Heavy Battering of Daddy Wee

These are some commentaries from blogosphere relating to MP Wee Siew Kim:

What truly amazes and shocks me is that her father saw nothing wrong in his daughter's conclusions. Did the father read Derek's article before he publicly announced that his daughter was not wrong on the facts, and did he himself really believe that Derek's standard of English is below those of the peers in Derek's engineering profession? -Robert L

OMG... this apology is NOT an apology at all. The MP is only apologizing for the insensitivity in her daughter's language BUT says that he basically agree with the content of what she wrote.He is just adding INSULT TO INJURY by saying that. Better that he don't apologize at all. APOLOGY NOT ACCEPTED -

I've heard dozens of people curse at him over these past few days. But honestly... many of these same people, their families, their relatives would have voted for scum like him in the last general election. -

I wouldn't begrudge her right to say what she did, but obviously there's a total lack of EQ and empathy in elitist people like her, and probably her father as well. Because this is likely how MP Wee brought up his children, to look down on those uncultured losers and not end up like them. Of course, the extra 15k/mth MP pay would come in handy - hence the patronising MP tour of duty. But how anyone could vote for Wee Siew Kim - and indeed the PAP - after this revelation would be a mystery indeed. Cut through the insensitivity of the language, Mr Wee? If I had a knife that sharp to cut through your daughter's language, I would have stab her motherfucking throat. -

What type of parenting yields a little pest like this? People in AMK must be cursing at this idiot? PAP probably made a mistake in getting him into parliament. At this age of civilization, even the Indonesia and US Presidents have to apologize for their mistakes. What is Wee Siew Kim? Haha ... A clown in a suit. -

If he continues as MP, It is tragic for the residents of AMK and more so the greater good of Singapore. It is time Singaporeans think of reclaiming the values they want in society. -

Yes, you have to love the way Daddy Wee had to render fiction out of her article before expressing his approval of her "basic point". I believe the actual term for "well-educated university graduate" was the "red taloned socialites" or "elitist class". An entirely erroneous point that seems to be the only pillar supporting her assertion that derek is stupid, ironically coming from a person smug enough to put herself in the "elitist" category. - clyde

Mr. Wee should resign as MP and concentrate on his capitalist endeavours. He does not have the qualities to be a person that I want to serve me in parliament. Empathy is a must in public service and his score is well below the passing mark. -

The thing that irks me most is her dad agreeing with her 'basic point'. And from what I understand, the original guy that wrote about how globalisation is affecting the poor here, he wasn't speaking for himself. He was speaking up for the old folks and the uneducated. Is there anything wrong with that? -

Not much I would say except that I expect the government to be even handed in dealing/commenting on such issues. As a father, he might not feel that it is necessary to reprimand his daughter. As a MP, I expect more than the feeble attempt to explain it away. -