Singaporean Dilemma: Who To Side With? Side with the Strong? Or Side with the Weak? On 7/5/2011, Singaporeans will have to Decide.
Why Side with the Strong? Because they can Hurt you. Deprive you of subsidies, welfare, New Singapore Shares, House Upgrades. Reduce your Neighbourhood to a Slum.
Why Side with the Weak? No good materialistic reason I can think of. But got good Moral reason. Pride. Morality. Justice. Fairness.
Those who Side with the Strong: are they not like lallang grass, blowing with the wind? What if, perish forbid, Singapore get invaded one day, by a Bigger, Stronger enemy? Not too hard to imagine, because practically everybody in the World is bigger than us. The 66% who Side with the Strong: what will they do? Will they turn Traitor and Collaborate with the Occupier? Yes, they will, because the Occupier will then control all the Resources--money, welfare, upgrades, housing, etc. The small Minority who Side with the Weak: what will they do? Will they curry favour with the Occupier? No! They will resist like True Patriots.
Think about all this very carefully. Even the Powers that Be. Nobody can be Strong forever. One day, when you are not so strong anymore, Oh Mighty Powers that Be, will your 66% Blow-in-the-Wind grasses continue to support you? Or will they bend to the New Wind?
Why Side with the Strong? Because they can Hurt you. Deprive you of subsidies, welfare, New Singapore Shares, House Upgrades. Reduce your Neighbourhood to a Slum.
Why Side with the Weak? No good materialistic reason I can think of. But got good Moral reason. Pride. Morality. Justice. Fairness.
Those who Side with the Strong: are they not like lallang grass, blowing with the wind? What if, perish forbid, Singapore get invaded one day, by a Bigger, Stronger enemy? Not too hard to imagine, because practically everybody in the World is bigger than us. The 66% who Side with the Strong: what will they do? Will they turn Traitor and Collaborate with the Occupier? Yes, they will, because the Occupier will then control all the Resources--money, welfare, upgrades, housing, etc. The small Minority who Side with the Weak: what will they do? Will they curry favour with the Occupier? No! They will resist like True Patriots.
Think about all this very carefully. Even the Powers that Be. Nobody can be Strong forever. One day, when you are not so strong anymore, Oh Mighty Powers that Be, will your 66% Blow-in-the-Wind grasses continue to support you? Or will they bend to the New Wind?