Go on do it, but it will never happen and I wonder why?

It’s like (as some pointed out in the youtube comments) the liberal equivalent of O’Reilly.

Unless you consider O’Reilly a quality journalist………

sad siar.

Because there are some things that don’t need to be discussed. I think local bloggers have found out that talk is too cheap. This is a very, very minor issue. But since you’re asking, here’s one.

Those in the loop about this aren’t so much concerned about his “jumping the chain of command” (which runs into the expected ambiguity for a person in his position) as they are appalled by the fact that Mr Li’s very well researched e-mail stretched to a startling three pages of printed text, replete with national education messages and quotes from exalted sources.

It is a bit much for an injustice that, in the bigger picture, is a pretty minor issue. (One might also ask how much work time Mr Li dedicated in plotting this bombshell.) Perhaps Mr Li is a naturally fastidious person. But it’s easier (and more logical) to come to the conclusion that he was trying to exact some retribution on a colleague rather than act as the concerned citizen he says he is.

There’s more to this, but how important can this get? We all have colleagues who go awol, who are temperamental, who are a royal pain in the arse. So does Mr Li, unfortunately. Sucks for him. The only thing that is new here is that unlike the rest of us Mr Li lacks the nerve, the temerity, and the professionalism to live with all the mediocrity that lies outside his sheltered world.

* His surname is Li rather than Lee. The elder Mr Lee’s name derives from older romanisation; Mr Li’s is rendered in pinyin.