If you visit threads in the politics folder where GMS says little, you'll find proper debate more often than not. Many folks here want proper debate, and many have tried to elicit proper debate from GMS. GMS did not start posting his missives only recently. It began before GE2011 and has continued to this day. This is not lack of trying. This is giving up on a person who has no interest in proper debate.
Given the current state of the opposition, you'll be bound to get people with problems. The question is what you do when they have been uncovered. The PAP style is to muffle the media and then quietly dispose.
For WP's case, it was unfortunate that the bomb was none other than an elected MP. So there's no way to quietly dispose of the bomb. What WP did was correct, and it sets a high bar which the PAP can only hope to emulate, but inevitably fail since they also have difficulty attracting talent too.
The bottom line is that WP has come out of its Yaw-gate smelling like roses, and both Pritam and CSM have also publicly acknowledged their mistake and learnt the lesson.
Scroobal, Ramseth's and your pts concerning plagiarism are all valid, and I agree with the 3 of you. The only one left is the VI who continues the NPD-like behaviour, when the issues have all been settled.
Seems that everyone is only interested in mocking him and not go into a proper rebuke.
To GMS, though integrity should be one of the primary values for a party's candidate, but it is also one of the most difficult to ascertain and it takes time. So, when your time as SG of NSP, did you actually go through a fine comb with those Rp deflectors on integrity before putting them as candidate for GE 2011? If not, why expect others should?
Realistically, for any party that just don't have the numbers yet, it will be a very tall order to expect this from the beginning. It is only fair when the party's grow that some culling needs to be done to cut loose those with integrity issue.