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Monthly Archives: July 2006

You are all individuals!

Sunday, July 16, 2006

You are all different! You have to figure it out for yourselves!

Some how the behaviour of the mob seems very familiar…

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The Myth of Singapore’s Lack of Resources

Sunday, July 9, 2006

Anyone of my generation would recall the copious amounts of indoctrination being applied upon us in school. There is this particular piece of Malthusian absurdity which I would like to debunk today. It is called
“Singapore has no natural resources, and the only thing we have is people, therefore we must make full use of [...]

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I have no respect for people who do not deserve respect, but demand it

Saturday, July 8, 2006

I chanced upon a perceptive and lucid blog post written by Tan Tarn How over here on his personal blog. I shall quote here the relevant portion which I wish to comment on.
3) Politics must be treated seriously, and politicians must be respected like one respects one’s uncle (this was how it has been put [...]

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