Your father, JBJ, was a lion. A true Singapore hero.

And reading your article saddens me, but only partly because JBJ is gone.

Mainly I am saddened because you seem to be defending him. He does not need defending.

They say that he was against the system. What’s to defend? He was against the pernicious system of sycophancy that is the hallmark of the governance of our country. He was against the suppression of honest views, and he was against the captivity of the institutions (or quasi-institutions) of state. What’s to defend?

I have heard so many supposedly eminent Singaporeans speak sagely about the virtues of speaking truth to authority. They know all the poems about the virtues of protecting the rights of others. But when the chips are down, these same people turn into the self serving sycophants who will later laugh at the people who actually do it.

Your father was unlike them. He had the courage of his convictions. He spoke truth to authority and he paid the price for it.

He does not need defending.

PS: since our Finance Minister is also a criminal (having been convicted of a crime under the Official Secrets Act), I assume there will never be a chair in his name.

Dear Kenneth,

No, he wouldn’t. He would not have spoken down to the people in the paternalistic manner you impute to him, which manner is everything that he stood against.

Regards.

Hear hear. Spoken like a true bred LOSER.
And please don’t try to flatter yourself up to be a MIW wannabe bootlicking martyr. You can never come close to earn it.
FYI, MIW have their own selection inner circle.
LOL :D :)

Kenneth J should just wake up from his dream that all of us are such cowards that even under the “oppression” that him and compatriots keep painting as the case is in Singapore, we are unable to fight back at all.

Please. This is not the era of Emperor Shi Huang Di. If I think someone feeds me shit, I’d be dumb to keep eating. And if you want to come back and fight in Singapore’s politics, please don’t try to make yourself up to be a martyr. You have not earned it.

You will NEVER see any MIW standing in public like him. If you observe these MIW carefully when they go on their heartland election rally rounds on their vehicle “waving” to residents in their blocks, you can see the smirk and general reluctance to show face. They are merely doing it for show. In their twisted minds, they are saying inside, “Bloody waste time, just give me the damn votes la. I’ll win anyways. Even if I don’t by feak accident, I’ll be put somewhere without portfolio. Can I go play golf now with Tiger ???!!!” Ahem.
Sigh. Back to my fake forced smile and damn, another auntie/uncle to wave to …..lelong, lelong ! :P

Nelson mandela spent 27 yrs in prison. but he was re-instated. the day will come when the name of JBJ will also be.

Another well articulated piece.
I totally agree with you.
I have high hopes for RP to make a significant difference to the political landscape in the coming elections.
Please keep it up and further enhance the JBJ legacy.

A man whom I respect for his dedication and persverance to his calling to serve. I counted myself fortunate to be almost in the Anson constitutency,if not for the redrawing of the boundary to place Henderson under T Pagar.

I am blessed to have met JBJ in person several occasions, the last being at People’s Park MRT station selling the Hammer.

I wore the T-shirt.

The dawn of a new beginning…