am happy because chiam see tong won by a good margin. hes my fave opposition candidate, and also because the potong pasir people know better than to cave in to the pap's insulting tactic of throwing money at them. there really is nothing much to speak of in singaporean politics: most of it is played by pap's everychanging rules and a combination of monetary persuasion and scaremongering coercion. the whole gomez issue was such a ridiculous distraction, i wonder if people were intelligent enough to see through that.
on the other hand though am disappointed with aljunied: i mean you have to concede that george yeo is indispensible [disclaimer: i have something against the mfa] and an extremely strong candidate, but the idea that we are too timid to vote an opposition group into power is rather ... disappointing? what other word is there. the margin they got there should intimidate the pap; nonetheless giving power to another party to voice in parliament other viewpoints is a different matter altogether. you can argue citing the impossibility theorem [correct me if i got that wrong] because in a election your vote counts for little, but really.
anyway i shall stop here in case i get arrested for actually having a political stand [gasp!!!!!!] do tag. wave your flag for chiam and low. they rock. i dont mind if i have to fall down and scrape my knee on nasty potong pasir sidewalks twenty times over as long as chiam's in power.
mellie contemplated 12:50 AM
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