Another brilliant piece of commentary from our minister. Read here. My comments:
1) If anyone is willing to stand for election to public office, then he/she should be willing to accept criticism. It’s not a question of whether the person ‘bashing’ the government is clean or otherwise. Being ‘bashed’ is the price to pay for being elected to Government. No member of parliament is forced to stand for election. If one can’t take the heat, then resign, just like the Batu Gajah MP, Fong Po Kuan. I’m fed up of politicians making a big fuss about how much they sacrifice to serve the people. Hey, it’s your job. It’s what you are paid to do, not to sleep in Parliament! It comes with the territory and all the privileges they get as MP.
2) There’s no freedom of expression (of speech, feelings etc) in this country. So how can the people who are frustrated express themselves? In blogs like this, of course. This is nothing more than a technologically enabling of the old coffee shop talk. Why, if anyone had bothered to listen to the talks in the coffee shop in the good old days, one would have heard the same ‘bashing’. Of course with technology, it’s easier for the ‘talks’ to be spread in cyberspace.
3) The bloggers are not condemning themselves. Question: Has the DPM ever condemned himself? This is human nature-lah. Why kick up a fuss. Everyone thinks that he/she is right and the whole world is wrong. Something new? Grow up-lah!
4) This blogger can honestly say that I’m not guilty of the things that I’ve ‘bashed’ the Government about.
There you go…