An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
I have resisted the urge to jump on the LKY bandwagon - but after having spoken to another Singaporean blogger today (one whom I have a lot of admiration for), I decided to speak up primarily for her. And look, this is not a criticism about Lee Kuan Yew. Believe it or not, I actually have a lot of respect for the great man for a simple reason.
There was no guarantee that LKY would become the founding father of Singapore - Singapore was going through very uncertain times in the late 1950s and early 1960s, LKY fought hard to climb to the top of the pecking order in Singaporean politics and he did what he had to do to stay on top. Some say he was ruthless, others have called him a dictator - good luck to those who dare to challenge him.
Having said that, I didn't always agree with his policies and certainly, I do question the future direction of Singapore - but that has far more to do with the way I feel about the current leadership given that LKY had effectively stepped back from politics in his final years.
What I don't like it s the way some people think that nobody has the right to say anything vaguely negative about LKY upon his death - whilst I have deep respect for LKY, I do believe that there should still always be space for us to speak openly about his past and his legacy without any need for draconian censorship.
http://limpehft.blogspot.sg/2015/03/...t-culture.html
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24-03-2015, 05:30 PM
What LKY's death tells us about our culture
