A rebuttal to Eric Brooks’ call for Sporean to be ‘grateful'
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A rebuttal to Eric Brooks’ call for Singaporeans to be ‘grateful’
August 1, 2009 by admin
Filed under SnippetsFrom our Correspondent
A letter to the Straits Times Forum by a Canadian Permanent Resident (PR) exhorting Singaporeans to be grateful for what they got has brought on a torrent of online vibes and sneers from Singaporeans. It attracted over 60 comments by 6pm, with more than half of them disagreeing with his views.
Entitled “Be grateful, S’pore”, Eric Brooks began his letter with the following sentence: “I am writing to share many things Singaporeans take for granted”, (read full letter here) before going on to make comparisons between Singapore and his homeland Canada.
Below is a point by point rebuttal of the content of his letter by a netizen, Rointan1:
Eric Brooks,
My very first question is why dn’t you give up your Canadian citizenship and take up S’pore citizenship?? That would be the litmus test as to whether you really believe that S’pore is a “great” place to live!!!!
Anyways, let’s look at what you claimed:
1) “Now, with its economy rebounding at a 20 per cent rate this last quarter, Singapore has recovered from the collapse faster than any other country.”
Are you aware that S’pore is the FIRST Asian country to go into recession?? Do you also know that S’pore suffered the worst decline in GDP globally??
2) “….. Toronto in Canada, has its rubbish collected only once a week, yet it is considered one of North America’s cleaner cities.”
Are you comparing apples with apples? S’pore is a tiny red dot whereas Toronta or North America land mass size is many many times S’pore’s. Also, rubbish are collected daily at all developed Asian cities (eg. Tokyo, HK, S.South, Taipei). At any rate, we pay for such service. Sure it may costs less here, but the wages in America are significantly higher than in S’pore (after tax basis).
3) “Most buildings in the US and Canada have no sheltered walkways to protect residents from rain or snow, unlike most HDB blocks.”
That is becos we don’t own HDB flats….we only lease the the flats from govt. The “buildings” you mentioned are obviously privately owned.
4) “If a poor person lives in a building without a lift in the US or Canada, that is his tough luck. In Singapore, the Government is upgrading our four-storey HDB blocks with a new staircase and a wheelchair-friendly lift that stops at every floor.”
That is is call vote buying!!! And such “upgrading” is not free. It is also due to the poor foresight of HDB in failing to notice an ageing population earlier. Above all, these are govt properies (see point above).
5) “If a poor person cannot afford to pay his mortgage in the US or Canada, he can be turfed out and left homeless. If an HDB dweller cannot pay his mortgage after he loses his job, he can seek a moratorium on payments from his community development council.”
That’s where your ignorance is so telling. You obviously don’t know of people being forced to downgrade or got kicked out of HDB flats!!
Also, what about the generous social security you enjoy in Canada?? There is very little social security in S’pore. You won’t die of starvation, but you will live a very miserable life.6) “After living and working in six countries, I have known for a long time that no country takes care of its people the way Singapore.”
I have also lived in a number of countries and I find S’pore sorely lacking in many areas. So?? What are you waiting for? Take up S’pore citizenship. Oh, you will miss your family in Canada?? Then ask them to take up S’pore citizenship. Come come.
Source: Straits Times Forum
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In response to Eric Brooks’ letter by a fellow Canadian and ex-Singaporean
August 9, 2009 by admin
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On 31st July 2009, a Canadian PR Eric Brooks wrote a letter to the Straits Times exhorting Singaporeans to be “grateful” to the government. (Read his letter here) His letter brought a well-thought response from another Canadian and ex-Singapore citizen Wing Lee Cheong, which was not published by the Straits Times. The letter was first published on The Online Citizen on 6 August 2009.
Dear Editor,
As a fellow Canadian I am embarrassed by Mr Eric Brooks’ remarks to Singaporeans. Mr. Brooks is a visitor with a superficial knowledge of Singapore history. He should refrain from making such ridiculous sweeping statements.
I was born shortly after the Second World War and raised in Singapore before immigrating to Canada. I have worked and lived in more countries than Mr Brooks. There is no doubt that most Singaporeans deeply appreciate the outstanding work done by the Singapore leaders in bringing the country from third world status to the present world class status. However, gratitude evolves with time and social changes. Singaporeans are now better educated. They travel, see, learn, compare and adapt. Singaporeans are not stupid or naive.
Singaporeans now have a higher level of thinking and are more demanding. This demonstrates progress. Higher aspirations, greater expectations come with evolving progressive social changes. A society that remains complacent and stagnant deteriorates and eventually collapses. No country can excel with a mindless society of puppets. The Singapore government should be grateful that its citizens are matured and not treat anyone with opposing views as public enemy. Most of them are as passionate as the government in making Singapore a better society.
Singaporeans are smart enough to see through spins and propaganda and evaluate the truths for themselves. It is difficult for most Singaporeans to remain silent whilst government leaders lecture them to be thrifty, not to be materialistic and not to demand for higher pay. On the other hand, the leaders reward themselves with pay packages that exceed the leaders’ of the eight richest countries in the world combined.
The Singapore ministers’ argument that their pay package is only a small fraction of the country’s GDP is weak and debatable. The Canadian prime minister draws less than 10 per cent that of the Singapore prime minister’s but he governs a country 15,000 times the size of Singapore, with a population that is eight times larger and with a GDP that is ten times more. Vancouver in Canada is constantly voted the best place to live in the world. This example put the Singapore government’s argument out of context.
The government gives S$360 a month as financial support for the poor and needy. If such an amount is computed by the government as enough to survive, why then do they need to pay themselves by millions?
I cordially invite any member of parliament and/or news media reporter to come and stay with me for a period of time and I will show them that it takes only a small tiny fraction of their salaries to live happily and healthily in a beautiful environment with a good standard of living.
Is it a surprise that Singaporeans are discontented? It is just human nature. Confucius was quoted as telling the emperor on good government:
“How can the emperor be happy when the people have nothing? How can the emperor not be happy when the people have everything?”
Does Mr. Brooks know that 79% of Singapore students after studying overseas do not return to Singapore? Are they not grateful too?
So Mr. Brooks, before you further make a fool of yourself in Singapore, be grateful to Canada and not complain because of a temporary disruption in garbage collection in Toronto. Be thankful of the good healthcare system and the generous old age pension. If you truly like Singapore you should be a citizen. There are lots of Singaporeans who are willing to trade your citizenship if it is possible.
Yours truly,
Wing Lee Cheong
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Canadian PR drew online flak for call to Singaporeans to be “grateful”
July 31, 2009 by admin
Filed under Top NewsFrom our Correspondent
A letter to the Straits Times Forum by a Canadian Permanent Resident (PR) exhorting Singaporeans to be grateful for what they got has brought on a torrent of online vibes and sneers from Singaporeans. It attracted over 60 comments by 6pm, with more than half of them disagreeing with his views.
Entitled “Be grateful, S’pore”, Eric Brooks began his letter with the following sentence: “I am writing to share many things Singaporeans take for granted”, (read full letter here) before going on to make comparisons between Singapore and his homeland Canada.
Brooks quoted the examples of the rubbish being cleared daily, the sheltered walkways at HDB flats, the ongoing upgrading of old estates and the transport services to highlight his point that Singaporeans are blessed with a good government.
He ended with a resounding appraisal for Singapore:
“After living and working in six countries, I have known for a long time that no country takes care of its people the way Singapore does.”
Unfortunately, Eric’s open appeal to Singaporeans to be more appreciative of their government doesn’t seem to strike a chord with them. On the contrary, it has triggered a flood of invectives against him with some lampooning him for being “brainwashed” by the ruling party to utter rubbish.
lunxiaomei wrote:
“Hullo Eric, but the heck did PAPa gave you? Come here to live and see for yourself. It is all rubbish you uttered.”
Added iwbroke:
“This shows how shallow this new comer know about singapore or he has attended too many brain wishing function.”
Some felt that Eric’s knowledge of Singapore is “shallow”:
Mon_Veneris wrote:
“Only those foreigners who are rich enough can live in Sg. Look around and youll see how poor most s’poreans are are? More than 35% of our population do not have more tha $5000/- cash in their account at any time. Poor financial management? S’pore has very little space for us to make money. Getting employed now is a challenge. You got to fight it out with the FTs. Look the sad old uncle and aunties languising at the HDB void deck. Previously they are happily employed as cleaners. Now they kicked out by these healthy and young cheap labour from China. It too long a list to go on.
Those sinfully paid ministers and top civil servants are do nothing to address this issue. For those who has not much money, better die than getting sick. Healthcare is beyond their rech. Eric has a very shallow knowledge of S’pore.”Wrote Moremann:
“Eric, do you know we are the heaviest taxed peopled in the world, albeit indirectly. When you are old and very ill, the public hospitals here have an unwritten policy to “write you off” as you have no ‘economic” value! How? They move you to a remote area of the ward and just let you die!
While elderly cleaners earn $480 a month, our self elected Ministers raked in millions. All of them are multi millionaires, thanks to a corrupted political systems which uses the resources of the state to destroy opposition politician.”Terencemail opined that Eric cannot claim to know Singapore well as he was here only for a few years:
“Eric not only has a shallow knowledge of Singapore, he also has a shallow knowledge of Canada and the rest of the world!
People should only comment about the state and politics of places they have really lived in for more than 10 years (not even if you’ve studied overseas for 3, 4, 5 or even 8 years!). Anything less, your comments are most likely to be biased and ill-informed!
Most of the expats who have been posted to Singapore for a few years can hardly claim to truly know Singapore.”
Others challenged him to give up his Canadian citizenship for a Singapore one if he is so enamored with Singapore:
Frankiestein minced no word in issuing the challenge:
“Eric Eric, what makes you think you have the right to tell us Singaporeans and mind you true blue born and bred in Singapore Singaporean what we should be grateful about? Why don’t you give up your Canadian citizenship and come over take up shitizenshit here and experience for yourselves what being a Singaporean is like. All the more since you seems to admire the governance here. Then you can for once feels what it is like to be “screwed” left right center on a daily basis and have your life savings “snatched” away with the knowledge that you will only be paid a monthly sum till death and your money do you part. But such payouts are not guarantee in event of the annuity becoming insolvent….yeah that is real reassuring from the government.”
Judging from the comments posted so far, it does appear that the majority of Singaporeans are deeply dissatisfied and unhappy with the way the country is being run.
It is both an irony and a shame that such a letter was written by a PR and not a true blue Singapore citizen. Are Singaporeans really taking the government for granted?
Perhaps the only way for Mr Eric Brooks to find out the truth is to renounce his Canadian citizenship and become a Singapore citizen himself.
[Comments are derived from ST Discussion Board]
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don't it always seem to go
that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
they paved paradise and put up a parking lot -
Sigh...if there is something we can do to improve Singapore, it would be to reduce the salaries of the ministers and members of parliament by half. At least.
Besides, they should have jobs outside of their political careers, hence there is no need for them to be paid such high amounts for the work they do.
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nevermind him. Bet he's a troll from the govt.
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Originally posted by Georgetan884:
A rebuttal to Eric Brooks’ call for Singaporeans to be ‘grateful’
August 1, 2009 by admin
Filed under SnippetsFrom our Correspondent
A letter to the Straits Times Forum by a Canadian Permanent Resident (PR) exhorting Singaporeans to be grateful for what they got has brought on a torrent of online vibes and sneers from Singaporeans. It attracted over 60 comments by 6pm, with more than half of them disagreeing with his views.
Entitled “Be grateful, S’pore”, Eric Brooks began his letter with the following sentence: “I am writing to share many things Singaporeans take for granted”, (read full letter here) before going on to make comparisons between Singapore and his homeland Canada.
Below is a point by point rebuttal of the content of his letter by a netizen, Rointan1:
Eric Brooks,
My very first question is why dn’t you give up your Canadian citizenship and take up S’pore citizenship?? That would be the litmus test as to whether you really believe that S’pore is a “great” place to live!!!!
Anyways, let’s look at what you claimed:
1) “Now, with its economy rebounding at a 20 per cent rate this last quarter, Singapore has recovered from the collapse faster than any other country.”
Are you aware that S’pore is the FIRST Asian country to go into recession?? Do you also know that S’pore suffered the worst decline in GDP globally??
2) “….. Toronto in Canada, has its rubbish collected only once a week, yet it is considered one of North America’s cleaner cities.”
Are you comparing apples with apples? S’pore is a tiny red dot whereas Toronta or North America land mass size is many many times S’pore’s. Also, rubbish are collected daily at all developed Asian cities (eg. Tokyo, HK, S.South, Taipei). At any rate, we pay for such service. Sure it may costs less here, but the wages in America are significantly higher than in S’pore (after tax basis).
3) “Most buildings in the US and Canada have no sheltered walkways to protect residents from rain or snow, unlike most HDB blocks.”
That is becos we don’t own HDB flats….we only lease the the flats from govt. The “buildings” you mentioned are obviously privately owned.
4) “If a poor person lives in a building without a lift in the US or Canada, that is his tough luck. In Singapore, the Government is upgrading our four-storey HDB blocks with a new staircase and a wheelchair-friendly lift that stops at every floor.”
That is is call vote buying!!! And such “upgrading” is not free. It is also due to the poor foresight of HDB in failing to notice an ageing population earlier. Above all, these are govt properies (see point above).
5) “If a poor person cannot afford to pay his mortgage in the US or Canada, he can be turfed out and left homeless. If an HDB dweller cannot pay his mortgage after he loses his job, he can seek a moratorium on payments from his community development council.”
That’s where your ignorance is so telling. You obviously don’t know of people being forced to downgrade or got kicked out of HDB flats!!
Also, what about the generous social security you enjoy in Canada?? There is very little social security in S’pore. You won’t die of starvation, but you will live a very miserable life.6) “After living and working in six countries, I have known for a long time that no country takes care of its people the way Singapore.”
I have also lived in a number of countries and I find S’pore sorely lacking in many areas. So?? What are you waiting for? Take up S’pore citizenship. Oh, you will miss your family in Canada?? Then ask them to take up S’pore citizenship. Come come.
Source: Straits Times Forum
Eric Brook is completely right, We Singaporeans take many things for granted. Instead of complaining so much about foreigners taking our jobs, all I see on the bus and mrt are FT's, foreign student dumping scholarship and running off to the US...etc....I mean what's the point??
Unless you are willing to actually do something about instead of just talk talk talk, the policies of the PAP will never change. Lets face it, we voted the PAP to power and gave them the mandate so stop complaining. Unless you really want or dare to do something about it, nothing will ever change. We'll all just be armchair protestors, complaining on the internet until we're satisfied then going down to Jalan Kayu for some Roti Prata served by Muthu from India or down to Geylang for some frog porridge served by Li Xin from China.
Unless the majority or Singaporean's future generation are prepared to let themselves be heard by the country's politicians, be very much content with what you have and say hello to your neighbour, Paolo from the Philippines, Bo Xin from China or Ali from Sri Lanka because thats the current and future of Singapore. Just live with it and accept it, or be someone like Eric Brook, leave Canada and find a country like Singapore with minimal permanant residency requirements and comment on the ungratefulness of that country's citizens on the newspaper. Unlike many many many Singaporeans, at least Eric Brook dares to voice his opinions (not just online), if Singaporeans are willing to do the same the government will surely listen to its people and take their views into consideration....or won't they?
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Vote for change. The change in in itself will 'improve' things.
Otherwise, it is another load of shit from the supericilious ruling party that assume their ways and ... is the only way!
PS - the local media in all its forms is a sham
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Originally posted by complain or not:
Eric Brook is completely right, We Singaporeans take many things for granted. Instead of complaining so much about foreigners taking our jobs, all I see on the bus and mrt are FT's, foreign student dumping scholarship and running off to the US...etc....I mean what's the point??
Unless you are willing to actually do something about instead of just talk talk talk, the policies of the PAP will never change. Lets face it, we voted the PAP to power and gave them the mandate so stop complaining. Unless you really want or dare to do something about it, nothing will ever change. We'll all just be armchair protestors, complaining on the internet until we're satisfied then going down to Jalan Kayu for some Roti Prata served by Muthu from India or down to Geylang for some frog porridge served by Li Xin from China.
Unless the majority or Singaporean's future generation are prepared to let themselves be heard by the country's politicians, be very much content with what you have and say hello to your neighbour, Paolo from the Philippines, Bo Xin from China or Ali from Sri Lanka because thats the current and future of Singapore. Just live with it and accept it, or be someone like Eric Brook, leave Canada and find a country like Singapore with minimal permanant residency requirements and comment on the ungratefulness of that country's citizens on the newspaper. Unlike many many many Singaporeans, at least Eric Brook dares to voice his opinions (not just online), if Singaporeans are willing to do the same the government will surely listen to its people and take their views into consideration....or won't they?
Why do you take it that we vote them in? I believe you should know by now those of us from the GRCs were not given any chance to vote, so is this our fault? -
If one can vote.
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We are having more and more of these idiotic guests coming here to criticize the host.
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Originally posted by 4sg:
We are having more and more of these idiotic guests coming here to criticize to host.
I notice the trend now is to get people from developed countries like US, Canada, Australia to tell Singaporeans that they should be grateful to the government.
It perpetuates the thinking that "Singaporeans are always ungrateful" instead of the other way round, that Singaporeans, like everybody else in other countries, are striving to better their lives or protecting their own interests.
If Americans or Canadians or Australians complained and protested against local government policies, do Singaporeans write to the relevant papers in that country to tell them to be "grateful"?
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Double post.
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Originally posted by charlize:
I notice the trend now is to get people from developed countries like US, Canada, Australia to tell Singaporeans that they should be grateful to the government.
It perpetuates the thinking that "Singaporeans are always ungrateful" instead of the other way round, that Singaporeans, like everybody else in other countries, are striving to better their lives or protecting their own interests.
If Americans or Canadians or Australians complained and protested against local government policies, do Singaporeans write to the relevant papers in that country to tell them to be "grateful"?
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How if the Canadians say 3 million of them trade their citizenship with Singaporeans? Given the choice between Myanmar or Singapore I will gladly choose Myanmar. It's that bad in Singapore.
Myanmar and Singapore are the two worst ASEAN countries. At least the first is true without selling a false facade while the latter is a fraud. -
Canadian tells S’poreans to “be grateful”
Friday, 31 July 2009, 5:44 pm | 3,760 views
Andrew Loh / Contribution from Leong Sze Hian
Click to enlarge / Straits Times, 31 July 2009Mr Eric J Brooks is a happy man – happy with how Singapore is. In his letter to the Straits Times Forum Page on 31July, his effusive praise for the Singapore government is unabashed. “After living and working in six countries, I have known for a long time that no country takes care of its people the way Singapore does,” he writes.
Mr Brooks is a Canadian, according to the Straits Times letter’s heading, “A Canadian writes – Be grateful, Singapore”.
Coming on the heels of the recent Temasek Holdings fiasco of Charles Goodyear’s premature departure and revelation of hefty losses, Mr Brooks’ praises of the government somehow ring hollow. Referring to Singapore’s economy which, he said, “has recovered from the collapse faster than any other country”, he lauded Singapore’s “years of good economic management.”
He went on to compare his native Canada with Singapore – from public housing to rubbish collection, from sheltered walkways to service and conservancy fees. Singapore comes out tops in all these areas, as far as Mr Brooks is concerned.
One would take Mr Brooks’ words with a pinch of salt – especially when in the same Straits Times edition of 31 July where his letter was published, this headline appeared on page three:
Straits Times, 31 July 2009And followed by this on the front page of the Home section of the same day:
Straits Times, 31 July 2009Evidently, Singapore has not “recovered from the collapse”, as Mr Brooks mistakenly claims. In fact, government ministers have repeatedly warned against assuming this. “It’s too early to tell” is a common and regular refrain from ministers.
We do not know how well Mr Brooks knows Singapore or Singaporean life. We also do not know how long he has lived here – if he is living here at all. His letter does not say. Perhaps Mr Brooks should not dwell too much on the superficial, such as covered walkways or rubbish collection, but look deeper at the real issues.
Here are a few he should ponder on:
- 750,000 people don’t have any kind of medical insurance.
- 116,600 unemployed (resident unemployment rate of 6%) without any unemployment benefits.
- Only 3,000 people qualify for Public Assistance of $360 a month.
- Elderly working for $600 a month as cleaners with only 2 days off a month.
- Elderly collecting used aluminium drink cans and used cardboard boxes for $1.30 and $0.40 per kilogram respectively.
- One of the highest public transport fares to bottom 10% income ratio in the world.
- Bottom 10% of employed households have per capita monthly income of only $360.
- 417,000 roll-over their credit card debts – one of the highest in the world.
- One of the highest public housing price-to-median income ratio in the world.
- 40% have less than $40,000 in their CPF at age 55, and average only have $60,000+, when the CPF Minimum Sum is now $117,000.
- Highest ministers’ pay to average income ratio in the world.
- HDB visited 60,000 HDB flat-dwellers last year who had difficulty paying their mortgages.
- In the United States, typically when you default on your home mortgage, you just lose your home. In Singapore, you may lose your home, life CPF savings and may be made bankrupt too.
Finally, Mr Brooks should note that it was only about four months ago that a survey by life insurer AXA found that Singaporeans were the least optimistic about the future among citizens of eight Asian countries. This was reported by Channelnewsasia:
Angela Lau, head, Branding & Communications, AXA Life Insurance Singapore, said: “They’re not so confident about their health and career, and how they are going to cope with the challenges in life. For the career perspective, they are actually very concerned about job security.”
On reflection, Mr Brooks’ letter is not a surprise, given that National Day is around the corner and our “nation-building” Straits Times is up to its old tricks again.
Mr Brooks’ letter occupies prime space in today’s forum page – right at the top with that big bold headline exhorting Singaporeans to “be grateful”, from a foreigner no less.
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He raised some valid points, which I believe is right
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lol..
to Eric or whoever you are,
how long u've live in Singapore?
Oh u're just a PR..
& Still dare to call all SINGAPOREAN to be grateful.
Oh wait.. Are u are Singaporean @ the first place?
Nope.
Oh yea.. Everything is our fault lar..
not the Govt fault..
not the FT fault..
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I think that ERIC should be grateful to Canada first who helped him create wealth for himself and migrate to Singapore Stupid fella.
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And eric does not know that the efficiency of rubbish collection comes at the price of the life of the rubbish collector who works for a meagres pay and has to do lot more things than those of Canada. Canadians complain about service efficiency , but i rather have poor service than someone poor and uneducated exploited for hard labour.
Eric, what happened to your christian principles? Are u a reject from your own christian community who believes in humanitarian values? It is because of your christian principles that Canada is still home to many migrants from all over the world. U are a shame to all christians. The poor in your country are treated equally and taken care of. Your country Canada is a much developed country than singapore in terms of social values. Your canadian govt is the one who really takes care of its people, be it rich or poor. Your govt believes in the fair go and ensures that there is no class divide in society. Be proud of Canada, I am, what about u. Gladly, pay your taxes and be happy that yr money goes to help the poor and underprivileged in Canada. When u are old over there, your govt takes care of u . and most importantly your country withits policies try to prevent what we call economic terrorism, the most dangerous form of anarchy an aspect widely rampant in singapore.Economic Terrorism, and not holding such terrorists accountable, has an end result of anarchy as people are taught it is acceptable to commit crimes without repercussion to ensure personal survival at the expense of others, irrespective of the rules and society's morals (degradation of an orderly society's morals through sinful means such as greed). Read more about it here:
http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/378807
Let me tell u something, Eric. Stop complaining about something as simple as rubbish collection and try to look at the world in a much broader scope.it is obvious that u cannot appreciate the generous social security you enjoy in Canada??. Is something superficial such as rubbish collection so important to u , u spoilt brat?
Singapore is a magnate to Rich and unscrupulous people who want to evade tax in western-euro nations and i am afraid u are one of them. And fyi, Singapore tax is one of the highest in the world per capita income. It is direct tax under the guise of indirect. Suicides and divorces ratios high for per capital population. Any fool like Eric who thinks tax is low in singapore is just deluding himself
And fyi, there are no poor people in Canada, even those unemployed get a generous social security package but in singapore there are lots of them . look around u.
Eric u can hide in yr luxurious home and stay ignorant. But once those who are protecting u fall because the poor revolted , thats the end of u. It is also the reason yr chrisitian country keeps everyone substantially richer and distributing income and wealth. The emperor guarantees his throne when his people are happy and contented. But an emperor who at the expense of the poor thrives will alway be at risk of falling. Which is the smarter emperor? Eric, u decide.
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Originally posted by ☃®:
Eric, what happened to your christian principles? Are u a reject from your own christian community who believes in humanitarian values? It is because of your christian principles that Canada is still home to many migrants from all over the world. U are a shame to all christians. The poor in your country are treated equally and taken care of. Your country Canada is a much developed country than singapore in terms of social values. Your canadian govt is the one who really takes care of its people, be it rich or poor. Your govt believes in the fair go and ensures that there is no class divide in society. Be proud of Canada, I am, what about u. Gladly, pay your taxes and be happy that yr money goes to help the poor and underprivileged in Canada. When u are old over there, your govt takes care of u . and most importantly your country withits policies try to prevent what we call economic terrorism, the most dangerous form of anarchy an aspect widely rampant in singapore.Economic Terrorism, and not holding such terrorists accountable, has an end result of anarchy as people are taught it is acceptable to commit crimes without repercussion to ensure personal survival at the expense of others, irrespective of the rules and society's morals (degradation of an orderly society's morals through sinful means such as greed). Read more about it here:
http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/378807
Let me tell u something, Eric. Stop complaining about something as simple as rubbish collection and try to look at the world in a much broader scope.it is obvious that u cannot appreciate the generous social security you enjoy in Canada??. Is something superficial such as rubbish collection so important to u , u spoilt brat?
Singapore is a magnate to Rich and unscrupulous people who want to evade tax in western-euro nations and i am afraid u are one of them. And fyi, Singapore tax is one of the highest in the world per capita income. It is direct tax under the guise of indirect. Suicides and divorces ratios high for per capital population. Any fool like Eric who thinks tax is low in singapore is just deluding himself
And fyi, there are no poor people in Canada, even those unemployed get a generous social security package but in singapore there are lots of them . look around u.
Eric u can hide in yr luxurious home and stay ignorant. But once those who are protecting u fall because the poor revolted , thats the end of u. It is also the reason yr chrisitian country keeps everyone substantially richer and distributing income and wealth. The emperor guarantees his throne when his people are happy and contented. But an emperor who at the expense of the poor thrives will alway be at risk of falling. Which is the smarter emperor? Eric, u decide.
Never bring one's religion into equation when doing this.
Yes, Canadian governments are willing to take care of 'em, but are you willing to put up with the racial abuse by those canadians?
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Originally posted by One Harmonius Blend:
Never bring one's religion into equation when doing this.
Yes, Canadian governments are willing to take care of 'em, but are you willing to put up with the racial abuse by those canadians?
If one is a willing resident or citizen of Canada - should one not be expected to accept all that comes with the package ?If religion is not part of the equation, what possibly should be considered to make any kind of harmonious blend as the final product ?
It is obvious that Eric Brooks must have been employed to start a debate, in the similar way that a Swiss reporter was invited to write his opinion on the standard of rescue during the Singapore Cable Car disaster in the 1980s, and comparing it with similar cable car rescue as happened in Switzerland.
Would the Swiss have tolerated the rescue to take place almost 9 hours after the incident was reported, with the entire rescue operation given as a live mission to an untested Brigadier-General LHL to head all the civil and military efforts.
The 9 hours of waiting was a result of the indecisiveness and dithering into some of the most spectacular suggestions to rescue the remaining survivors left in the cable cars hanging on one wheel on the cable, while at the same time "dry runs" were instituted to satisfy the "Baby God" that it will be feasible.
What would be the purpose of this Eric Brooks contributions, if it was not suppose to call up the gratitude of Singapore to an over-glorifed Government ?
Unfortunately, it had ignited the awareness from all sides of the political divide, to the condescending tone of Eric Brook's opinion piece, and which one can see as back firing on those who had invited his opinion.
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MAYBE THE CANADIAN GUY WANTS ME TO BUILD HIM A HOUSE FOR FREE OR SOMETHING.......THEIR BUILDING LAWS SHOULD BE FILLED WITH LESS RED TAPE ASIN USA.CAN PROBABLY BUILD HIM A SWIMMING POOL IF I HAD THE TIME.NO FOREIGN GOVERNMENT NEEDED.
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BURMESE GUYS DONT NEED TO DO NATIONAL SERVICE...ITS ALWAYS SIGN ON FOR CAREER SOLDIERS.
COMMUNIST CHINA ONLY REQUIRES 10% POPULATION TO DO NATIONAL SERVICE.THE REST ARE FREE TO GO OVERSEAS AND WERK SINCE DENG XIAO PENGS(LATE CHINA PM) TIME.HE WENT TEO FRANCE TO WERK WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER.
THAT LEAVES SPORE AS THE ONLY SAD STATE.........WHO ARE THEY TRYIN TO KID??PRETTY SOON AN EQUIVALENT OF POL POT WOULD TAKE OVER SPORES PARLIAMENT FROM WAY THINGS GO.
LKY HAS ACCIDENTALLY MADE A BREEDING GROUND FOR FUTURE POLITICIANS AND CITIZENS WHO ASPIRE TO BE LEADERS TO BE CLONES OF POL POTS,WANNA BE LKY,MUSOULINIS AND WHATEVER CRACKPOTS WHO WILL KILL TO SURVIVE AND PROSPER.
BREEDING GROUND CAUSED BY OPPRESSION,TORTURE,LACK OF WHAT HUMANS NEED......THE END RESULT IS A MONSTER CREATED BY LKY.THE RUSSIAN MAFIA,ITALIAN MAFIA,POL POT,HITLER WERE ALL CREATED IN A SOCIETY FILLED WITH A LACK OF MONEY ,VALUES AND WHATEVER THAT WAS NOT OBTAINED THRU A CENTURY OF HARDWORK AND SWEAT.
LKY REALLY CANT DIE UNTIL HE REMEDIES THE PROBLEM HE CREATED.OR THE MASSES WILL LITERALLY BE BRUTAL TO ANYONE THATS ASSOCIATED WITH HIM WORLDWIDE EVEN AFTER HIS DEMISE.
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DOES LKY REALLY KNOW WHAT HE IS DOING?CAN HE GUARANTEE ANYTHING N USE OLD FASHIONED MAGIC SHOW???
IN THE PAST......A MAGIC SHOW USED TO BE WITH CARDS,NICKLE N DIMES..APPEAR N DISSAPPEAR.
NOW ITS ON STAGE WITH DAVID COPPERFIELD MAKING ENTIRE BUILDINGS VANISH!
SEES LKY DOIN THE NICKLE AND DIME THING VANISH AS COMPARED TO DAVID COPPERFIELDS MAGIC STUNTS.
YUP.....IT SEZS IT ALL.........HES GETTING OLD AND OUT OF TOUCH,,,USING OLD MAGIC TRICKS THAT EVEN KIDS WOULD WALK AWAY FROM.
