Thank God for Singapore.

Now, I'm not trying to be too political here in this blog, but I would like to post this short and simple post.

I was catching the latest update on the Taiwanese "Anti - Chen Shui Bian" Protest and I commented to my dad:

"If this was held in China, they would most probably all be dragged away and shot."

My dad laughed, of course he did; he's pro-China, and who else knows best other than pro-China dad? =P

Anyway I also remembered this documentary I watched recently about the Singapore Government from the point of view of the West. Several human rights group and political watchdogs have rated Singapore low on the "political freedom" ratings, saying that we are "primitive" in our political system, and thus we should not be given the title of "first world country" at all.

This was a discussion topic at a BBQ I attended some time again. There was the pro-government group, and the other group who had some rather interesting thoughts about how things are ran in this country. I declared myself neutral, (It's true! I did!) and after hearing all the points, I broke my silence.

"Hey look, the reason why people don't really protest in Singapore is because there's no need to!"

We've got a honest government, we got security, our standards of living are high, education is made widely available, our rate of unemployment is low.

Why would people then want to protest? What can they protest about?

Do you think they really care about political freedom when everything else is fine? I have seen the so called “democracies” of other countries, and they are constantly faced with turmoil and disunity. Everything seems to be in chaos.

Singapore's meritocracy is actually not bad. We are judged according to what we do, and no favoritism is shown. (Of coz I have this strange feeling that this is a romanticized view) But that also means that people will stop at anything in climbing the ladder of ambition.

Nevertheless I'm thankful that we've got a good government.

And then I continued chewing my chicken wing as the discussion winded up.

Anyway I’m thankful that the Kingdom of God is not a democracy or a meritocracy, but a benevolent “dictatorship” under the great and awesome King who is full of justice and mercy. =)