Khairulanwar Zaini
‘Our glory days were behind us but our excess was just beginning.’ – Jeanette Winterson
Do not blink, friends, because an audacious game of political poker has just begun. Our government is very much aware of its eroding popularity – and a sequence of unfortunate snafus over recent months (whether self-inflicted or otherwise) has gnawed away at its legitimacy.
Our government was late in the upkeep as resentment mounted in tandem with the swelling human population of our city-state, accentuating density tensions and cultural frictions. An escape from a detention centre and a breach into an MRT depot revealed that the eyes of the state had not been particularly watchful. And flooding returned with a vengeance, inundating not only road and retail but also a minister’s assurance that such freak incidents only occur every half a century. The bleak circumstances of the homeless, finally casted in light, had to be furiously parried in parliament with accusations of deceit and irresponsibility. Grievances against capital punishment enduringly persist, despite our government’s best attempt to muzzle debate hand-in-conniving-hand with the mainstream media. Instead of materializing as a crowning moment of glory, a town councils’ performance review was castigated for its political showmanship. Crowded trains and the hidden increase embedded within distance-based fares continue to place the government in the defensive.
Our glory days are truly behind us.
Confidence wavered, competence doubted, credibility fractured, and realization of their human fallibility has hit our government hard. No more the demi-gods that they have so painstakingly fashioned themselves as, they had to do something. Their precious vanity had to be preserved, their comforting self-illusion perpetuated.
So this is their throw of the card: banning a video recording of a speech by an ex-political detainee, detaining a photojournalist who was covering the flood, and arresting the author who penned an exposé of the local criminal justice system and capital drug crimes.
And our excess is just beginning.
Because excess is what our government is aiming for. Forget perspective. Forget how ridiculous it is to impose a ban on a video that has been streaming online for a good eight months, forget how pathetic it would be to justify the ban by claiming solely through verbal fiat that Dr Lim Hock Siew’s speech ‘make[s] baseless accusations against the authorities, give[s] a false portrayal of their previous activities in order to exculpate their guilt, and undermine[s] public confidence in the Government in the process.’
Forget perspective. Do not ponder for a moment whether it was proportionate to detain Wu Qing Shun. ‘For the safety of Mr Wu and others, they had to handcuff him and move him to a safe area.’ How dangerous Mr Wu and those flooded roads must have been to necessitate those handcuffs.
Forget perspective. When Alan Shadrake has mustered an impressive appraisal of recent capital drug trials, do not bother rebutting his facts or arguments. An arrest, and charges of criminal defamation and contempt of court would be de rigueur in keeping with the lack of restraint.
Because when you’re desperate, you go for broke. And there’s no better way to cajole back an indignant population than through fear.
In invoking legal mechanisms that it has thus far only held in reserve, our government is counting on the chilling effect that these reprisals are intended to inspire. This is the statement of a government weakened and vulnerable: enough’s enough, shut up, fear us, (and vote us.)
These fear-ridden tunes have mesmerised generations of Singaporeans to the PAP marching band, but we can (and must) always hope that the draconian series of repression will not silence or enfeeble us this time.
These soft crackdowns are essentially contrived against the dissemination of information – whether about the impropriety of detentions without trial, or photographic evidence of the flood (and the ineptitude of the government to rein in or resolve the problem), or the inconsistent application of capital punishment in drug crimes.
These are vignettes that record our government’s incompetence and immorality for posterity, and these are the weapons in our possession to empower ourselves with. Remember the handcuffs on Wu’s wrists, and imagine how it leaves a deep shackle that fetters even our hearts. Remember the palpable injustice in the cold hard walls of the cell that held captive Dr Lim’s lonely thoughts and aspirations, and remember these names that have been appallingly absent in our consciousness yet should engulf our souls with fierce molten guilt: Amara Tochi, Vignes Mourthi, Shanmugam Murugesu, Yong Vui Kong.
Our fear and our silence have allowed our government to ride roughshod over far too many, for far too long.
The card is on the table, and we owe it to those names and ours to call the bluff. This is not a moment to be anxious and apprehensive, but one to be angry and insulted. It is not us that are standing on the precipice, but the government. On the edge, worried and fretful, their immodest posture of simulated strength awaits to be unveiled by our courage.
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In a poker game, the ones with the most chips can call the bluff.
Singaporeans have in our possession more political chips than what the Pro Alien Party has, and they certainly desire our political chips.
All that the Pro Alien Party can do to win our poker chips is merely to fix the poker game and extend their ability to bluff and win.
Singaporeans should expose the daftness of those self-acclaimed talents in the Pro Alien Party, and show to the Old Man that most of his annointed Singaporean appointees are daft, and he is the only daft Singaporean who will insist to be in politics at a senile age of 87.
Is it any surprise that a limping terrorist exposed the daft minister who cannot even plan a tight island wide clampdown to recapture an easy walkout from a high security ISD lockup ?
It was an even bigger suprise to learn of the daftness at the most senior levels of Temasek Holdings and GIC to allow the loss of US$100 BILLION in reckless foreign financial adventures – when the writings are clearly on the walls of Wall Street.
How daft can the appointees of the Pro Alien Party be that were complacent to the responsibility of their own backyard in a MRT Depot – to allow two foreign talents to show off their artistic works on a MRT carriage ?
Clearly, can Singaporeans swallow the daft comments from MM, his PM son and the NEA Minister concerning the flood situations that hit Singapore in June and July 2010 ?
If LKY think that Singaporeans are daft when stating his claim that “no amount of engineering can prevent floods” – he has already lost his poker bluff, when he failed to inform himself to the plans developed by Hong Kong that is lashed by typhoon several times a year.
Through these recent events, Singaporeans have learnt that these supposed self-acclaimed super talents – from a supposedly limited talent pool in Singapore – are not the true creme de la creme of the real talents.
Can they be good poker players without fixing the poker game – or any games that they choose to play ?
The government can get away with all its transgressions because of complicit partners in its acts like the courts, civil service and police.
It will not be an easy task to unfold the entrenched system that has been built up to pin down the opposition. I would liken it to bringing down the apartheid system in South Africa.
Yes I am angry X-( insulted and more.
2lan is the word.
Great acticle here, Mr Zaini. I agree with all your points.
We, Singaporean, must use our rights in the next GE to reclaim Singapore.
Temasek and GIC losing 100 billions US dollars in investments. How many Youth Olympic Games can the country organize with that money ?
TOC continues to voice what voiceless are unable to. Good job with this piece.
I can only hope that Singaporeans will muster the confidence and wherewithal to make a stand for themselves and their future. We are the only ones who can decide what we want and the only ones who can make a decision that will change our future for the better.
Do we have the confidence?
Of coz the PAP been making us pawns for their global gambling. better migrate before they bankrupt Sg. The pappies be the first to fly to their Swiss villas.
CHANGE THIS GOVERNMENT.
Come election period the PAP government will be be handing out goodies. Many would have forgotten what the PAP has done to them and cast their vote for the PAP.
The opposition is yet to cobble together some sort of united front, there are too many bloated egos, too many little ‘LKYs’.
Looks like the best the opposition can do is to increase their share by 5 to 10 seats in parliament
It will be good
Ok, we have heard enough of the screw ups.
How about focus on the alternatives?
Any counter proposal would be just appeasing. Hit it when it is hot.
Its the Singaporean voters who has to decide whether they want short-term (receive small goodies from government before election) or long-term happiness(do not want to live under the thumb of PAP government without any form of redress) for themselves.
Nicely written piece.
Thank You.
These words of yours are felt by the people out there, the toils they go through in their daily lives to make ends meet.
The greivences they carry have increased many folds for they do not need much motivation to vote otherwise.
The PAP certainly have a tough job ahead.
Daft singapore SWFs 24 July 2010 Temasek and GIC losing 100 billions US dollars in investments. How many Youth Olympic Games can the country organize with that money ?
Are you sure it is lost? 100blns just like that, becos someone says so and you believed what was told to you, and we can’t check them either, right?
No big deal, the escap of Mat Selamat, the security lapse at train depot, the sudden flash floods, marina barage the main obstruction to smooth water drainage, the billions lost by GIC and Temasek. So what, you numbskull Singaporeans, that is how daft you are by continuing to vote us in as you have no other choices. So shut up and continue to vote us in, no more pampering you w.e.f. now.
AT 24 July 2010
Looks like the best the opposition can do is to increase their share by 5 to 10 seats in parliament.
ONLY 5-10 SEATS??? you people have to get these white bandits totally out before its too late to save the nation.
Don’t think of a Pink Dragon’…
and
Don’t think of Green Lion…
Will this work?
Don’t think that the govt is NOT doing a good job…
Well said Khairul!
The PAP left their glory days behind the moment those old guards started leaving the political scene and one self-serving old man decided he was indispensable.
Truly a great disservice to Singapore!
to have a senile mentor and useless son clinging on to power with 80 stooges.
I just saw a parade of innocent looking young people carrying their flags parading on the streets near city suntec. This is legal right?
Can other parties do the same?
regards
Han Thong (that one)
when leekingyou start goin around kissin babe/babies in his grc wards…we all know erections is comin…after his victory as usual..you will never see his face again except for FREE grc/community dinners which is ^UNAVOIDABLE^…
Yes, vote the gahmen out. Replace them with a motley bunch of angels? Better to have a bunch of known devils than a bunch of unknown angels!
can speak non-alien or not? too bombastic and i lost focus trying to digest the article. how u expect a man-in-the-street to understand the lengthy and convoluted sentences?
@AT: The opposition is yet to cobble together some sort of united front, there are too many bloated egos, too many little ‘LKYs’.
Most importantly, don’t forget the vested interest of the approved opposition in safeguarding their monthly $14,000 MP salary and life-long pension.
It’s time to create change to our lives and the only way to do it is through our votes. How long do we want to “depend” on PAP? We’re just going to suffer if we continue to put our trust on just one party. One party should not have all the control for too long.
Excellent article. Fully agree!
State Elections. Change!
State Executions- for traitors against the state and crimes against the people.
Yes we CAN !
Yes we MUST!
govt’s gamble on S’pore being an education hub never took hold. so what if S’pore became a world class education hub? our grads will still be competing unfairly with the influx of grads from less reknown universities all over the world for same salaries- in the name of competition.
shouldn’t grads who recieved worldclass education be paid more?
One of the govt’s pieces in this chess game is the ‘new’ citizens. There should be a counter for these, ‘dark horses’ up the govt’s sleeve.
Sweep them into the dustbin of political tragic history. We don’t need them and don’t want them to be around anymore.
The ordinary man has got nothing to loose in this gamble but his shackle and bondage to a lifetime of mortgage loan, debts, piles of ever increasing bills, miseries and oppression. He have a world to win, his freedom from such as described. Circumstances spelt out above signal an approach to the tipping point. This is the best chance ever. Thereafter, new citizens will change the scale. It will be a spectre to behold come decision day.
Political Poker?
The irony is that the PAP government is playing with our citizens’ “stakes”(votes) against the electorate.
The only way to play smart is for the electorate to collectively chip in their individual “stakes”(votes) and call the PAP bluff(as in poker);otherwise before the second card is served,the electorate would have given up due to diffidence and lack of “stakes”.
Most importantly in poker is guts- courage in the face of threats from the intimidating opponent.
Since Opposition candidates exist more than before, they are already known. Why not give it all out?
You already on the radar.
All or nothing.
Hmmmm… a very thought-provoking piece.
Just a rebuttal of LHL’s bs about “having to spend more time fixing the opposition if more of them enter parliament”:
I’m pretty sure the opposite is true. They are indeed going to spend LESS time “fixing” the opposition, and MORE time fixing real things, for fear of losing more seats. Of course, they would definitely have no “opposition” to “fix” if they were thrown out of power!
What an irony!
Thank you for an excellent article. I think the writing is on the wall for the PAP.This is the beginning of many more scew ups, many more. It seems that the individual leaders to my mind are very cocky, and just cannot bend over and perhaps apologise. Hope the opposition can be united this time.
Old man LKY must go, or step down this time.
PAP- Poke Ass Party lor,so why surprise if they “poke”you here “poke” you there?
Don’t tell me you don’t know the way they play “poker” have different game rules one,suka suka change cards until get “Royal Flush” somemore you got no money how to play ah?
i am goin to paint the future scenerio here onced and for all as i mentioned before most probadLEe in my previous life..i must be the stickfinder who found the walkin stick in which moses walked around…
you dont have to care whether you worked for the government or not…
do you pay the coes just liked we peasants do?
do you pay the erps meter when you hit the highways..not onced but twiced and pay to go home@ the same time?
do you hav a levy discounts when you employed a maid to looked after your babies or your aged parents?
last butt not least..do you think by bein a government servants entitled you to an earLEE CPF withdrawals?
if the above answer is a NIL…
go ahead and vote for the pap..
@ the very least you lot the 66%..we perished TOGETHER…
opps most impotent last point to all the 66% and the many many government workers
do you owned a car? is your car a duckcar that can float in flood? is your car rooftop armour to shield against fallin trees/crane/overhead bridge? is your car a fireproof and maybe can claimed a 100% rebates in terms of fire?(where was the rain when you need MOST?)
and is your car COEs cheap?
the pap ministers/perm sec do not need to buy any cars @ all..all supplied by government.dot.inc. with free maintainance/roadtaxes free as well
if you don’t believied me..asked leekingyou/prince cancerLEE how much is his roadtax/car park parkin/petrol consumptions per month? see this 2 high rankin ministers can answer you DIRECT without the idiot FAQ guidebooks..
@AT 24 July 2010
Come election period the PAP government will be be handing out goodies – on whose account??
More appropriately it should be regarded as an investment for the loong-term.
@Devagi 24 July 2010
Better to have a bunch of known devils than a bunch of unknown angels!
Either you are one of those beholden to the pappies or you are “daft” to the point of numbness.
I’m not sure how old you are, but if you’ve been through 50 years of harsh cruelty to those who oppose the old fox, I would say any bunch of unknown angels would be a refreshing and welcome respite. There were doubters like you when the old man was in the opposition and they too took a chance on the opposition.
So you are like a frog that’s getting used to the boiling water. Well soon if nothing is changed, you will be a boiled frog, I’m afraid.
@Baby Boomer – It is better to have a bunch of known devils than a bunch of angels who can promise you the sky unless of course you have not encountered any angel before. At least you know the devils can do so much to you and yet you survive but not the angels. I am beholden to Singapore only as my family members and relatives are in Singapore. What are the 50 years of harsh cruelty you never say and appears you just regurgitate without any thought and like following the herd blindly. Singapore is not run by an old fox alone and there are others like road sweepers, night-soil carriers, etc, who build up Singapore what it is today. Of course baby boomers like you thought that it is natural and god-given to have such a high standard of living in Singapore. What makes you think that nothing has changed. Look around the place where you were born. Has it changed for the better or worse? The boil frog theory may be new to you. It has been disseminated in Singapore years ago and that is why you have seen changes every day around you!
@Devagi 25 July 2010
“What are the 50 years of harsh cruelty you never say”
I guess you know nothing about politics and the ISA which has been abused since 1963.
“Singapore is not run by an old fox alone and there are others like road sweepers, night-soil carriers, etc, who build up Singapore what it is today.”
Think you are bit confused about who runs the country and who built the country. You are right my friend, the road sweepers and night-soil carriers and the port-workers, and civil servants and all the others are the real people who built up Singapore, not the politicians.
“Look around the place where you were born. Has it changed for the better or worse?”
Again I think you misunderstood my comment about “nothing is changed”. Maybe I will make it simple for you – if nothing is changed in the upcoming GE, then the devils will have another five years of merry hell at our expense.
I am all for a change. I hope the oppositions would beef up their teams to file more candidates for the coming election.
We need good opposition candidates to vote for. If not walk-over, no voting require – how to vote for them if they don’t file enough candidates for the election.
Singaporeans need to wake up n the sooner the better. It is the venal one-party system that has been exploited of its inherent loopholes and … has all of us in sorry-state-of-affairs from HEALTH to CPF to TRANSPORTATION n of course HDB.This is the undoing of Singapore and Singaporeans cos we lulled ourselves into believing that it would deliver. Beyond reproach has resulted in beyond belief lah!
Why?
Because in a one-party state or system there is bound to be lack of accountablity, lack of transparency, lack of equity, lack of sense of fairness, lack of Ombudsmen, lack of free flow of diverse views/opinions. One can go on ad infinitum.
Parliament has regressed to a media circus and one has to on top of that grapple with a lame media euphemized as mainstream which in reality is a conniving one.
The one-party system is susceptible to corruption, to abuse of power n to nepotism and the lack of ‘… aforementioned is and (has been) without doubt flagrantly exploited by the incumbents and by assent we are perpetuating such an anomaly.
Instead of simply whining, complaining and the wishful thinking that by some miracle things would change, why not use the ballot box to elicit a political transformation?
A two-party or multi-party or proportional representation is any time better than this one-party charade. It (multi/two or …) is not perfect but come to think of it – certainly it won”t be worse than it is now.
The cards have to be reshuffled and re-dealt with and the bargaining positions have to change. Developments described in the article above does not portend well for our future. This administration used to make things happen whatever burden & impediments thrown their way, it has gone on to watching what happened and now wondering what happened. Self satisfied mediocrity as displayed in handling the recent spate of flash floods is unacceptable. I used to stand in reverential respect for the administration but not anymore – too much disappointments lately. It has lost all it’s charm and character. Key in my mind is the unceasing import of foreign workers or talents or what have you, brought about to reduce wages to the same low level of lesser developed countries, displacing, depriving locals of job opportunities. Increasingly making livelihoods of locals more and more precarious. Truth be told, I am a victim of this circumstance.
In the moment of recognition, we need to exercise our constitutional rights mindfully in order that we can still hold the future in our own hands. The oppositions though somewhat incoherent for now need to be given an opportunity to learn the tricks of the trade in governance lest we get stuck ad infinitum with a single party government without contingencies should things go further south.
Devagi 25 July 2010
@Baby Boomer – It is better to have a bunch of known devils than a bunch of angels who can promise you the sky unless of course you have not encountered any angel before
……………
this 1 i 101% agreed with you not onLEE 1 occasions butt 2…
leekingyou indeed promised you the sky
you pay HIGH you go high
on top engine die…
you climbed down..where was the angels you promised those who pay high?
new
the irresort flyin wheels..realLEE realLEE flies off after 2 weeks in the market…onced again you climbed down step by step..
so in your eyes is ^UNAVOIDable^ har?
what happenned if YOUR mother is 1 of those who climbed down slip and fall?
leekingyou would had said..its ^regretable^
nobody asked you to pay into the highflyer..did we?
Change, we need change. And Yes! We can. There is no better time. Singaporeans unite, or we will regret it for the rest of their lives. Do it for our children, grandchildren, future generations and for those who care and love Singapore and Singaporeans.
@Devagi 24 July 2010
‘Better to have a bunch of known devils than a bunch of unknown angels!’
With that statement you transcended all human levels of ludicrity. No point reasoning. If you insist you want to follow the devil even after knowing it it as such and shun the angel simply because you dont know, by all means it is your choice. Do not contaminate. Whoever caused such a horrendous damage to the human mind need to be dealt with.
Listen to ourselves – we rather put faith in a bunch of clever devils rather than well-intending (but maybe not competent) angels?!? Isn’t this extremely stupid logic & paints how moron-minded we have become over (probably) materialistic, short-term concerns rather than longer-term moral ones? If Devagi have children, that type of parenting will surely make a more kiasu/kiasi Singapore out of his/her kids–they would likely ended up being excellent bootlickers, like father/mother. Such are those that will rather appeased with invaders to our country (read: a certain Jap-collaborator) than be fighting against Japs (read: heroine Liz Choy). I suggest everyone look up what DISCERNMENT means.
Back to the topic; of course they are playing a political gamble. What I am not happy is that they are playing with our future just to secure their immediate status quo. And they are increasingly playing to the foreigners rather than to the true-bred Singaporeans. This shows how desperate they have become — again, trusting devils rather than ground-working with angels. This is definitely NOT the modus operandi of the older guards – the current highest minister pay is also a stark contrast to the frugality & sensibility of past generations.
Thank goodness then for the internet and other alternative means of communication nowadays. Just keep tags of all the “freaks” begetting S’pore under the current leadership and remind the public now and then as per this article. People may be forgetful but they are NOT stupid now; PSC scholars are NOT the only ones with degrees, masters, PhDs. The People must be kept informed — something which TOC and other forums/blogs must continue to strive for.
I was borned in the 60′s, went through 2.5 yrs NS. Very proud to be a SG-rean. On every of my overseas posting in business, I will fly back to SG on our National airlines, and as it lands in Changi tarmac, I will feel proud to be a SG-rean. I remember my first HDB flat is $148k, and its a Exec Apartment, 147m2. Salary at that time as $3k a month. HDB is there for a reason, so that no SG-rean will be left behind. It provides a means for family building, and asset enhancement. Population was a comfortable 3-million, and there were foreign workers on work permits, and very few professional employment pass holders. Foreign workers perform menial tasks such as public cleanliness officers, construction trades persons, domestic helps, etc. Professional employment pass holders do work such as draftsperson for an architectural firm, nurses in hosipitals, etc.
Fast forward now, what have we got? The original intent for HDB is providing a roof over our heads. Population needs to grow, at a sustainable pace. High influx of population growth will only lead to stiffer competition for jobs, housing, and eventually cost of living. Quality of life will be eroded as a consequence to this.
I believe there are many patriotic SG-reans around, unable to continue to withness how our ruling party has been thrusting our throat, thugging us to conform to their visions. This need not happen. Democracy works on 1-man, 1-vote. I want to reclaim SG as my homeland. Tell me, how many of you can still remember the meaning of the pledge? How many can still recall how we clench our right fist across our chest and recite the plegdge during our 12 yrs of education? Time has now come, a change in leadership is not only necessary, but also for the good of the nation. As National Day approaches, I shall leave you with lyrics of the songs that every true Sons and Daughters of Singapore I knew so well:
“You and me, we’ll do our part,
stand together, heart to heart
We’re going to show the world what Singapore can be
We can achieve, we can achieve”
@Baby Boomer
Since you know about politics, the abuse of ISA since 1963 and the 50 years of harsh cruelty, why not share them here. Let me have the pleasure to debate them.
Yes, you are a bit confused about who runs the country and who built the country. Let me explain. The road sweepers and night-soil carriers and the port-workers, and civil servants and all the others are the real people who built up Singapore, INCLUDING the politicians.
It is the people like you and me who voted the politicians to be our servants to run the gahmen. We pay taxes and employ these politicians as our servants to run the country on our behalf on 5 years’ contract term. In other words, we run the country and can dismiss the politicians if they don’t perform to our satisfaction through the ballot box when the contract is due for renewal. The renewal depends on the majority who cast the votes in GE.
Change is constant including the upcoming GE. I am all for the change for a better tomorrow but not change for the change sake. Before any change, do consider your resources and people available and the likely impact of such change. Not any Tom, Dick and Harry can be the agent of change. Since it is based on the ballot boxes, it is the majority who decides whether you like the old fox or young chicken or not to be the gahmen. Look at the newspapers today on the report of SPP Party Congress and understand the reality of politics and its implications. Unless we have the capable and united opposition parties to better our lives tomorrow, I hesitate to change. In this sense, it is better to have the known devils rather than the unknown angels as the agents of change. Anyway, all of us have seen how the opposition parties performed in and outside Parliament and have a fairly good idea what are attainable and what are not.
I am also peeved by some of the gahmen policies that affected me but is it fair for me to vent my anger and vote for the change for change sake or oppposition for opposition sake. I think the overall gahmen attitudes, policies, performances, etc, and whether they benefit the majority of Singaporeans or not is an important criterion. It is just irrational to nit pick upon the gahmen to advocate for change when certain policy or action affected a person badly. If I am the minority affected, I can live with it. In any policy and action, I believe it is always for the benefits of the majority.
In business, only about 25% of successful corporates will survive 2 generations of hand-me-down helmsmanship (meaning retain or surpass the first generation reputation/profitability). I guess SG Inc. wouldn’t be one of them, despite the hope that ‘customers’ will die-die & cling on to a glorious past. Especially customers that are increasingly been pissed or treated like second-class customers by the ‘corporate’.
Yes, people are waiting for change. But change wouldn’t be easy when a regime has been entrenched for many years; look at Indonesia, Philippines, Iraq, Nazi Germany, … even Malaysia, etc… There will be a price to pay for escaping from the clenches – the incumbent usually make sure of that. However, people shouldn’t wait forever for a perfect drop-in alternative to emerge. When a critical mass is reached, people will just take a chance. So I say to Singaporeans, believe in yourself; once the pots and pans are burnt, Singapore will somehow prevail. First learn to reclaim your constitutional rights to vote IN EVERY ELECTION and then learn to vote incompetents OUT.
The ideal power succession is per the late GKS – ‘Power is when you have attained it and then you give it back to the people.’ But alas, that is a forgotton generation; isn’t it clear that the current generation have absolutely no intent to follow such advice. The only wisdom of they are make of appears to be that from frog tales.