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My friend, who is a retired civil servant, made this observation - The socialist government in China is more democratic and citizen centric that the government in Singapore. He was commenting on a news report that the China embassy sent medications to the China nationals living in the Jurong dormitory that is now reporting... 

I've finished watching the film "Lincoln" and was struck with the degree to which one can held fast onto one's own beliefs & convictions. If my memory serves me, wasn't it Machiavelli who said (in the Prince) that the person (group) who owns the words wins? This is the issue that troubles me most about our current political... 

I do not like the democracy that is practiced in America and other countries that follow their system. It is a flawed system. It does more harm than good. It gives the impression that the people can choose their government. In practice, they get the same kind of government, although the elected people may change. They generally...