Flying the Singapore Flag

Posted in The Prophet on July 27th, 2006 by Moleznev

Yesterday night, I finally put up the national flag for 9th August celebrations. Some people might be asking why am I flying the flag, when I hate the government so much? This is why… The state and the government are not one. We must differentiate between the government and the nation.

Most Singaporeans do not realize this. And they associate the government and the country. Because of this, when they are angry with the government, they refuse to put up the national flag. How could this happen to Singapore?

Firstly, it is the fault of the government. They have been implementing lots of nonsense policies because no one could stop them. PAP forms the government. The other ministers in the government are just for show. They make up the minority and could be trashed if voting was to be held in parliament. Every election, PAP will respond to some FAQs stating how the constituition forbids some stuff if there is a change of party leadership. These stuff causes stir and makes people think twice about voting for the opposition. Never mind about this though. Soon, the younger generation would take over and revolutionize Singapore.

The first point leads to my second point. Because the PAP makes the decisions in government (the brain of the country), which causes much unhappiness in Singapore, Singaporeans show their displeasure against them by refusing to fly the national flag and sing the national anthem. So the one party government has caused the state to lose its trust from the people. And LHL is telling us one party system is good? What bullshit?!?! Now we have greater trouble trying to let people realize that displeasure against the government shouldn’t be put to displeasure for the state.

P.S. Singing the national anthem is a mark of respect for the country. However, even the cabinet has no respect for it. If you could get the video of the inaugration of Lee Hsien Long as Prime Minister, you would realize that almost nobody is singing the anthem. Even Nathan is not singing. What nonsense is this?