suggestion to those judging on the current situations
1) please know the full story.
don't say "they should have done this" "why they didn't do this" if you don't know the full context. eg: asking why the indian intelligence didn't do this or that, or why the pad takes over the airport. for the case of india, as you can see, even if the hotel remains on high alert, it would still have failed as some of the terrorists are already working gin the hotel, hence entering through the loopholes. yes, more could have been detected, but do take into considerations of the bigger picture and the other things they have done as well before judging.
as for pad, do try to understand why they do it in the first place and their motivation. it is over-simplification to say that it is class-war, bangkok vs rural area. hello, pad also have supporters in the rural south. what class-war are you talking about? do also question the media's protrayal and pictures they provide in contrast to this
from here
i'm not saying that it justifies their actions, but before you call them "undemocratic" or "violent", do look at what they are comparing as well. tell me from these pictures, what "mob rule" are you talking about?
2) stop over-generalising the whole area
just because it happened in mumbai or bangkok does not mean that the whole of the city is in trouble. it's like saying that the whole of singapore is in turmoil because of protests at parliment and speaker's corner, whether in turns violent or not. please lah, they are localised areas.
yes, there is a risk of the threat spreading. but think about it again - where would the threat spread if it were to spread? i think we singaporeans had a higher chance of catching sars in 2003 then to be affected by the protests if we were in bangkok.
disclaimer
i'm not supporting the acts of the terrorists in mumbai, nor am i trying to play down the danger in these places. yes, terrorism is very real. yes, these protests can turn into bloodshed. but like all things geographical, think about the scale. is the whole of the city affected?
just like how we were lamenting that singapore is quite safe even though sars was at its height - can we do the same for mumbai and bangkok? assess the actual geographical scale of the threat before we hold any irrational fears or judge the situation?
don't say "they should have done this" "why they didn't do this" if you don't know the full context. eg: asking why the indian intelligence didn't do this or that, or why the pad takes over the airport. for the case of india, as you can see, even if the hotel remains on high alert, it would still have failed as some of the terrorists are already working gin the hotel, hence entering through the loopholes. yes, more could have been detected, but do take into considerations of the bigger picture and the other things they have done as well before judging.
as for pad, do try to understand why they do it in the first place and their motivation. it is over-simplification to say that it is class-war, bangkok vs rural area. hello, pad also have supporters in the rural south. what class-war are you talking about? do also question the media's protrayal and pictures they provide in contrast to this
from here
i'm not saying that it justifies their actions, but before you call them "undemocratic" or "violent", do look at what they are comparing as well. tell me from these pictures, what "mob rule" are you talking about?
2) stop over-generalising the whole area
just because it happened in mumbai or bangkok does not mean that the whole of the city is in trouble. it's like saying that the whole of singapore is in turmoil because of protests at parliment and speaker's corner, whether in turns violent or not. please lah, they are localised areas.
yes, there is a risk of the threat spreading. but think about it again - where would the threat spread if it were to spread? i think we singaporeans had a higher chance of catching sars in 2003 then to be affected by the protests if we were in bangkok.
disclaimer
i'm not supporting the acts of the terrorists in mumbai, nor am i trying to play down the danger in these places. yes, terrorism is very real. yes, these protests can turn into bloodshed. but like all things geographical, think about the scale. is the whole of the city affected?
just like how we were lamenting that singapore is quite safe even though sars was at its height - can we do the same for mumbai and bangkok? assess the actual geographical scale of the threat before we hold any irrational fears or judge the situation?
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