Dec 05, 2009 14:52
Dear Molly,
It’s nice to see that you are blogging again even though you are as trashy as always. And you really shouldn’t move from Livejournal. How could you be so disloyal. I fear for the fate of Singapore if young Singaporeans are as whimsical as you. But please do a good deed and help me publicize the following letter I wrote for the Straits Times Forum. Thanks.
Yours coldly,
See Nao
*****
Make Cooling Day a Public Holiday
It is very encouraging that the PAP Government is thinking of having a cooling day prior to polling day for Singaporeans to consider if they want to vote the PAP out. This shows the PAP's magnanimity and is proof that elections in Singapore are fully democratic. While is is clear that all cool, level-headed Singaporeans will vote for the right party, that is the PAP, allow me to suggest that Cooling Day should be made a public holiday.
There are absolutely rational reasons to make Cooling Day a public holiday. Given that Cooling Day is meant to let people cool down so that the innocent party will not be scorched, the Government should help to facilitate the cooling down so that people can sit down and rationalize voting for the PAP. The rationale behind Cooling Day is that people should be given time to calm down and think rationally. However, if people have to go to work (and be reminded of how they could have been their foreign talent superiors, for instance), if they have to travel in overcrowded buses in overcrowded roads with overburdened loads on their shoulders, if they are-that is to say-allowed to be as they are on a normal day, their fiery irrationality will not have a chance to cool down. This will defeat the purpose of Cooling Day itself.
Hence, I strongly urge the Government to consider making Cooling Day a public holiday. The LTA and the PTC should also ensure that minimum public transport service standards are more stringent on Cooling Day to ensure that people can cool down properly.
Lee See Nao (Mr.)
*****
Dear See Nao,
Long time no see. The idea of a Cooling Day already chills people's bones. The concept ensures its own effective implementation and Singaporeans require no additional retard(ant)s. But for the sake of one extra public holiday, I support your cool suggestion. I hope the President makes it a public holiday even though no voters had to think about whether to vote for him or not.
Yours bimbotically,
Molly