"There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob." - G. K. Chesterton

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We don't need new national 'narrative' - ST Discussion Board

There're idiots everywhere, but Singaporean forums seem especially stupid (e.g. signal:noise ratio). Even before this thread descended into an incoherent flame war, there were such gems as:

unewokle: At the age of 17 you are so disrespectful and revolting. With almost nil experience in life you are taking on a learned, aged starwart like Prof. Mahbubani. What to say of your upbringing?

cyscasa: We Asians put ourselves down. We are bombarded by the Western media... The only Asians can stand up to the West is China [nationalism rising] We in Asia should not join the western media in running down their policies.

limboonbee: This 17 year old kid (who should be playing PSP slim) writes as if he is a doctorate holder, well nigh a professor, with many works to his credit.

ChristineChua_Ms: It is sad that kids lack moral values. They may score good marks academically. But if they lack behavior it is unfortunate. Respect of elders, humility, willingness to learn all are good aspects students should cultivate.

kjks: The author's framework of the world comes with pre-set colonial mentality. The Nobel Prize awards committee is a political organization it's managed and manupilated by a core group of insiders. Would the leader of IRA or the Basque Group, the last of the Mohawks, the Maori (the moderate ones) be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
Krugman's books and articles then to be shallow in his capacity, he could not have contributed to international trade nor finance. Not even in the same league as Keynes, Milton Friedman or even Black Scholes or Michael Porter.

TanEaKuan: As a person who wrote the letter I must give out real facts now. Many posters are mistaking me for bad guy. In fact I did not write the letter really. It was written by my faculty professor. (I cannot name him). He said he has some dislike for Prof. Mahbubani and wanted to settle score. He only wrote the letter and asked me to send it to ST. I have respect for Prof. Mahbubani as I attended a few talks by him.

jctpp: What ? For a while there , I was really impressed that a 17 yr old wrote that well ! or is the "17 yr old" a lie too ? [Ed: *facepalm*]


Oh well.