i visited his blog while it was still up, and most of the comments were honestly mindless flaming, without any real substantiation (if i remember correctly) hence there was really nothing to argue against. from what i hear the blog was shut down due to excessive flaming and personal attacks. while combating elitism was all the rage, certain individuals thought themselves to be in some sort of Ku Klux Klan like thing i believe.

note lack of elitist sentiment.

being an elitist or even the smartest guy in the world doesn’t give someone the right to label anyone as an ‘idiot’. as i believe a sane person has a true objective for his/her actions. hence we should at the very least place yourself in their shoes and give some thought in understanding their plight before criticizing insensitively others.

quoted from his 5th paragraph, “In fact, i think any article not in proper english should be automatically dismissed from anybody’s concern. Like that my one no need read liao la.” moca’s opinion that perhaps the english used by Derek Wee was lousy could not be argued much since that’s pretty much his opinion. however the personal attack towards Derek coming from his tone is something not necessary.

the freedom of speech is often preached upon, especially in a globalised society in Singapore and Moca simply blogged on his own blog illustrating his views towards the issue. however action requires one to prepare for its own consequences and the fact that Moca as the identity as an RJ student to argue about the issue brings the college into the picture.

“Apologies for any defaming of the school name, and also to any friends that may have been implicated in this… Hell i have no idea what to call it.”

even with the above statement, what was done was done. damage was inflicted. anger was incurred. emotions were stirred.

and to stress on the comments made by Student from an elite school.

“If any of them want to enforce the points they make up, they jolly well stand up straight and repel the imminent barrages that come their way. To prove their point, they should be brave enough to face up to their critics, regardless of how adept the latter are at debating, ranting and returning fire.”

the act of him blogging that he admitted to being a media whore and love being proven right can be deem as being arrogant and a person who fear retaliations from the public.

picture people having their mouths sealed and the ears peeled wide open. now we have what Moca wanted. an audience to listen to him and nobody to argue back with him. that’s that.

Look here, he says that he is “really no different from the rest of you people”, yet people accuse him of lacking humility. Does this quote smack of him not understanding his place in society?

Wee Shu Min clone? Nice try at trying to associate him with his senior, but I’m sorry, I really don’t see the link here. He’s far more watered down and realistic in his approach, and he’s pointing out facts that should be accepted, such as the futility of taking taxi drivers – a very narrow sample base – as the case study for the rest of society.

Furthermore, even though I may have no authority whatsoever in this blog, please remind yourselves be civil in your comments. If you find his views wrong, please do point them out and debate with him if you wish. But this name-calling and personal attacks should be left out of civilized discussion, regardless of how eloquent you would like to make your little laments about RJC’s students.

Look here, he says that he is “really no different from the rest of you people”, yet people accuse him of lacking humility. Does this quote smack of him not understanding his place in society?

Wee Shu Min clone? Nice try at trying to associate him with his senior, but I’m sorry, I really don’t see the link here. He’s far more watered down and realistic in his approach, and he’s pointing out facts that should be accepted, such as the futility of taking taxi drivers – a very narrow sample base – as the case study for the rest of society.

Furthermore, even though I may have no authority whatsoever in this blog, please remind yourselves be civil in your comments. If you wish to debate with him, please do, but unless you wish to be considered a barbarian, kindly restrict yourself from personal attacks.

I wonder if the elite schools have a different way of handling students ? somewhat like the Special forces ?

You guys are Nothing but the best ! you must behave and think differently from the rest ! and What you think , is probably “more correct” than the word correct itself !

then they mutate into elitist students who think they are smarter and have had more education and received better quality education than the average student … sighz ..

I have met these “elitists” during my NS days … cant even handle a tripflare properly … Kept screwing and screwing the screws the wrong way … ( it was meant to be screwed Anti-Clockwise … but he juz kept assuming screws went clockwise .. and he kept himself busy for a full 5 mins ) … and we gOt screwed by the PC …

What pray tell is the “useful” aspect that he/she is putting his brains to? Useful to himself with regards to exams and classes perhaps… but clearly not broad enough to understand the complexities of others in the society around him. Extrapolating that, he seems to suggest he is a more ‘useful’ part of society just because he does well in school and goes to a good school. Ignoring the fact that the Derek Wee’s of the world have already spent 2.5 years serving NS (defined simply as SERVING the Nation), have paid taxes, and is part of a citizenry merely voicing a concern for his fellow countrymen.

All this just points to a very narrow mindset, and merely reinforces the perception of book smarts while being socially/critically unsavvy. Throw in arrogance for good measure too.

Thank goodness there are still others of that age that truly impress. That ACJC girl who made the news because of her blog criticisms of a senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs executive’s comments reminds us that there are at least kids out there that are sensitive to issues and factors around them