The recent Comprain Complain choir hoo-ha has been the subject of many online discussions. It seems to me that my government appears to have a penchant for using a sledgehammer on a thumbtack. The last time they used a sledgehammer on a thumbtack wasn’t too long ago.

I seriously don’t understand why there’s a need for the police to even look into the issue. The Complain choir is just for entertainment purposes. Does it matter if it’s foreigners or locals singing? Will foreigners singing result in any serious social unrest? I don’t think so. In fact, I think there’s greater unrest and unhappiness over the ban. If there’s one thing that I think seriously annoys me about how my government works, it has to be extreme rigidity in adhering to procedures to the point that the ability to reason completely disappears.

Sometimes, I just wish that my government loosen up a little and stop assuming that Singaporeans are mindless zombies that will absorb anything and everything that other people have to say. Have some faith in our world class education system. Or perhaps the “world class education system” we have been so proudly telling other countries is but a sham?

I just read this article calling for reform to our electoral system. Actually, I think that before we can reform our electoral system, we should really be able to discuss issues and laugh at ourselves. If our government can get so worked up over a small, humourous performance, I have little hope that something as big as a electoral reform along the lines of the American system is actually possible.