SDP's National Day Message 2010 - The Young Ones

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http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/3998-sdps-national-day-message-2010-the-young-ones

SDP's National Day Message 2010 - The Young Ones
Thursday, 05 August 2010
Singapore Democrats

What kind of a society are we building for our young ones? What are their aspirations? Are they going to live in a country that is different from ours, one which is free and democratic? We hear from them in this year's National Day Message from the SDP.

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[popdod]

He is reading from the script....look at his eyes....
looks very unconvincing.

:p

 

[Green Light]

They sound more indoctrinated than the PAP youth and the speech are so familiar and similar to those I had read in the forum

 

[ahsoo]

They sound more indoctrinated than the PAP youth and the speech are so familiar and similar to those I had read in the forum

At least they have the courage to say it on video. I am really impressed!

 

[Ramseth]

They're young, impressionable, belief, compliance and performance are secured with ease and they enjoy immunity from adult laws and penalties. Dr. Chee is really something, really have to admire him from a certain perspective.

 

[tommy]

In 10-15 years time, the opposition landscape will be very different when these multi-cultural kids grow up... a true multi-cultural political force!

 

[metalslug]

http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/4008-sdps-national-day-message-viewership-explodes

SDP's National Day message viewership explodes
Sunday, 08 August 2010
Singapore Democrats

The Singapore Democrats' National Day (ND) video message this year has received an unprecedented rate of viewership. In less than three days since it was first posted on this website, the number of views has exploded to nearly 4,000 - a record for the SDP's videos.

The ND video released last year where our Women Democrats delivered the party's address is one of the highest watched SDP videos and, yet, has only about 7,000 views in a period of one year.

Entitled "The Young Ones" this year's ND message talks about the aspirations of young Singaporeans and the society they will inherit when they grow up. The few that are featured in this video represent a generation of Singaporeans who have been exposed to the Internet and want to know beyond what the PAP Government tells them.

The Singapore Democrats have had scores of students visiting us online and many more in our office often expressing their skepticism about what they read and hear in the newspapers, on television and even in their textbooks. This video conveys to the rest of society what we have been hearing from young Singaporeans all this time.

Gone are the years when the Government could label activists as Marxist conspirators or that PAP equals good and Barisan Sosialis bad. Students nowadays have alternative sources of information and they want to read them.

And when they hear that the Said Zahari-Lim Hock Siew videos are banned or when Mr Alan Shadrake's book is not allowed to be sold in bookstores or when the National Library (of all places) bars Mr Vincent Cheng from speaking, they ask why.

When they see how editors censored the cross-examination of Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew by Dr Chee Soon Juan during the defamation suit hearing in 2008, they develop a high level of suspicion of the media here.

It is the nature of human beings to want to be told the truth and the young ones in Singapore are no different. The question is, what kind of society will they inherit? Will they have to lose everything in a state where trust between the rulers and the ruled have completely broken down?

More important, how will this Government continue to execute censorship and hope to get away with it? With the Internet expanding, the dissonance between official diktat and online dissent will intensify.

This year's ND message from the Singapore Democrats is a forerunner of things to come. Perhaps, this is why it is receiving such unprecedented attention.

 

[kingrant]

Good work young SDP! Keep it up!

 

[Einfield]

Why don't you post your take here, we can judge if it's convincing.

He is reading from the script....look at his eyes....
looks very unconvincing.

:p

 

[kingrant]

You think wong kan seng doesnt read from script? You think LHL does not?

These are young kids, c'mon! By any measure, they beat the adults hands down.

Go nitpick elsewhere.

He is reading from the script....look at his eyes....
looks very unconvincing.

:p

 

[kingrant]

Who wld you prefer? To listen to that Shekhar fellow? Or that Sear guy? Or the other retard who called you scum?

They sound more indoctrinated than the PAP youth and the speech are so familiar and similar to those I had read in the forum

 

[Brightkid]

He is reading from the script....look at his eyes....
looks very unconvincing.

:p

PM and WKS also just read from a teleprompter in front of them. These 2 cannot give a proper speech without reading from prepared and approved scripts.

'Mee Siam Mai Hum' is a very good example.

 

[kefir]

obviously this asshole is reading from a teleprompter too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kevcuEZGnUw

 

[cooleo]

>> In less than three days since it was first posted on this website, the number of views has exploded to nearly 4,000 - a record for the SDP's videos. <<

So 4,000 out of a 7million population?

 

[manokie]

>> In less than three days since it was first posted on this website, the number of views has exploded to nearly 4,000 - a record for the SDP's videos. <<

So 4,000 out of a 7million population?

Even if 7 million sinkies view their video, they can't do much if they cannot gain seats in the parliament

 

[Thick Face Black Heart]

They're young, impressionable, belief, compliance and performance are secured with ease and they enjoy immunity from adult laws and penalties. Dr. Chee is really something, really have to admire him from a certain perspective.

Are you saying that Dr Chee has manipulated the minds of the young into mouthing these words, assuring them that their youth would protect them from the powers-that-be?

 

[Subok]

obviously this asshole is reading from a teleprompter too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kevcuEZGnUw

HAHAH.. I am not defending him but most leaders do read from teleprompter. And even their script is written for them!

We only know that it is not written on the script when they bo boo things like mee siam mai hum! then we know he is off que with the teleprompter.

 

[scroobal]

I hope other opposition parties learn from the SDP. Even the PAP is targeting the young. WP for 2006 did come out with a relatively young slate and hope everyone takes notice. Its our best hope as they won't buy the perennial bullshit about communists, marxists and other bogeyman crap that the old man loves.

 

[Queen Seok Duk]

The only credible English speaker in the Cabinet who needs no teleprompter. I can guarantee you that:

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[saratogas]

PM Lee yesterday message said that Singaporean will always be First!

Yes! First to make sacrifices for this Nation.