AAAAAA50 repiles to ST reporter Li Xueying's article "PAP moves to counter criticism of party, Govt in cyberspace"
By: AAAAAA50
"counter-insurgency"
Counter-Insurgency???
WTF is this PAP propaganda lap dog Li Xueying talking about? Criticism of the PAP is a terrorist activity? We are the terrorists? We are the bad guys and the PAP are the good guys?
Still dare to say the shitty propaganda times is "neutral" when you have PAP lapdogs like Li Xueying using such indiscriminate terms like these?
"Sources told The Straits Times the initiative is driven by"
Sources? What sources? What mysterious sources that could not be identified that leaks such news to the press? Isn't that breach of the official secrets act? Shouldn't the Ministry of home affairs immediately investigate to find out where this leak is coming from? What sort of a reporter is this Li Xueying who could not identify the source on news which is clearly vetted and approved by the PAP before publication?
"some 20 IT-savvy party activists are also involved"
Shouldn't this reporter Li Xueying also question what methods are they going to use? How are they going about executing their purpose? Will there be any infringement of privacy? Mr Baey may decline to give details but did Li Xueying also extract any assurances that privacy is respected? No!
"'How do we facilitate views that are pro-party and propagate them through the Internet?'"
This is an admission that they are created for the sole purpose of PROPAGANDA. They are not interested in genuinely debating issues and reforming themselves. They just want to brain-wash the people to their self-interests. Is this what LHL means by engaging the people? Not to discuss issues but to spread propaganda?
"But this can only work if activists are not 'too obvious' about it, Mr Baey said yesterday. Otherwise it comes across as 'propaganda'. "
Is this the way how a "respectable" party full of integrity and morals ought to conduct themselves? Hiding behind false names and dodging responsibility? At least the WP people dare to stand up and be recognized here. They may end up embarrassed and having to admit their blunders, but at least we know they tried, and I give them credit for it. It is not possible to be perfect all the time. Mistakes can and will be made, but at least WP admit and took it in their stride. How about the PAP? Too scared to engage in direct dialogue, too scared to lose, too scared to be debunked for the arrogant, self-centered incompetent fools that they are! Call this engaging the people? By hiding under the skirts of some female online persona?
"he does not identify himself as a PAP member."
Why is he embarassed to identify himself as a PAP member if he is so convinced of the righteousness and integrity of their policies? What do they have to fear? As the Chinese saying goes, true gold does not fear fire, by their reasoning and self-proclaimed talent, they ought to do so much better than the "irrational" opposition members right??
"'We don't rebut everything. Sometimes, what is said is fair enough, and we send the feedback on to the committee.'"
Alright, send this to the committee: I want to see true PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION in Singapore's parliament and cabinet. I want 33% of parliament to comprise of opposition MPs and 33% opposition MINISTERS in the cabinet to represent the 33% of Singaporeans who DID NOT VOTE FOR THE PAP.
"Tan Tarn How said those who post on forums such as Sammyboy tend not to be interested in 'intellectual debate' and so will not be persuaded by PAP activists anyway."
Not interested in intellectual debate? Then maybe Tan Tarn How can suggest how the 33% of Singaporeans be represented in parliament and cabinet? Come on, Mr Tan, be as intellectual as you can. Work all your brain cells and give us a solution as befitting such an intellectual such as yourself: Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) senior research fellow.
MAHJULAH PAP!
>>People should not be afraid of their governments. The Government should be afraid of their people.<<
ReplyDeleteWe are now witnessing this in Singapore -- 20-year jail term for assaulting an MP, 2-year jail term for unlawful assembly, PAP spies to monitor online forums. The PAP government is now very afraid of its people.
For the last decade in particular, the PAP government has been prostituting the country to foreigners, squandering the people's hard-earned pension on fancy projects that failed spectacularly, plundering the commoners' wealth with exhorbitant public housing prices, increasing the tax burden on the poor to finance tax breaks for the rich, and all the while enriching itself with obscene salaries.
The PAP government has failed its people. An ever increasing number of Singaporeans are living a life of misery. While the government continues to hoodwink the people in the hope that they won't notice who's really responsible for their hardships, the PAP leaders are also getting an insurance policy in case things turn ugly, namely, passing special laws to protect themselves from the people they are supposed to serve.
The strength of the Gurkha contingent in Singapore is now at its peak. There used to be less than 200 Gurkhas in Singapore when it gained independence, but there are now more than 2000 Gurkhas in Singapore protecting the ruling elites. That's the barometer of how much the PAP government fears its people -- it is one of the very few governments in the world that rely on foreign mercenaries to protect itself.
DICTATORSHIP WERE NEVER VOTED OUT, THEY WERE OVERTHROWN !!!!