Limits Of The Heavy Hand
There’s a joke in Singapore, which has become something of a bade of National Pride. We call ourselves as “Fine City,” because you can get finned for a host of infringements. As well as fines, we famously hang drug traffickers and we cane vandals. Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister of Independent Singapore took great...
Suffering Fools Gladly
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean." - This is a good epithet. Typically the names of Gandhi or Nelson Mandela or Mother Teresa come up when one thinks of...
Provide useful and reliable views
I saw the headline of a video "Do not judge China if you have never been there". I agree with this headline. I have seen people making comments about an issue out of ignorance, lack of facts or understanding of the issue. This does not apply only to comments about China. It applies to many other issues. Before making any comment...
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