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Friday, April 21, 2006

"Are you Rude?"

Hi Ching Wern,

First of all, I would like to apologies beforehand for any poor grammatical error and stuff. Please also do not take offence in what I trying to say.

I’m a 26 male working professional. When I saw the trailer with you sitting in front engaging MM Lee in that dialogue, I felt sad. Personal respect for MM Lee aside, I still feel that the presentation of the participants is generally unsatisfactory let alone rude.

I watch the dialogue in about three to four times in a row, “analyzing” the details, questions asked and stuff. There are heats debate, comments and stuff in major blogs in regards to the dialogue. Even Class 95 FM, Morning Express is talking about this topic.

What topic are they talking about? Are they really talking about politics? Had you really achieved what the dialogue had meant to be?

The question here is very simple. First of all, we understand that MM Lee had given the green light for you guys/girls, to post whatever questions you had in mind. I would like to ask, when asking the questions (please watch back the dialogue), do you think you guys are tactful in asking them?

Why are you been named “rude”? Had you really ask yourself that question. If today, you post the same question to a younger PAP candidate, would you be labeled “rude”, you are posting question to an elderly. If you had a watch the dialogue again, do you think that show had shown the necessary respect to an elderly, let alone someone who had done enormous contribution to our society.

Even if MM Lee gives the leeway to “speak back”. Do you think there are thousands of ways of “talking back”, yet the methods used are not very tactful to the general public?

Quoting from a British program is a totally bad example, this is a dialogue, you expect communication, if not it’s just another Li Ao talk show.

It’s not about open minded or close minded. Seriously, I generally feel the topics bring up in the forum is general good. What is lacking here is the tactfulness of representation, the general respect to an elderly (let alone a figure) that is very much needed.

Do you talk in such mannerism to your grandparents?

Maybe it’s also reflects the failing of the program where a neutral, more mature moderator is needed to bridge between MM Lee and the participants.

Lupin Tan
Regards

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