After days of meetings and endless flow of emails, I've learned quite some things from the whole thing..
Now I appreciate more why the Singapore govt doesn't practice the freedom of speech. It was a measure taken so that the country won't be in chaos and the people wont be able to say things that they please. They restricted what people can say in public to protect the country's peace. This prevented the people from saying things to make others lose trust in the govt. I would say transparency maybe good but freedom of speech isn't. I may be too used to the system of the Singapore govt that I am stunned by the things happening now in hall. Everyone just say what they please and others join in to say more things. Everything just gets more and more nasty. It hurts to hear all the comments. It's not like nothing was done to improve it. Plans have to be thought through thoroughly, a bigger picture have to be seen. The plans have to be beneficial to all and not just a minority. We strive to keep the gap between the wealthy and poor small. We tried to make sure that everyone is treated fairly and they get what they deserve. It's not about being noble or what. But which judge in the world is not subjective in some way? Take any talent competition, why are there always more than one judge? It's to prevent unfair judgment and favoritism. Wouldn't a panel of 11 people make even fairer judgment? Furthermore, the one that is directly involved gets more control. If some extreme deviation from the mean is spotted, shouldn't it be singled out for extra scrutiny? I don't see any wrong in this, especially when changes were suggested and not forced upon. I hate all the talk about disappointment and lack of trust. When people don't voice out doesn't mean that they don't have any comments, it's just that they have no place to do so. I don't even remember having any channels to feedback to about anything last year when I was unhappy about the system. So people should have some limitations over what they say and be happy that they are given a chance to be heard by others at least. This isn't a right for them to criticize as freely as they want and demand that the genie grants them everything they wish for.
Readers' Notice:
I just had to release my frustrations here.. The words above are written when I was just being emo.. So they cannot be taken too seriously.. everything written is just my personal bias subjective thoughts.. All rights reserved..
i am who i am
3/02/2008 01:08:00 AM
