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Lee Kuan Yew - Interview with New York Times

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SupperTime

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there isn't any rules and laws that permit any other nationality of flags to be flown on a car right???

 

Lol....

 

[laugh]

 

im not sure if there is bro, but i find it disgraceful and disrespectful.

except if its the rasta/jamaica flag.

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Wind30

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actually why you people worry so much about LKY passing.

 

Thousand years of chinese history has taught us that the 2nd generation is still very capable. Because they were brought up by the first generation leaders who are exceptional.

 

It is probably only like 4th and 5th generation.... then gone case...

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actually why you people worry so much about LKY passing.

 

Thousand years of chinese history has taught us that the 2nd generation is still very capable. Because they were brought up by the first generation leaders who are exceptional.

 

It is probably only like 4th and 5th generation.... then gone case...

 

 

but us being such a small and delicate city,

 

can't afford to lose the best of leaders....

 

[bigcry]

 

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actually why you people worry so much about LKY passing.

 

Thousand years of chinese history has taught us that the 2nd generation is still very capable. Because they were brought up by the first generation leaders who are exceptional.

 

It is probably only like 4th and 5th generation.... then gone case...

 

Thats the problem if they insist on wanting to pass the power down to their kids etc. Hope we dun have to go down that route.

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Atonchia

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actually why you people worry so much about LKY passing.

 

Thousand years of chinese history has taught us that the 2nd generation is still very capable. Because they were brought up by the first generation leaders who are exceptional.

 

It is probably only like 4th and 5th generation.... then gone case...

 

The 1st Emperor of China, The very 1st Dynasty of China lasted less than 50 years.

Qin Shi Huang, the man who united China and created a very strong legacy has an empire that last less than a generation 2221 years ago.

 

 

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And i could not have written a piece even marginally more appropriate, or more heartfelt than what you have done. thank you for putting my exact sentiments into words.

 

Happy Birthday Mr Lee, come this Thursday. I am grateful to what you and your peers have done for our country, for you have allowed me the privilege to stand tall and proud in this world, and proclaim myself to be a Singaporean.

 

 

In the course of our daily living, it is very easy to become unhappy with figures of authority - our parents, our teachers, our bosses, our government. The frustration that comes about from the struggles and suffering in life seeks a channel to be vented. More often than not, that frustration and resultant anger is directed at those from whom we feel the pressures originate.

 

It is human tendency to direct blame away from ourselves. Such is the nature of the human psyche. It is part of the survival instinct that is inborn in every single living person. It is much easier and definitely much less painful to think and believe that others, and not ourselves, are to be blamed for the situation. Few will ever point the finger of blame back at our own faces.

 

Lee Kuan Yew is very much human despite what the media has portrayed him to be over the last few decades. He is subject to physical ailments, mental anguish and emotional stress. The fear of the unknown is existent in even the sharpest and bravest of minds. And the greatest unknown is death. The image of an authoritative ironman struggling with the fear and uncertainty of death is not something that many people are used to.

 

Yet, this article leads us not to belittle him or to deride his behaviour. Instead, it lets us in on that simple fact that he is as human as any one of us, as fragile as any one of us. It introduces us to the paradoxical notion that the powerhouse who led a nation to its present-day success is also as vulnerable emotionally as all of us.

 

It invokes the compassion in us, to feel for the man who has fought hard and toiled tirelessly as the father of our nation and leader of our forefathers.

 

It triggers the empathy in us, to feel for the man who now is facing the greatest challenge of his life.

 

Gratitude is an important aspect of being human. It is what differentiates us from the beasts. Without gratitude, humanity is but a facetious concept.

 

Inevitably and invariably, all human beings will succumb to their mortality, Lee Kuan Yew will not be an exception. You and I will one day walk our final days with the same fear and uncertainty of death and the unknown. What we could do now is to extend a simple demonstration of gratitude and respect; if not by reflecting on what he has done for and contributed to the country, then at least by showing basic respect for a fellow man by keeping our mouths clear of defilement while the leaves fall.

 

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Thats the problem if they insist on wanting to pass the power down to their kids etc. Hope we dun have to go down that route.

 

frankly, although LKY's son has gotten a LOT of bad press because he is LKY's son, I think he is probably the one of the best candidates to lead singapore even based on merit. If everyone thinks so highly of LKY, who has learnt the most from LKY?

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The 1st Emperor of China, The very 1st Dynasty of China lasted less than 50 years.

Qin Shi Huang, the man who united China and created a very strong legacy has an empire that last less than a generation 2221 years ago.

 

alamak, he is first what. so blur blur lor... but in GENERAL, most 2nd generation leaders are still very good.

 

Is LHL considered 2nd gen or 3rd gen?? Is GCT 2nd gen or ... 1b gen?

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Kiario

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he might not be saint, but what he had done for singapore is remarkable...i respect him for this

 

no matter what i complaints i had about p&p, i still deeply respect him.

 

without any natural resources or land mass, he has indeed created a singapore miracle.

 

 

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Kxbc

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it's really true you need a strong woman behind a successful man. And vice versa.

 

mrs lee is perhaps his best sparring partner, consultant, idea stimulant, wife etc all rolled into one before he faces the parliament, his enemies, his countrymen and the world.

 

After reading the article on ST, I don't think he is afraid of death. Him very pragmatic. He is more worried about being useless and invalided physically and mentally before his death. He is worried about himself passing before his wife. Who will then read to her at night? Even if there is someone else, it will not be the same for her.

 

I guess when we get older and when our limited mortality stares at us in the face, death may not be that fearful. Rather, it is the thought that you will outlive your loved ones which is more painful to bear. Or your loved ones suffering and you can't do anything about it. I wonder if he actually supports euthanasia for the terminally ill with no chance of recovery?

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