1630 HRS JUNE 16TH 2007

I don't know

what is it about this place

Swingabore.

Somehow,

people have a tendency

to believe everything

they read.

There is simply no respect

for the alternative view.

I suspect

because of

the authoritarian rule

of the government,

it has created this society

where the official line

is forcefully dictated,

exorted and executed.

No differential opinion

is tolerated.

Never a gentlemen's attitude

of agreeing

to disagree.

Even worse than

not tolerating

alternative view,

there is always this tendency

of put downs,

of one uppance,

of brinksmanship.

Singaporeans are

simply unable

to express their views

without putting others down.

It is simply impossible,

to talk without

resorting to insults

and name calling

and issuing ultimatums.

Sometimes even

blackmails,

often emotional.

Guess the old man

created this society

where its either my way

or the by way.

People don't realise,

that by resorting to

put downs and insults,

you really don't

prove your point,

but merely serve

to illustrate

your own inadequacies

and not having

the maturity

to embrace

the diversity

of thought

the human race

have to provide