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Anton Casey calling MRT commuters "poor people"
Anton Casey calling MRT commuters "poor people"
Last edited by Pal on Wed, 22 Jan 2014 8:13 am, edited 4 times in total.
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Absolutely no excuse. He should be raked over the coals.
But what I really want to know is how come you can post link to ST?
Special Dispensation?
But what I really want to know is how come you can post link to ST?

Special Dispensation?

SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
Not sure. The agitators at a certain site want to get him fired, at least. And possibly prosecuted under the sedition act, which covers class as well as race.Sergei82 wrote:I think, chances of him being demonstratively and publicly booted out of Singapore are high.
I think it's much ado about nothing again. Just some idiot posting stupid things on his face book.
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The security breach relates to pictures being download from his FB account and posted on various media sitesPal wrote:He claimed that there is a security breach of his Facebook account and hence the bad remarks?the lynx wrote:I'm not proud to say this but I've read all the way through the comments in this link and looks like the PR company that Casey hired posted his apologies (or maybe it was himself).
Just another 'useful idiot' gobbing off, but turned into a big-story as it distracts the people from more important 'matters of state'.
Call it 'tabloid-soma' if you like. And bang on cue, see all the frothing-at-the-mouth anti FT comments that it yields... 'bread and circuses' as they say*...
* (for those who might be unfamiliar...)
- 'Offerings, such as benefits or entertainments, intended to placate discontent or distract attention from a policy or situation.
- 'Something, as extravagant entertainment, offered as an expedient means of pacifying discontent or diverting attention from a source of grievance.
Call it 'tabloid-soma' if you like. And bang on cue, see all the frothing-at-the-mouth anti FT comments that it yields... 'bread and circuses' as they say*...
* (for those who might be unfamiliar...)
- 'Offerings, such as benefits or entertainments, intended to placate discontent or distract attention from a policy or situation.
- 'Something, as extravagant entertainment, offered as an expedient means of pacifying discontent or diverting attention from a source of grievance.
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Next these Ang Mohs will be rioting in HV!Wd40 wrote:Whats wrong with these Ang Mohs working in financial services? First there was this Barclays FX research analyst who went and abused construction workers and then another one who punched a taxi driver then this one. I guess wealth really gets to the head of some people.
Is HV still popular with the Ang Moh??Saint wrote:Next these Ang Mohs will be rioting in HV!Wd40 wrote:Whats wrong with these Ang Mohs working in financial services? First there was this Barclays FX research analyst who went and abused construction workers and then another one who punched a taxi driver then this one. I guess wealth really gets to the head of some people.
maybe I go on the wrong evenings , Tues/Weds , but hardly any whiteys at all.
Life is short, paddle harder!!
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