He probably sees new age politicians as being soft, and that he is required to be around to make the ‘hard’, ‘no nonsense’ decisions – via knuckle-dusters if need be.

Such is the problem of power – the sheer amount of propaganda, flattery and history revision that surrounds the leader with unbridled power will eventually make the man think that he is more God than man.

TOC did not organise the “no post” day – or more accurately, the “One Blog Post For Burma” Day. It was actually organised by Free Burma. TOC only supported the event and encouraged bloggers to join in. We are glad that many bloggers did.. :)

Macabresg,

Actually, to be fair to the MSM and the reporters, TOC has been featured several times in the MSM – particularly TOC’s editor in chief, Choo Zheng Xi. Other times, there were mentioned of us.

But of course, TOC’s aim is not to get into the MSM. We are just a blog site where ordinary Singaporeans come and have their say or share their thoughts about the country.

Please allow me to take this opportunity to thank everyone for the support we have received so far. It is indeed very heartening and encouraging… :) We hope to do even better…

Regards,
Andrew

I wonder why aren’t you people given a mention from time to time in the MSM. I notice when the TOC successfully organized the Burma “no post” day, it didn’t even receive one paragraph! Instead they were talking abt some story abt a JC girl losing her handphone etc.

Who is fooling who? We all know what is going on!

Thank you for nailing him right to his coffin!

I believe you have just SPOKEN OUT LOUDLY
on behalf of a lot of right-minded Singaporeans.

If only you had been his son, ….

What is amusing to me is that while the govt talks of a new dawn, new possibilities and what not, the govt itself seems stuck in its ways – and one man seem to still hold sway over policies, no matter how he or the govt try to convince us that he does not influence policies anymore or as much as he used to.

The recent spate of bans and rejections of permits for various events and citizen initiatives speaks volumes about the mindset of the PAP govt.

It is time, I think, that besides questioning the policies themselves, we also start to question the people behind those policies – and ask if they and their thoughts are still relevant to this time and age.

And since MM Lee is, without doubt, the most influential person in govt (and in singapore) we should ask: Is his thinking and philosophy really the best for us?

Regards,
Andrew

He just an old man that refused to die somehow. He lost the respect of many old generation and new generation, in other words, he’s irrelevant. Has he faithfully and truely step down, people will still recognize him as father of Singapore (yes, this is just one of the father, there’s still lot of fathers, remember there’re always a lot of M ! MM, PM, SM etc).

Sadly, he clutched on to his power and rule Singapore with nepotism. That’s why Singapore is falling behind many developing countries and even welfare countries. It is only the media that make everything sound too good to be true.

“Why does Singapore, a small little red dot needs a MM and SM to be on the constant look up for the PM. Your PM has been in the Cabinet for many years and held various important positions and functions. Can your PM charter Singapore future when MM and SM are no longer around to guide and nurture him?”

In their countries which is much bigger in size to Singapore, it is norm to have previous PM in the Cabinet to assist or advise the current PM. But MM is definitely an overkill solution for this little red dot.