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Short Takes (March ~ May 2013)

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There’s quite a bit of things happening in the past two months since my last “random discourse” post on Hate-The-Chua… erm, I mean Heather Chua. I simply am too lazy to put them down in words as I am either lazing at home or walking around parts of Singapore playing Ingress. I have finally gotten my lazy ass to write down my thoughts on some of the recent events.

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May Day Protest on the Population White Paper

Unlike the one on February 16, I gave this one a miss. Not that I have lost interest but rather I personally felt there is no meaning whatsoever to keep nagging at the same thing again and again. To be frank, back in 2006 when my friend Jon asked me what I think about a larger population in Singapore, I said it wasn’t a bad idea as it might create more opportunities in Singapore, as an increase in domestic demand may allow some people to run their own business and provide services and goods. It might actually allow some Singaporeans to be bosses of their own, though not necessarily millionaires, and seek their own future without needing to worry about employment or the lack of paper qualifications. I hadn’t at that time consider the problems that is associated with population growth – i.e. demand in housing, over crowding, strain on the public transport etc.

What is the point I am trying to make here? The point is that I personally felt all the unhappiness isn’t so much about the 6.9 million population figure itself, but has a lot to do with how we felt about the here and now. That is why back in 2006 I was for growing the population but I will not be singing the same tune today. Nevertheless, I am not surprised that a lot of that unhappiness may simply evaporate if the outcome we desired is achieve. That primarily includes fixing the following:

  • Public Transportation – easing the congestion and eliminating (not just reducing) the breakdowns;

  • Housing – doing something about the housing supply and its affordability, and also the perception of diminishing personal space;

  • Employment – taking a serious look at the competition at the PMET level (and not the cheap labour) and also do something about the unfairness and discrimination against Singaporeans (real or perceived) in employment;

  • City Redevelopment – looking at how the rapid development has impacted the drainage system and stop blaming it on nature (e.g. climate change) for the flooding; and

  • Income growth – all of us accepts that inflation is an inescapable evil, but resentment grows when income cannot keep pace with paying for the same necessities

We may all argue about how we want to achieve that outcome we desired, as long as that outcome is beneficial to Singapore. However, we must also accept that not everyone has something meaningful or sensible to say to take our country down a better path even though we feel all of us should all be given a say in deciding on how to work towards that outcome. Unfortunately, the ruling party does not seem to be doing very well in listening to as many people as possible to have a better idea how that outcome can be achieved. Resentment thus continue to build because we cannot agree on the steps it is taking to achieve it, or even worse, perceived that they are doing nothing to change the statues quo.

So the question now is, what are we going to do about it and whether what we do is going to be effective in achieving the outcome we desired. I personally felt there is no longer any reason to waste more time in protesting at Hong Lim and listening to some speakers there who may have agendas of their own.

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Singapore cartoonist Leslie Chew arrested for alleged sedition

Let me just categorically say, I think the Leslie Chew (aka Demoncratic) comics stinks.

I often see these comics reposted and I generally ignored them. I also keep my opinion of them to myself even though my gut feel is that he is heading down a path of confrontation with the authorities. Whether it was for martyrdom, or to raise his profile even further, the authorities would simply bring more awareness to his garbage by taking him to task. The best action the authorities could take may actually be to ignore him. Sadly, the preemptive stand taken here by the law enforcers is not universal. A lady friend who was harassed repeatedly online made a police report was told they can’t take anything action until she is harmed. I would clearly love to see the police to be more proactive in protecting individual citizens instead of swatting flies like these.

The Demoncratic comics are popular among those leaning towards the opposition because they say some of the things that perhaps some of us only discuss privately among our friends, or even express some of our most angry thoughts. Other than that, it is nothing new or inspiring. It does nothing in encouraging us into thinking about how to achieve a different outcome from what is portrayed. At best, it only increase the anger we already felt about certain matters. Perhaps, the author felt this is a way to fan the stove so that the fire of anger and resentment doesn’t burn out before the next general elections.

Anyway, I have no clue whether this Leslie Chew person is Singaporean, or Malaysian since at times I see on his comics his need to go back to Malaysia. Regardless whether he was an ex-Malaysian or now naturalised, at times I can’t help but felt he is a foreign agent provocateur. (That does not mean I agree with sticking sedition charges on Leslie Chew, however!)

If Leslie Chew is an ex-Malaysian, I must say I felt a little ironical since the Singapore government brought this upon itself with its many years of liberal immigration policies. On the bright side, I will not only take comfort that not the support from new citizens is not that one-sided, but that Leslie Chew has more or less integrated into our society.


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From what I gathered, Leslie Chew was arrested for one particular comic he made which I have taken the liberty to repost here (the disclaimer which Leslie Chew uses allows me to do so without permission). Well, I personally felt there isn’t an issue for his comic to repeat what a politician has said because it would be factual. No one can disagree that the statements made against the Malay community – both implicit and explicit – harms whatever efforts we have made towards our social integration. But, it is another matter entirely when I labels that person and government as being racist and the problem arises when Leslie made those statements in the comic which I have marked out with red boxes. Regardless whether his allegations are true or not, can we really expect the government not to respond? Above which, is this comic made with a genuine interest or concern for our fellow Malays or simply to make them even more unhappy (if not angry)?

That said, no matter how much I disagree with the methods of Leslie Chew and how much I dislike his comics, I disagree with charging him for sedition. The government cannot and should not decide for us how to think. While I may feel this particular comic strip does somewhat incite anger against the government or a particular person – and as a non Malay I also feel somewhat uneasy – I still have enough confidence in my fellow Malay citizens not to over-react.

It’s high time the Singapore government allows the citizens to prove they have grown up.

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MND review gave AIM deal all-clear:

Was anyone expecting a different outcome? I wasn’t. I was however thoroughly disappointed that no new crap to be cooked up to justify this. The only thing that was new was that there was “a different understanding” of the execution of the termination clause in 2011 by the then-Aljunied Hougang Town Council (AHTC) and Action Information Management (AIM). In short, it is all a misunderstanding.

It is clear to me the stand of the ruling party has not change a single bit from the day Teo Ho-Pin released his statement. It’s the same old crap that everything is above the board, no money’s been lost etc. To quote a friend of mine: ” Looks like the AIM to disregard integrity and ethics, so long as it is not illegal within the framework of law, has been achieved. “

The ruling party definitely knows as well as some of us the difference between “legal” and “right”. There are things which can be legal, but might not be right. There are things which are right, but not legal. But the perception it has given in this review is that as long as it is legal, then it must be right. Many are quick to accept that, and even go so far to say it is no different from what the Workers’ Party [WP] has done to appoint one of their own member-owned firm to manage their town councils (see below).

On the surface, yes. But the fact is that the FMSS (FM Solutions and Services Pte Ltd) has a website. Can we say the same about the shady, and even dodgy AIM whereby it declined to give details of its track record and business dealing according to the Straits Times?

Most of us would have a really hard time trying to find information about AIM on the Internet, not to mention even a rudimentary search online in directories like the Green Book or even the Yellow Pages revealed nothing. Regardless of whether FMSS was owned by a WP member, there is also the question whether FMSS was fully financed by the WP as compared to AIM. In truth, whatever that many felt was wrong with AIM has very little to do with it being a $2 company and that its directors are ex-PAP MPs, but the very fact that AIM itself also gave no confidence to anyone who even bothered to try and look at the entire matter objectively.

The reaction from this one person shows how easily some people are taken in by the concept of “legal equal right”. The ruling party clearly knows this as well, and it probably believe that the majority will be taken in to let this matter pass. It must be immensely pleased that some even turned it around to attack the WP.

Here’s some news for the ruling party. Not all of us are so daft, and the opinion that just because it is legal doesn’t make it right is not limited for the pro-opposition on social media. The silent majority is no longer necessarily on your side anymore. There used to be a time when I believe the Internet community does not represent general sentiments and that the opposition supporters are simply more vocal online. It is no longer so when I start hearing it from people whom I normally would avoid having a discussion about politics and current affairs now taking the initiative to not only talk to me about these things, but actually agreeing with some of my views.

Remember Mas Selamat. This matter will only return and bite even harder in the next election. Some of us are not that forgetful.

Random Discourse – Heather Chua

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Well, it is not very often someone writes something utterly stupid that I get a good laugh. This piece from Heather Chua definitely ranks up there with Xiaxue’s pro-PAP piece during the 2011 General Elections. After all, that talk about the Prime Minister, Mr Tan Chuan-Jin and Geoerge Yeo being the only ones who are considered to have made sacrifices definitely came from the same vine as Xiaxue’s utterly uninformed piece. While Xiaxue should just stick with her usual stuff and stay away from the political discourse, Heather Chua should keep her big mouth shut on the matter of NS (National Service).

Personally, I ain’t complaining about the quality of PAP supporters like these. After all, they have outsourced their thinking completely to the men-in-white and they simply suck it up regardless of what the PAP throws at them. Then again, perhaps not. I pity their husbands, and also the rest of the 39.9% of us.



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‘Mass facepalm’ watermark added to to emphasize my point.


For someone who has no NS obligations at all, it is quite hilarious when Heather Chua even dare utter about having our NSF (Full time National Servicemen) trained by Israelis. Does she not know even Israeli women served NS to defend the Jewish State from her enemies? Let me guess, perhaps the only thing she knew about the Israeli trainers was after she watched “Ah Boyz to Men” or after going to the Army Open House last year? It doesn’t matter that I am wrong about that, because there’s really quite a number of us who can talk about Israeli trainers too. In fact, we probably can do so in more vivid details, as if we have been there personally to experience the ‘tekan‘.

The combat troops maybe the blade of the sword, but the support troops would be the hilt in which a warrior holds his weapon. For Heather Chua to denigrate the non-combat NSFs, shows her complete lack of understanding about the military. She can quit hiding her elitism behind the praises she sings of our political leaders with military background and also the combat troops because it doesn’t mitigate what she has said. Basically, it’s as good as saying “No offense but fxxk you anyway.”

Why single out the storemen and clerks for her derision? Is the life of an army clerk easy? For her information, I doubt any of the officers type their own documents. They probably consider those tasks to be beneath them and a clerk will be assigned to do it. Oh yes, the clerk is told what to type, but it will be the clerk’s responsibility to ensure that there are no errors or the officer will give the clerk hell.

I suspect, if Heather Chua has a husband and in the event of his death in service of the nation, it would be a clerk who would be preparing the document to send her the bad news. It will also be a clerk who will be identifying what sort of compensation her husband will be getting. Did she imagine that an officer would be doing all that? Perhaps. That’s because someone who comes knocking on the door might be an officer, an warrant officer or an NCO. Not the ‘chow clerk’ that she looked down on, right?

Next, logistics plays a big part in military operations. There used to be a time when the SAF maintains its own stores instead of subcontracting it to defense contractors. The storemen’s role back then, would be to maintain the equipment in those stores when they are not in use. For e.g. guess who keeps the tow bars from rust and well oiled in the vehicle store so that when it is needed, it will not be dysfunctional? Did she imagine the officers to be maintaining the store which the SAF (Singapore Armed Forces) will be utilising when Operationally Ready NSmen (aka “reservists”) are mobilised in the event of war? If Heather Chua thinks that the officers are the ones that does all these work, and the storemen and clerks have their life easy, then perhaps it is high time we implement NS for women and have them staff these ‘sin lang’ (aka relax, no-pressure) positions.

Since those tasks are so easy and people just sit there as ‘tua peh kong’ doing nothing, it should be a difficulty for women like her to fill those positions right? She probably wouldn’t complain either, because she can look on the bright side as she can keep fit – perhaps even cosplay as Lara Croft *oh, the horror!* – and she gets to learn shooting and play with the SAF’s modern SAR-21 rifles too.

In fact, we might even be able to worry less about the low TFR (Total Fertility Rate) and aim for a lower population in 2030. Thank you, Heather for pointing this out so the government and SAF can evaluate the feasibility of channelling those men from vocations she despises into other more worthy, combat positions and solve the SAF’s manpower problems. In fact, even AWARE should be pleased too. NS for women will further the equality between the sexes in this country!

李葉明又再吠什麼？

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李葉明這個人真是個俗仔、下三滥的瘪三。自己在新加坡和網民交手后鎩羽而歸，竟然還寫洋洋得意寫到外國… 噢不，是他祖國中國的 《國際先驅導報》 去了。實在很可笑！因為我腦海裡浮現了一個金枝玉葉的公主，嫁出去了還回到宫里向她那皇帝老爹申诉她在婆家如何不公平的待遇的影像。好好的一個男兒漢，行為那麼的幼稚又像個娘們。他這樣新公民，應該不會就是我們國家所謂的外來人材吧？他到底何德何能，憑什麼入籍新加坡的？

李葉明要知道，當新加坡民主黨的徐顺全博士去参加一些外國的人權會議時，很多时候一些新加坡國民都認為他不應該聯合外國人來干預、甚至 顛覆 我们的國家。我們對一個這裡出生的公民都如此，難道對新公民難道要更寬容寫？如果李葉明还知道什么是廉耻，最好放弃新加坡的公民權，乖乖的回去出生的地方。

李葉明說有網頁上散佈一些對他帶有殺傷力的話我也略有所闻。因為這些都是源自一個带有誣衊和誹謗性的視頻。但視頻上載了至少半年，不是因為和劉程强議員的開始笔战才出现的。雖然是在李葉明攻擊工人黨後才被人重新挖掘出来，但這絕非什么所谓的 “蓝色恐怖”！在毫無證據的情況下如何把兩件事扯在一起？難道就如我們廣東人說的，”有鬚就係老豆” (意思：有鬍子就是爸爸)？

很明顯的老早就有人对他非常不满，要不然怎么会半年前就上載了這麼一個不像樣的視頻？冰封三尺非一日之寒，有人借這個機會再公開視頻顯然是有預謀的！我有理由懷疑和上載視頻的人結怨已久，也極可能是他在鄉宗總會裡認識的人。要不怎麼會偏偏在那方面也下手，但卻沒對報館和他雇主那方面也搞他？李葉明自己難道不需要反省過去的所作所為，思考一下為何在半年前就讓人如此狠毒的攻擊他嗎？(注: 老實說，雖然我很不屑李葉明的為人，但是我完全不贊成也不認同視頻的內容。當我第一次在 Facebook 見到它的時候,我毫無猶豫的告訴所有發那帖子的人說: “這視頻裡的指責，很多都完全沒有確實證據的。這裡面很多可能都是張冠李戴，也非常具有有誹謗性。大家這樣胡亂轉發要當心被李葉明控告。”)

李葉明非但沒在第一時間把事情弄清楚，他還把事件硬拗成網民因為受了劉程強的 “煽動” 才如此。這不是太無理取鬧了吧？他的做法猶如 1937 年在盧溝橋挑釁中國軍隊的日本蝗軍，明知自己不對卻硬說是中國軍隊挑起戰端。雖然不適合新加坡目前的國情，也難怪有人叫李葉明 “漢奸” 了。無可否認的，李葉明的確是遭遇了 “網絡暴民”，但是並不是每個對他口誅筆伐的網友都是如此。李葉明在 《國際先驅導報》 所說了一大堆卻讓人有誤會這件事是工人黨主導，誤認為罪魁禍首。可見李葉明一開始就衝著工人黨，先以 “煽動” 批評工人黨把它推進井裡，然後落井下石把網絡暴力的事件和工人黨扯在一起。顯而易見，李葉明是不會善罷甘休的。

因此，我才公開這個連我非常反對也厭惡的、不知道是哪個爛人上載的視頻。我覺得我有義務把事情的來龍去脈整理一番，讓大家清楚了解事情的真相其實是什麼。而在這之下，李葉明有義務、也必須向劉議員和工人黨道歉道歉。理由是李葉明抹黑了工人黨，讓新移民誤解工人黨是一個排外的極端政黨。如果他做不到，那麼他就是一個不折不扣的卑鄙、無恥甚至是下流的小人。任何一個理智、講道理的人都應該鄙視他。

這裡讓我順便談談 “煽動” 這二字的意思。或许李葉明英文太烂不了解，所以我简单的解釋一下。煽動不是只是慫恿 (instigate) 的意思那麼簡單。如果是，新加坡就不會有 《煽動法令》 (Sedition Act) 的存在。也就是說，當一個人在新加坡被指責 “煽動” (is accused of sedition)，就是意味着他有種族主義、意圖破壞宗教和諧、甚至發動動亂的企圖等等。所以，劉程強才會說李葉明 “致工人黨於死地”。

可見那么多年了，李葉明根本完全还没做到融入新加坡。要不然他不會不知道 “煽動” 這二字在新加坡是多麼的敏感。像他這樣的新移民根本不了解新加坡 《煽動法令》，或许连這条法令的存在都不知道吧？李葉明口口聲聲說時間會讓新移民融入新加坡的社會，但他一而再使用 “煽動” 二字來指責劉程強和工人黨不就否定他自己的論點？如果他老早就知道這法令的存在、或者它的罪名是多麼的嚴重，那他就是居心叵測！如此的指責工人黨是何其的惡毒啊？因為被定犯了煽動罪是可以讓工人黨變成非法政黨而解散的！

一個到來了十幾年也已經入籍了新加坡的人，言論卻像個昨天才入籍的。李葉明哪裡像新加坡人了？我在人口白皮書的題上不會要求他和我們一起同仇敵愾，但是李葉明在這節骨眼上不斷把這凸顯非移民公民和新移民的鬥爭，到底是什麼用意？李葉明的言論是否是一種精神上的自衛和反射？那就是因為他一直無法融入新加坡社會，所以內心一直認為新加坡人完全不接受他？倘若如此，李葉明最好是撒泡尿照照、好好自省！

李葉明曾問： “如果一个家庭请女佣，会稀釋家庭核心吗？如果本地企業多请幾名外劳，会稀釋企業核心吗？為什麼新加坡允许多一些外劳和女佣，就会稀釋新加坡人核心呢？”

我可以肯定的回答：　會！是會稀釋新加坡的核心！

因為李葉明的所作所為恰好回答了他自己所問的。可以明確的看到新移民未必對新加坡歷史了解，也不知道我們各種族之間和諧是非常的脆弱。新公民也許知道我們是經歷了多少辛苦才換來表面上的和睦共處！星星之火可以燎原，只要一個人亂說了話是可能讓新加坡社會不安定的！

我覺得，政府必須認真看待吸收移民的問題，並且檢討移民措施。是時候對申請入籍者實施強制性的新加坡歷史考試了！就像靠駕照一樣，不及格的申請者不許入籍！我個人甚至認為，如果葉明不自己走，新加坡就應該撤销他的公民權。李葉明已不止一次嚴重的傷害了非移民新加坡人的感情，也讓人感覺他對新加坡是完全一點歸宿感都沒有。 而這，已經不再是言論自由的問題了！

Random Discourse – National Defense Duty

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Serving in the military to gain citizenship is not a modern concept. The concept goes all the way back to the Marian Reforms of the Roman Republic in the 2nd Century BC. In fact, this still holds true for the French Foreign Legion where a Legionnaire who has served for 3 years with “honor and fidelity” may apply for French citizenship.

So tying citizenship to military service is not a concept invented by Singapore. It never failed to irk me when I am reminded that certain people such as penis pianist Melvyn Tan managed to dodge National Service [NS] and was let off with a simple fine, or that second generation Permanent Residents [PRs] who received subsidised education in this country can opt not to serve. Worst of it all is that such people will still have unimpeded access to our country as so-called “Foreign Talents” and their past transgression can be forgotten. As far as I am concerned, any person who feel no commitment to defend the country he grows up in, should leave and never come back. It doesn’t even matter if they find the cure for cancer or invent the perpetual energy generator.

Hri Kumar’s suggestion of a National Defense Duty has to be the most harebrained idea I have ever heard. The idea that PRs and foreigners should make financial contribution for what this country has to offer them is tempting, but not the idea to make it legal for the sons of PRs and foreigners born in Singapore to be excused from NS. If PRs and foreigners preferred their children who are born in Singapore not to serve in NS, then they should have the decency not to send their children into our government schools for subsidised education. They should send their children back to their home countries, or send them to international schools in Singapore. They can choose to pay the price of separation from their kids, or let them serve the country they took advantage of. Simply put, PRs and foreigners cannot expect to have the cake and eat it.

Granted, it maybe a walk in the park for some and NS does not turn every Singaporean male into a elite fighting men or crack troops like the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae. But to attach a monetary value to it cheapens the sacrifice in time every Singaporean male has to made, and the great economical cost Singapore has paid in the past 45 years. There is simply no monetary value that can be attached to serving NS. It is an insult to all the men who has served faithfully and steadfastly, even though grudgingly, all these years. On top of which, how are we to justify ourselves to those who were imprisoned for refusing to serve in the past? How are we to face those who lost their sons, brothers and husbands to the service of the nation?

What meaning is there for those who cannot legally escape NS to serve, if second generation PRs are allowed to do so? As far as I am concerned, if certain people can choose to enjoy the privileges in this country and not serve his duty, then there is no purpose whatsoever for anyone else to serve. Why place the burden on some of us to defend our country to the death, while some can choose not to by paying out? We might as well all just roll over and die. After all, who cares when some people can already choose not to defend it anyway?

It made me wonder whether Hri Kumar even understand the purpose of NS at all. How sad it is for our country that such a man is even elected as a Member of Parliament!

李叶明在吠什么？

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Sakar 是本地人的俚语。这原自马来文，也可能是马来人在过去和印度、波斯、或者是阿拉伯语商人贸易时学来的。在兴地语、波斯语和阿拉伯语是和甜和糖有关系的，但在本地通常是用来形容一个人在巴结、奉承的行为。由于和福建话 “三脚” 同音所以就译成了 “三脚”。 久而久之 “三脚” 就变成形容一个人在巴结和奉承别人。

这也是不少人对李叶明 2 月 15 日 所发表的 《刘程强在说什么？》 一文的主观看法 – 就是李叶明在 “三脚” 我们的政府。看着大家在面簿 (Facebook) 上批评他的帖子，李叶明在我脑海里的印象犹如一个狗奴才在给他主子磕头，嚷嚷着他是如何的忠诚。我压抑着我的主观看法，随后沉住气在随笔南洋网里读了 《刘程强在说什么？》 一文。读完了那篇似是而非的文章后虽不觉得如此，但却有武侠漫画 《风云》 里一个人物困在 “莫名剑法” 一式 “莫名其妙” 的剑阵里的感觉。因为我看了老半天还弄不清楚他是以一个新加坡人的身份，还是以中华人民共和国的一个国民的身份写的？

文里，李叶明一开始就批评刘程强和工人党的逻辑荒唐，可是他的逻辑又如何不荒唐呢？他写道： “如果一个家庭请女佣，会稀释家庭核心吗？如果本地企业多请几名外劳，会稀释企业核心吗？为什么新加坡允许多一些外劳和女佣，就会稀释新加坡人核心呢？” 那我得告诉李叶明，如果我拿根针在他的身上某处扎一下，那的确是没什么的。痛一下而已嘛！但是如果我在他身上多处老扎针，他未必就会觉得那么舒服了，对吗？他要不信他自己随时可以拿些针扎在手臂上试试看！也就是同样的道理，越来越多的外国人的确让我们新加坡人感觉得不舒服！

还有，李叶明提到新加坡人的祖先也是外来移民。那的确是事实。而且没有当年的移民，也没有今天的新加坡。但是我的祖辈是移民的事实何时成了给当今政府的移民政策背书的借口？战后新加坡可不是上帝应许的 “流奶与蜜之地”，而是个一穷四白的英帝国殖民地。就以我外公来说，是因为太平洋战争结束后没法回国，才留下来继续打拼。原本是来这里挣钱以图日后回国过些好日子，结果是后路断了才留下来继续用苦力去拼搏。我外公和当下想来这里谋生那些所谓的 “外来人材” 可以相比的吗？李叶明，你别自欺欺人、也别侮辱我对我先辈的记忆！

新加坡共和国立国快 48 年，我这一辈的大多数都是土生土长的。我们对国家认同感是随着我们的国家成功才建立起来的。李叶明口口声声说反移民是条 “不归路”，其实不断的引进移民才是。试问，一个国民老是认为自己是移民的国家，如何建立国家的认同感？国民如何凝聚？李叶明说新公民在本地生活的年数会逐年增加，但是在一个地方生活的长久何时成了认同和融入的等号？有个美国人李敦白 (Sidney Rittenberg) 加入了中国共产党多年，并且还在中国住了 35 年 。但是李敦白成了中国人了吗？没有，他最终还是回到了美国。

李叶明说工人党 “煽动排外”，但是我觉得其实真正在煽动的人其实是他。他正在煽动新公民对工人党反感、甚至憎恨。李叶明证明了精神分析学始祖弗洛伊德 (Sigmund Freud) 所说的 “心理防御机制” 里 “投射” (Projection) – 就是将基本上本屬自身一部份某種不快的思緒、動機、慾望、或情感，投射到他人或他物身上。也就是说，就是李叶明本身本来就有煽动的目的，所以才会有 “工人党煽动排外” 之说。这还不是最令人气愤的，是他竟然说是因为刘程强在反驳中说他 “要致工人党于死地”，很多人才被煽动来对他口诛笔伐。

我呸！如此硬拗都可以，硬把黑的说成白的。李叶明你这人真的是个 “俗仔” (台语 – 和瘪三同义)。很没品！李叶明你在第二篇反驳刘程强的文章中可以大条道理的谈经济增长，但是你给我听清楚了 – 如果那经济增长让新加坡人分享得到，那是没有什么人会反对的。但是当外来人口让很多新加坡人的现在的日子都过得辛苦、甚至过不下去，那什么 “经济增长”、 “让曾经为经济发展作出重要贡献的战后婴儿潮一代安享晚年”之类话的都是放屁、也都不再重要！我很好奇，经济的增长、特别是外劳的引进，是否给李叶明个人带来了非常多的利益？而是否工人党建议的冻结方案间接的伤害了他的一些既得利益才令他如此大声的放肆叫嚣？

新加坡人绝大部分是包容大度的，有怨言也是针对引进外国人的政策，不是外国人。我们从美国这样的移民国家也看得到第一代的移民通常都有融入的问题，也理解只有他们的子孙才会彻底新加坡化。所以我们都很愿意给时间新移民融入我们的社会。但是李叶明这厮的言论只会加深非移民对所有新移民的反感和更加不信任！请李叶明不要再撕裂我的国家, 因为在这样下去只会让非移民新加坡人对新公民更加仇视。

就李叶明个人而言，我永远也不会信任他。不管他的新加坡国民身份证是服了兵役得来，我永远也不会感觉他是我们的一分子。他的吃里扒外已经彻底激怒了很多人，而这些人不分蓝或者白、也不分非移民和新公民。有些人没我那么大度，只是写篇烂文章骂骂就算了！李叶明，你好自为之吧！

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