October 20, 2006

Please, get out of my elite uncaring face.

Wee Shu-min said:

mom's friend sent her some blog post by some bleeding stupid 40-year old singaporean called derek wee (WHY do all the idiots have my surname why?!) whining about how singapore is such an insecure place, how old ppl (ie, 40 and above) fear for their jobs, how the pool of foreign "talent" (dismissively chucked between inverted commas) is really a tsunami that will consume us all (no actually he didn't say that, he probably said Fouren Talern Bery Bad.), how the reason why no one wants kids is that they're a liability in this world of fragile ricebowls, how the government really needs to save us from inevitable doom but they aren't because they are stick-shoved-up-ass elites who have no idea how the world works, yadayadayadayada.

i am inclined - too much, perhaps - to dismiss such people as crackpots. stupid crackpots. the sadder class. too often singaporeans - both the neighborhood poor and the red-taloned socialites - kid themselves into believing that our society, like most others, is compartmentalized by breeding. ridiculous. we are a tyranny of the capable and the clever, and the only other class is the complement.

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Welcome to my country, where people over 40 or even over 70 can choose to work 'til they choose to retire without being discriminated..Singapore indeed is an insecure state, where the security of her people depends on how good the current government and a sudden decline in qualtiy of governance will just fold like the Rea Sea (or what was the name of that sea that folded down on the Egyptians?, too old to remember but still gainfully employed in this true north) and that's is why it will remain an "authoritarian" little city state forever just to maintain her elitist status. I pity you guys....

Well, this is meritocracy you know. A system where everyone's role in the society is decided by his ability. I feel that its okay if anyone wishes to complain about it, but its just the brutal truth and I still don't see a way to change it. Singapore, after all, only have its manpower. It needs skilled workforce to meet the challenge of low-wage China and high-tech Japan. It need to stay competitive and attractive to foreign investors, to give them a reason, why they should choose Singapore over other nations.

Well, I understand that Mr. Wee was complaining about the government's policies of relying on 'foreign talents' and 'over-competitive employment system'. Then again, Singapore is a nation dependant on foreign investors for its growth and survival. Since Singapore does not possess a pool of natural resources that can be exploited, we have to depend on our manpower. With countries like China offering low-wage labour force, it has certainly attracted many foreign investors to set up their companies there. Singapore on the other hand, has to stay competitive and attractive. This is why the policy is as such. This is why Singapore does not impose a minimum wage for workers upon employers, and also why only the most skilled and the most lucky will be able to stay employed. As for Shu Min, what did you learn during CLE?

Posted by SomeRandomGuy* on 2 July, 2007 - 10:12am

OMG are u teh 1337, tooo???/?/?//

kekekekekekek

fuck you you little bitch...I hope you're smart enough to understand English...

Posted by Anonymous 1337* on 24 November, 2006 - 1:37pm

You don't even have the rights to say that.

Posted by Anonymous* on 5 March, 2008 - 8:20pm

Wake up little girl...

Posted by Anonymous Superman* on 9 November, 2006 - 2:49pm

Hmmm.... WSM
Looking at her (Looks & Personality), no wonder marriages n birthrates are down.
Sadly, unlike other countries whose citizens love their country, singaporeans dont really love their country.

And no wonder, over-reliance on foreign talents, an upper class of ppl who refuses to listen and understand... Once you take a look at other country like HK n USA, you'll realise how 'dumb' this place. Singapore is GONE CASE....

Posted by Pay Bananas Get ABC* on 7 November, 2006 - 12:46pm

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Rather than see Derek Wee as an unmotivated whiner, she should perhaps take a step back and see whether the points raised by him are indeed problems. I don’t think Derek Wee was asking for handouts or anything. ...

Trackback from If WSM were my classmate:

If Shu Min was in my class I'd have been distinctly unimpressed. ... might even insult her to her face a few times, or worse still, instigate other people to do likewise. I wouldn't necessarily have succeeded but I'd do my part....

Trackback from If WSM were my classmate:

If Shu Min was in my class I'd have been distinctly unimpressed. ... might even insult her to her face a few times, or worse still, instigate other people to do likewise. I wouldn't necessarily have succeeded but I'd do my part....

btw..

compassion? why must we show compassion?

will our compassion online help the MR WEE?? haha if it can help MR WEE, the okie lar, we all give him all our compassion. like when he is hungry, then he read our compassion, yeah!! Now he is full! he doesnt need to eat anymore!! when MR WEE lost his job, then someone just read the "compassion" online and say "come, come, I offer you a job."

Is that possible? if it is possible, okie, then all Singaporeans should gather together and produce "compassion" everyday!! Since it is so useful!!

ahha..

what is the thing can really help MR WEE? getting him back to the reality is better than leave him in the "compassion" of the public. anyway HE CAN NEVER FEED HIS FAMILY AND HIMSELF WITH OTHERS" COMPASSION!!!

Dont give off you compassion too easily!! please..

Posted by wah lau* on 30 October, 2006 - 6:20am

hi!!

excuse me..

government is your babysitter!! What are you guys expecting? the government feeds you when you are hungry and helps you to dress when you are cold? yuck!!!

If you cannot even take care of your own life and your own future.. ahha good luck man.. You cannot do it is your problem lor, dun blame the government.

I support shu min lah..

ps: IF the MR WEE had time to blog and complain this complain that, why he cannot use this time to upgrade his knowledge?

this is like you cant shit then you blame the toilet lor.. what's the point?

Posted by wah lau* on 30 October, 2006 - 6:09am

To wah lau*,
I don't think anyone was asking the gov to be babysitter and feed us. If i remember correctly, Derek was lamenting on the policies. Policies come from the government and they affect lives of the citizens. If they are affected, why can't they say something?

Posted by fighting fit* on 30 October, 2006 - 11:32pm

Her attitude is a little 'off', but it is sort of sad to see such lack of compassion. I really dislike the way people seem to generalize, to label all through observing one (applies to shu min and others who think elites are all elitist). But out of the dog-eat-dog and survival of fittest concepts she is trying to get across, i think she seems almost livid at the fact that people can't take these facts of life. Can someone sms her to tell her not everyone started off on equal footing?

Posted by Anony mouse* on 29 October, 2006 - 9:29pm

Trackback from The Pissed Cherub:

...what your...daughter needs isn't "sensitivity training". So what if she learns not to say "you're a dumb ass" but "you have much room for intellectual improvement and growth"? It just means she'll be learning to speak like a politician. Like you....

EXACTLY.

packaging nicely the same contents running in her mind.

so the prob is buried with nice soil on top and sooner or later,
we'll have another derek writing earnestly about singapore's
social issues with another elitist WSM who gets anal about
language and spelling errors (who decides not to
use her masterful english to her advantage on the online
community --- the easiest way to kill urself for at least
another few years...)

It's jarring to be honest, to see a fellow 18 yr old having
such unsympathetic thoughts, but it's a good wake up
call to what our society is steering towards.

And it's funny because while the future looks like
WSM-like 'survivors' are likely to stay in Singapore,
the ones (seemingly) committed to helping build and shape
Singapore's future together,
she and her fellow elitists are what would make me go.

so the end result is a singapore full of elitist 'crackpots'?
no please.

Posted by Anonymous* on 15 April, 2008 - 9:12pm

Trackback from Economist: Meritocracy and its discontents:

Not everybody is happy with the talent elite...

Want to help your dearest MP Wee bring up his daughter?
Here're his contact numbers.. Spread the word!!!

weesk@stengg.com
Tel: 64569714
Tel: 64834341

From: http://www.parliament.gov.sg/AboutUs/Org-MP-MP-Prof-WeeSiewKim.htm

Send him an email or something, but his elitist eyes may not want to read it, so don't expect any replies..

Posted by fbg* on 27 October, 2006 - 6:48pm

An online petition will work better lah. After all, like you say, he never reads right? So better let other people read, correct or not?

Posted by comic_relief* on 28 October, 2006 - 4:56pm

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We allowed the man who knows more to take care of us, in complete faith that we will live better guided by his supreme knowledge....

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He fostered a culture at Enron that could be termed survival of the fittest--or the nastiest....

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And then there are the "elitists". It's a redundant term in social and financial standing because unlike a normal class system, it is a status given by one's self, intellectual superiority is automatically assumed and defined by him/herself. ...

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I am elitist....

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I am elitist....

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Here we go again. We can put it down to "tyranny of youth" as Oscar Wilde so succinctly put it in his play, "The Importance of Being Earnest", where Moca (Marcus) comes out and proclaims in no uncertain terms, "I am elitist."...

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if that falls in internet road, is impossible to stop, because probably it is replicated in so many palaces....

Trackback from A Dissonant Cacophony of Callouness and Insensitivity:

I read with disgust what Ms Wee Shu Min’s father PAP MP for AMK GRC, Mr. Wee Siew Kim had said in brazen defence of his dear daughter justifying her callousness and adding further insult and injury to Singaporeans....

Trackback from Wee Shu Min, the Singapore Elitist:

Disbelief turned to anger when I to read the half-hearted apology of Member of Parliament Wee Siew Kim....

What's all the fuss about? Right or wrong, it's her opinion and I think most people will support her right to post it even if they do not necessarily agree with her.

All opinions are subjective and I don't think anyone here will relish the day when all posts have to get a censor's nod of approval before it sees the light of day.

If it results in open debate and gives pause for thought (for better or worse), it will already have contributed positively, in my opinion (elitist or otherwise :) )

Posted by Eponymous Coward* on 26 October, 2006 - 9:49pm

i dun think we relish censorship neither are we fussing over her right to fuss.

but since she posted it on a blog, she is knowingly inviting people to respond
because first of all, a BLOG IS a platform to interact and anybody who reads it
can respond just like she wishes to right anything she wants. it's the same thing.

the fuss here however, is the content, and we are simply rightfully (like her)
responding as we deem fit. More importantly, she really should have
anticipated response like this when writing her entry.

Being self-proclaimedly a good one at english and all,
i don't think she was unaware of what opinions on blogs MEAN.

well... i guess she wasn't thinking. Harder.

Posted by Anonymous* on 15 April, 2008 - 9:20pm

"...I don't think anyone here will relish the day when all posts have to get a censor's nod of approval before it sees the light of day."

I hope this is just your own paranoid opinion and not a subtle threat :)

Why are you fussing over other people's right ot fuss?

Get out of...opps.

Posted by Anonymous** on 26 October, 2006 - 11:06pm

Trackback from Brennan Sinbun:

Please, get out of my elite uncaring face....

Trackback from Gomez apologise cannot, Mr Wee apologise can!:

Seriously, making a half-hearted statement like that will only draw more fire. How come Gomez apologise cannot, he apologise can? ...

Because we dont always apply the same standards on ourselves as we would on others
-
`The van had previously been the property of the knacker, and had been bought by the veterinary surgeon, who had not yet painted the old name out. That was how the mistake had arisen`

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Trackback from isaiahlim: Wee Siew Kim’s defence of his daughter:

MP Wee Siew Kim’s defence of his daughter is terribly ironic.

And it offends me more than the contentious comment she made in the first place....

Trackback from Sammyboy Mod LEONGSAM : I am PAPAYA Elitist Too!:

As an upper class Singaporean, I enjoyed mixing with people of my own social strata and I appreciated the fact that I could avoid coming into contact with low class Singaporeans on a daily basis....

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Trackback from KTM: On the Wee Shu Min Affair:

First, despite the public outcry against Wee Shu Min and the risk of attracting flak, the KTM would like to reiterate his view that he thinks that Derek Wee is a whiner....

I wish some people will understand the meaning of empathy. KTM seems to think that those who do not have a reason to "whine" should not express their views. That is because he is only looking at the issue from a materialistic point of view. What about empathy and compassion for the less privileged who might not know their rights or be able to articulate as well for themselves.

KTM is apparently a firm believer of minding his own business. As long as he is doing well, he does not bother about others. And others should be like him. He also delights in whining about why others can't be like him. I hope we wouldn't start when things aren't as rosy for him anymore.

I was impressed after reading a blog entry from a truly elite student who said something to the effect that one will realize it's not good to be too "smart" after he has tasted failure. KTM, obviously, is too confident about himself and his future.

Posted by Anonymous** on 26 October, 2006 - 4:19pm

Trackback from MM Lee is 83 and still got job, of course not "survival of fittest la!":

"he was trying to say that people over 40 are useless.. I look at MM Lee. Of course people won't agree with Shu Wee that people over 40 are useless and unfit!" ...

Trackback from ST - 'Insensitive' blogger also lacked humility, empathy':

I REFER to the report, 'Teen blogger counselled for her 'elitist' remarks' (ST, Oct 24).

I believe Miss Wee Shu Min has drawn enough criticism for her insensitive and offensive remarks. Hopefully, she will learn from this saga and move on. ...

Meritocracy, we adorn thee with hypocrisy.
When the old chap dons the white jubilee,
Arrogance is glazed as violation of privacy.
Slabs of lies - the fabric of our society!

=)

For the sake of humour, this is what happens when her original post is machine-translated (and it's pretty good!) to Chinese :

妈妈的朋友送她一些博客后出血有些笨拙40岁的新加坡人称为德里克凌晨(为什么我所有的白痴都姓为什么? !) 牢骚怎样新加坡这样一个不安全的地方是,几岁脂肪酶(即40岁以上)恐惧岗位上如何池外"人才"(引号之间淡淡热爱)真是海啸将用去我们所有(其实他并没有说没有,他大概fourentalern桑枝坏). 、如何不想要孩子的原因是,他们有责任在这个世界脆弱饭碗、政府如何救我们真的需要从必然灭亡,但并非因为他们坚持-推后续-驴子精英所不知道的世界工程 yadayadayadayada.

我斜太多,也许俯视他妈的辞退等人.他妈的愚蠢.一流的心酸.新加坡人常常双双居贫红爪子阴堂-自欺以为我们的社会,最喜欢别人是隔离的滋生.可笑.我们是一个有能力和聪明的暴政,唯一的其他阶级是相辅相成.

陈道吸引了50多伤感评论称赞他感叹的意见,阔别大合唱投诉照亮缺乏新闻自由的指控,因为他所有太远真实看法已经拒绝了海峡时报座谈会.虽然我倾向于紧握如何我们只有一个运转报纸也我认为最主要的原因是,他缺乏出版气愤谩骂,写得可怜一点下脚料冒充宣判没有拼写和语法差.

德里克,德里克,德里克宝贝,你怎能期望有一个坚实的铁饭碗还是将来如果你不能清楚?
如果你不够好,你的人生就踢球.这就是如何发展下去.有没有意思抨击政府之一就是使我们的社会,我引述"太劣存".它的一样.不错歧视存在,这是可悲的,但大部分时间如果人们宁愿雇用别人超过你,那是因为他们更好.它的伤心当老人们喜欢什么样的世界,德里克叹新加坡如果我们将使它这样明朗.被共产他妈的走, 如果你得罪了这么多的不确定成功--你一定不好,有悲惨.除非你手臂扭共匪欺压,由于您他妈的中产阶级面对爱好者,我怀疑.

再说,很容易对我说.我的未来不是一定正确,但我猜现在的他比一般人有很多美好的.德里克将作为我看过这个牌子,18岁的精英一个国家的罪人谁来继承他的事业,股市的排水沟.先行.世界即将赢家和输家.它唯一的悲哀是,当人能够得奖边缘和压迫.亲爱的德里克是饥渴?亲爱的德里克已经被剥夺了接受教育?亲爱的德里克已被迫童妓?亲爱的德里克也有他的家族屠杀的?

我认为不会.亲爱的德里克是许多孤苦伶仃,没用,没用水蛭在我国,在这个世界上.一个人宁可失业和蜡抒情谈谈他思绪被遗弃的人才外国人、体面而不入,稳定住了售货员.它甚至不怨道路清扫车.这些母亲他妈的不想什么"经理"、名片.

请,他妈的滚开我国面临精英漠不关心.

Posted by 中文译本* on 26 October, 2006 - 12:28am

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Certainly it will be a society I want no part of- to live in a society ruled by the dictums of darwinian policies- where survival of the fittest is the order of the day. ...

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The anger and criticism of Shu Min shows a lack of understanding of how our system works and netizens have certainly been unfair to Shu Min who is the daughter of an elite MP Wee Siew Kim....

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Final reminder. Don't be too smart. If you've been a failure once, you wouldn't be down in the papers (for the wrong reasons) plus getting 200+ unpleasant comments on your blog. ...

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While Mr Goh sees a graceless, discourteous and even “piggy” society, I see meritocracy in action. His letter only indicates that Mr Goh lacks initiative, drive and determination. ...

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