Friday, November 6, 2009 17:15

Rights are Entitlement

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“We are born with rights but not power. That is why empowerment is so important, so that people can claim the rights that they are entitled to.”

A participant on methods and approaches to rights and empowerment,
at an ActionAid International Workshop held at Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) in November 2003

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Beh Song
Nov 6, 2009 19:42

Totally agree.

Without empowerment = without Right = Slavery.

And I can see many Singaporean willing to be slave for 3 meals a day.

If not, how come PAP keep winning elections.

What to do - It happened
Nov 7, 2009 15:56

PAP keep winning elections because 66.6% of the Singaporeans are:

1. STUPID,
2. GREEDY,
3. KIASU,
4. KIASI,
5. KIA CHENG HU, and
6. Most of them are RESIGNED to their ‘Fate’ not able to do anything to counter the power of the PAP govt.

That is why whenever I asked any of the commoners in the streets or hawker centres about the problems they are facing, their standard reply is “What to do?”

Even PM Lee also said, “WHAT TO DO, IT HAPPENED!” Remember?

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