This is not finding fault. Fault is fault, nothing achieved except sabotage is nothing achieved except sabotage, and is there for all to see, no need to find. Don't side-step the glaringly obvious by trying to turn the table. Yes, let's get on with the business, in whomsoever's preferred way. It's perfect democratic right to vote for any party, including PAP if the voter finds an opponent party too untrustworthy or disgusting to vote for. Nobody owes any vote to any party. Earn your trust, earn your support, earn your vote and stop intimidating and insulting voters by calling voters who don't vote for you cowards or dogs. Even PAP never do that.
Poll is a sad pitfall for reform unfortunately in my view.
As a (poor short-term) measure we rely on diverting votes away from famiLEE LEEgime, to head to a transition for change. As a series of big compromises I helped opposition fighters like late JBJ & CSJ etc, even though we have different values and views.
Opposition candidates came out to stand against famiLEE LEEgime under so much difficulties, just to give voters a precious chance to cast a ballot instead of seeing famiLEE LEEgime walkover, and still they want to be picky, expect too much of opposition under these circumstance.
Therefore, I have very little faith with Democracy & Polls - frankly. Many opposition people are fully of faith with these including CSJ & late JBJ, but I don't share that.
In a realistic reform there are too many necessary things you have to do which are all against or not in line with getting votes. The faith that ballots are power is an unfortunately blinded faith. Obama for example got lots of votes, but very little results, and votes always come with too much expectations and quickly transformed into disappointments, and reform stalls after that.
To me popular acceptance is quite meaningless, expectations are burden, votes are not real contributions towards reform, support must not be (just) votes, but rather dedication of abilities and resources, as well as patience and tolerance, which are much harder to come by, but are absolutely needed for reform to succeed. Obama completely lack these and I saw it from way before Bush's term was up, therefore I said I can not congratulate Obama's electoral victory.
For votes, too much will be needed (majority), for dedication of abilities fortunately a majority is unnecessary, as long as there is sufficient a capable minority can bring about a change. Egypt did it, and the (1 million?) people who took part is just only a minority from the 80 million of Egyptian population. Resources wise enough is enough, Kiasu is unnecessary and wastage is bad. Then patience and tolerance will be just so helpful if given, and the lack of them would make reform much more difficult.
Some how I think the majority will know and do the right thing, which isn't the case most of the time, and the majority lacks everything and do almost nothing for most reforms. As seen in Egypt today, the MAJORITY of the 80 million Egyptians, did next to nothing, and at the most only a million of the MINORITY did at least something to oust Mubarak, while the majority just watch by as if it is really none of their business!
Poll alway depended on majority to succeed, therefore is a MAJOR STOPPER of REFORM. Reforms powered by polls will mostly fail e.g. Obama's CHANGE.
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