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"I thought of Nelson Mandela who had to spend 26 years in prison. Of Gandhi who spent many years in it..."
Mandela was an ANC terrorist when he was imprisoned. He and the ANC did not believe in nonviolence. the 26 years chastened him.
Gandhi was different. The British treated him with respect when he was in jail. He had books to read. Nehru , his disciple wrote
'the Discovery of India' in Jail. They were Templars like you. But what a difference! You are an US citizen and you need not have gone to Singapore. It was an act of trouble-making. If you had stayed in USA and blogged commenting on a Singapore Judge [ as 'prostituting the law (sic)'] no one would have noticed. You did that in Singapore. They took exception to the words you used although it was a metaphor. You see, visitors to USA are subjected to treatment which sometimes is very demeaning. They are profiled and questions asked are to meant to categorize them. As an USA citizen you may not know this kind of treatment meted to visitors. One of my friends travelling to present a paper in an international conference in USA, a professor, was subjected to such humiliation through questions, that he simply returned refusing to enter. Anything goes it appears when the term terrorism is applied. If US citizens entering an European country are subjected to similar treatment, they will realise what a shame it is to go to this extreme. Ask a British attorney, a human rights attorney who appeared for many victims of injustice in US courts. I heard him comment on the treatment of those prisoners in US prisons who were often convicted on such thin evidence which a British court would reject.
If only all the Singaporeans determine, they can change their govt. They seem happy, only the fringe people seem to be agitating.
I would like you to comment on my observation about the treatment of
visitors to the USA at the airport and the fairness of it- should it be so intimate and intense.. It is a democracy and the proof of the pudding is that you should be free to comment.
Fri Dec 26, 09:02:00 AM PST
Anonymous norman said...
I was a student in the USA during the ‘Watergate Scandal’ and watched the shameful justification coming out of the mouth of then US Attorney General. Nixon did his best to lie and why Woodward had to take such caution in gathering the story? I am not talking about the ‘Deep Throat’ who evidently had to work in secret.
If you had watched the Senate Impeachment Hearings, you would have seen the shameful sight of the Republican Senators, most of them attorneys filibustering the hearings and at times questioning the very patriotism of the
their Democratic colleagues. No one was sure how to get rid of Nixon. Even after the ’18 min’ gap in the tape was discovered and from there what Nixon lied, every one knew that Nixon had to go. But even Walter Cronkite was wondering and assuring himself that Nixon would go. The act of Ford was to
issue a Presidential pardon which many doubted was the deal for Nixon’s exit.
Fathers of friends of mine said how the FBI at that time was running around
pulling in people for questioning, some badly roughened up, several homes mysteriously burgled and documents disappearing… It can happen in a democracy like the USA. I wish you were in USA at that time. My classmates who were wearing ‘impeach RMN ‘ badges were anxiously looking over their shoulders.
What about Bush who won his Presidency, thanks to the Supreme Court judges!
Singapore judges are not unique you see.
What about that little patch of land in Cuba which holds some 'so called terrorists' and who in many cases were picked up through 'rendition' and are never tried! Obama may close this but was USA behaving as a democracy?
You should post this. After all, you live in a 'democracy' there!
I tip my hat off to this guy. Nair knows nothing about the US?
Mandela was an ANC terrorist when he was imprisoned. He and the ANC did not believe in nonviolence. the 26 years chastened him.
Gandhi was different. The British treated him with respect when he was in jail. He had books to read. Nehru , his disciple wrote
'the Discovery of India' in Jail. They were Templars like you. But what a difference! You are an US citizen and you need not have gone to Singapore. It was an act of trouble-making. If you had stayed in USA and blogged commenting on a Singapore Judge [ as 'prostituting the law (sic)'] no one would have noticed. You did that in Singapore. They took exception to the words you used although it was a metaphor. You see, visitors to USA are subjected to treatment which sometimes is very demeaning. They are profiled and questions asked are to meant to categorize them. As an USA citizen you may not know this kind of treatment meted to visitors. One of my friends travelling to present a paper in an international conference in USA, a professor, was subjected to such humiliation through questions, that he simply returned refusing to enter. Anything goes it appears when the term terrorism is applied. If US citizens entering an European country are subjected to similar treatment, they will realise what a shame it is to go to this extreme. Ask a British attorney, a human rights attorney who appeared for many victims of injustice in US courts. I heard him comment on the treatment of those prisoners in US prisons who were often convicted on such thin evidence which a British court would reject.
If only all the Singaporeans determine, they can change their govt. They seem happy, only the fringe people seem to be agitating.
I would like you to comment on my observation about the treatment of
visitors to the USA at the airport and the fairness of it- should it be so intimate and intense.. It is a democracy and the proof of the pudding is that you should be free to comment.
Fri Dec 26, 09:02:00 AM PST
Anonymous norman said...
I was a student in the USA during the ‘Watergate Scandal’ and watched the shameful justification coming out of the mouth of then US Attorney General. Nixon did his best to lie and why Woodward had to take such caution in gathering the story? I am not talking about the ‘Deep Throat’ who evidently had to work in secret.
If you had watched the Senate Impeachment Hearings, you would have seen the shameful sight of the Republican Senators, most of them attorneys filibustering the hearings and at times questioning the very patriotism of the
their Democratic colleagues. No one was sure how to get rid of Nixon. Even after the ’18 min’ gap in the tape was discovered and from there what Nixon lied, every one knew that Nixon had to go. But even Walter Cronkite was wondering and assuring himself that Nixon would go. The act of Ford was to
issue a Presidential pardon which many doubted was the deal for Nixon’s exit.
Fathers of friends of mine said how the FBI at that time was running around
pulling in people for questioning, some badly roughened up, several homes mysteriously burgled and documents disappearing… It can happen in a democracy like the USA. I wish you were in USA at that time. My classmates who were wearing ‘impeach RMN ‘ badges were anxiously looking over their shoulders.
What about Bush who won his Presidency, thanks to the Supreme Court judges!
Singapore judges are not unique you see.
What about that little patch of land in Cuba which holds some 'so called terrorists' and who in many cases were picked up through 'rendition' and are never tried! Obama may close this but was USA behaving as a democracy?
You should post this. After all, you live in a 'democracy' there!
I tip my hat off to this guy. Nair knows nothing about the US?
