"Singaporeans are retarded!!"

It can't be helped that whenever anyone declares the above, responses ellicited will include a fair number that do us no favours as a people. In telling people who say we are retarded to either stuff it or take a hike, we are only confirming the statement, that we are morons. Because that's how morons behave: they are pig-headed and defensive beyond belief, sure in the knowledge that all is right with them and their world. Bigots, snobs. Idiots. I am not saying we are all like that, though. I say it cannot be helped because in any sampling of humanity, stupidity is bound to surface: even if it is not universal (and here we must be thankful for small mercies), stupidity is prevalent enough that Singapore, and the world too, is so fucked up.

So what can we do? I can only hope in my limited capacity to persuade any one listening, that when we next hear someone say Singapore is retarded or that it sucks, unpleasant as it is, to refrain from hitting out, but to ask "why?" I believe it is through asking this enough that a society becomes more introspective, and begins to suck less. We can't just ask people to leave if they don't like it here, as if people who don't say nice things have no contribution, right or stake in the matter. People who ask others to leave or shut up: who the fuck do we think we are?