I was born and bred in a country full of culture of its own, unlike Singa.. ok I shouldn't continue.

So at Thursday last week, when Singapore was pretty much caught up in a haze, my Singaporean friend posted this on his facebook:


"Wonder if we can sue Indonesia for the haze. Indonesia should be punished!!"

And I was super annoyed by his comment. I know some of you may say "aiyah it is just FB mah... no big deal" But I think it is. He has such a distorted mindset to say it in the first place. So I decided to comment on it opposing everything he said. And you know what happened? He said the Indonesian government is such a lame duck, and they should be punished. WTH. And he said FB is his personal space so he can comment whatever he wants.

First. NO you can't sue Indonesia. Stupid.
Second. NO ONE SHOULD EVER THINK THEY ARE OF A SUPERIOR STATE TO BE ABLE TO PUNISH A COUNTRY, or even just think that one country should be punished. YOU ARE AT NO PLACE TO JUDGE. YOU ARE NOT EVEN A JUDGE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

And I think he is so narrow-minded. Not that the Indonesian government did not do anything, it is just that there are other MAJOR problems happening in the country of 18,000 islands, with a population of 250 MILLION people. Singapore, your population is just 1/50 of what Indonesia has so BE QUIET! IT IS HARD TO CONTROL SUCH A BIG COUNTRY!! If I were to challenge him to take over the Indonesian governance, could he do a better job than the current government??? I dare betting 1 MILLION USD he couldn't!! Oh I forgot Singaporeans love to complain and talk big without even thinking whether their complaints are worth the cause, or even offering possible and sound suggestions for the government to implement.

Compared to other problems like terrorist bombings, natural disasters, corruption, poverty, the haze is like.. gosh. A MINOR problem! If you think it is major because it affects other countries such as Singapore, you are wrong. I don't think the government should make it a top priority just because it affects other countries. I think the government should make ITS PEOPLE a top priority rather than defending THE SINGAPOREANS who are not even VERY NICE to Indonesians in the first place.

NOT that your people will die just because of the haze so stop complaining!! OH I FORGOT!! Complaining IS ONE OF YOUR CULTURE!! Oops! I think I am having such a culture shock here!! Sorry!!!

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