Dont play around with fate. The price for belonging to the dark side is never worth any riches you presume to obtain, because in the end, you will still return to dust. You will either be immortalised or reviled in memory by those lives you touch for generations. to be venerated or to be spate upon, even to your descendants.
Actually it was a joke about the relating or discriptive 'jedi' dark side we talking about, using it as a mataphor.
For your military example it is a good solution youproposed but on the actual battle field things will happen very fast. Do not think like what you see in the movies. The enemy thinks too. Mors so when you already mentioned your team was ambushed. depending on the size of your group when the enemy fired the first shot they probably had everyone in their team aimed at selected indivdual in your group, targeting signallar radiomen first or their equipment (this were taught to us in the army to cut off communications)sharpshooters, heavy machine gunners and officers first right down to the riflemen. They probably also deplyed they men on your flanks to cut off retreat or flanking action from your group. They are the ones ambushing so they have the element of surprise.
As for work in the sales line is is good ethic practise and professionalism as you wrote but most salesmen bosses don't think this way. they only want figures so as a result this chain of greed and cunningness never ends. not only in sales and businessess, this is also observed in everyone's daily working life, not matter how good one try to hide their intentions and doings.