Comments on: The short supply of empathy in Singapore http://aaron-ng.info/blog/the-short-supply-of-empathy-in-singapore.html Comments, opinions and an occasional ramble Tue, 22 May 2012 06:49:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Danelle Chris http://aaron-ng.info/blog/the-short-supply-of-empathy-in-singapore.html/comment-page-1#comment-24119 Danelle Chris Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:00:51 +0000 http://aaron-ng.info/blog/?p=473#comment-24119 Hi, i think that i saw you visited my weblog so i came to “return the favor”.I am attempting to find things to improve my site!I suppose its ok to use some of your ideas!! Hi, i think that i saw you visited my weblog so i came to “return the favor”.I am attempting to find things to improve my site!I suppose its ok to use some of your ideas!!

]]> By: Flo http://aaron-ng.info/blog/the-short-supply-of-empathy-in-singapore.html/comment-page-1#comment-19796 Flo Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:41:11 +0000 http://aaron-ng.info/blog/?p=473#comment-19796 "I often wonder where do beggars in Singapore go." Hm, good question. “I often wonder where do beggars in Singapore go.” Hm, good question.

]]> By: reiner http://aaron-ng.info/blog/the-short-supply-of-empathy-in-singapore.html/comment-page-1#comment-19780 reiner Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:00:34 +0000 http://aaron-ng.info/blog/?p=473#comment-19780 It’s not for you to decide what his choices are. It’s not for you to decide what his choices are.

]]> By: Gistole http://aaron-ng.info/blog/the-short-supply-of-empathy-in-singapore.html/comment-page-1#comment-19664 Gistole Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:20:24 +0000 http://aaron-ng.info/blog/?p=473#comment-19664 "You go down New York, Broadway. You will see the beggars, people of the streets... Where are the beggars in Singapore? Show me. " - Spoken by LKY in 2007. In order to make his statement true, he needs to eliminate beggars! “You go down New York, Broadway. You will see the beggars, people of the streets… Where are the beggars in Singapore? Show me. ” – Spoken by LKY in 2007. In order to make his statement true, he needs to eliminate beggars!

]]> By: ed http://aaron-ng.info/blog/the-short-supply-of-empathy-in-singapore.html/comment-page-1#comment-19651 ed Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:00:50 +0000 http://aaron-ng.info/blog/?p=473#comment-19651 In Confucian/Legalist societies, emphasis is on deterrence as opposed to empathy as the former tends to focus people on making the best out of a bad situation as opposed to eradicating the said bad situation. Empathy, on the other hand, has the tendency of gradually inciting popular intellectual individualism, and which in turn, impacts negatively on the desire of any political power to maintain its rule indefinitely. ed In Confucian/Legalist societies, emphasis is on deterrence as opposed to empathy as the former tends to focus people on making the best out of a bad situation as opposed to eradicating the said bad situation.

Empathy, on the other hand, has the tendency of gradually inciting popular intellectual individualism, and which in turn, impacts negatively on the desire of any political power to maintain its rule indefinitely.

ed

]]> By: Wilfrid http://aaron-ng.info/blog/the-short-supply-of-empathy-in-singapore.html/comment-page-1#comment-19635 Wilfrid Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:59:19 +0000 http://aaron-ng.info/blog/?p=473#comment-19635 I agree with you. That is really sad. I often wonder where do beggars in Singapore go. I mean ... every country has beggars right? I agree with you. That is really sad. I often wonder where do beggars in Singapore go. I mean … every country has beggars right?

]]> By: Loyola http://aaron-ng.info/blog/the-short-supply-of-empathy-in-singapore.html/comment-page-1#comment-19623 Loyola Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:04:30 +0000 http://aaron-ng.info/blog/?p=473#comment-19623 It's not for you to decide what his choices are. It’s not for you to decide what his choices are.

]]> By: bacteria http://aaron-ng.info/blog/the-short-supply-of-empathy-in-singapore.html/comment-page-1#comment-19622 bacteria Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:02:32 +0000 http://aaron-ng.info/blog/?p=473#comment-19622 Eh .. with such an article u never make department head nevermind any invite to tea with the PM. 'Allo .. do u remember who is PAPying ur wages? Eh .. with such an article u never make department head nevermind any invite to tea with the PM.

‘Allo .. do u remember who is PAPying ur wages?

]]> By: The Singapore Daily » Blog Archive » Daily SG: 20 Aug 2009 http://aaron-ng.info/blog/the-short-supply-of-empathy-in-singapore.html/comment-page-1#comment-19621 The Singapore Daily » Blog Archive » Daily SG: 20 Aug 2009 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:31:19 +0000 http://aaron-ng.info/blog/?p=473#comment-19621 [...] Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way - Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Sending the down and out to jail… - Gerald Giam’s Blog: Go tie yourself to a tree, judge tells homeless man - Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: The short supply of empathy in Singapore [...] [...] Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way – Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Sending the down and out to jail… – Gerald Giam’s Blog: Go tie yourself to a tree, judge tells homeless man – Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: The short supply of empathy in Singapore [...]

]]> By: Shaman http://aaron-ng.info/blog/the-short-supply-of-empathy-in-singapore.html/comment-page-1#comment-19620 Shaman Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:36:58 +0000 http://aaron-ng.info/blog/?p=473#comment-19620 Who say no empathy? He got free food and lodgings for 4 days! Who say no empathy? He got free food and lodgings for 4 days!

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