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有人说李光耀是政治家，或许他自己也这么以为。但是，他实在是离开政治家的风范太有一段距离了，这距离远到降低政治家的标准也不能入围，因为他缺乏的，就是作为一个政治家最起码的风范--这，说起来也真是尴尬。 南非黑人总统曼德拉就是一个不折不扣的政治家。他的人生就是传奇。27年的牢狱之灾，使得他超越种族的观念、不念栈权力的作风、宽容囚禁他的政敌等等传奇事迹让人如沐春风。加上他的一贯性的幽默和微笑，更让人尊敬，成为一个世界级的偶像。 1993年10月，实至名归，曼德拉被授予诺贝尔和平奖，可说是典范永存。然而，我们的李光耀呢？铲除政治异己从来就不手软、对付异议者从来就不宽容、压制言论从来就是雷厉风行。 如... 

Once upon a time, before even when there were new media, online, or even social... when the worst thing a child could say was still "I don't friend you already", when algebra was taught only from secondary school level onwards, when Ericsson GH388 and Motorola pagers were featured items in magazines still every month, there... 

The ruling party’s candidate for the upcoming Punggol by-election seems a decent fellow. But he is not helping himself by mouthing the same old statements that he is successful today because of meritocracy. Of course, he is allowed to claim whatever he wants. However, he is giving the impression that he is another cookie-cutter...