related to my last post, if the whole event (including the audience behaviour and responses) had been staged by n korea, i must really give it to them. for they had gone such mile to (1) get well-fed-looking people to attend the concert (2) to train the audience to applause and stand to compliment the orchestra... for if a country is so improverished and some chose to believe rouge-like, it must have really gone a great mile to dress up their people, put them in a concert hall and educate them to behave in such cultured manner. i personally think it is not easy to train a rouge to behave like a well-cultured gentleperson (certainly reminds me of elizabeth doolittle as i write this! heh...). not to mention, a whole concert hall of them.
i am aware that there are people out there who chose to take sides and of cos i do respect that. for me, i am one who believe there are different perspectives and if s korea has done what it needs to protect its interest, i would also like to suggest that n korea has exactly done the same. the question is - what is this `interest' and who frames it. and i want to suggest - the few elites `up there'.
no much different from when singapore was asked to leave malaysia. from our perspective, it was something unfortunate and can be framed from many different perspectives (depends on who frames it). but from malaysia's perspective, i am sure tun had his perspective and had probably done it to prevent matters in peninsular malaysia from deteriorating further. and if i may suggest, in doing so, tun had averted a possible national crisis that may involve bloodshed from happening. if this was the case, it was perhaps the most appropriate and correct decision made from tun's perspective. and perhaps, tun's own political survival. and of cos, if i were a politician in singapore, i would capitialise on the separation to drum support for my own survival. it would be a natural thing to do for my own political survival.
so seriously, for many of us people on the ground, i do think we are nothing but digits and pawns of a select few people (whom we can aptly term as elites) up there and live our lives based on rules and policies dictated by these people. and in the case of the 2 koreas, they are unfortunate states that have to live out their lives after being puppets of two huge superpowers then - united states and ussr. so, back to my point - elites (read - power).
my 2-cents about politics on a wet saturday morning.
i am aware that there are people out there who chose to take sides and of cos i do respect that. for me, i am one who believe there are different perspectives and if s korea has done what it needs to protect its interest, i would also like to suggest that n korea has exactly done the same. the question is - what is this `interest' and who frames it. and i want to suggest - the few elites `up there'.
no much different from when singapore was asked to leave malaysia. from our perspective, it was something unfortunate and can be framed from many different perspectives (depends on who frames it). but from malaysia's perspective, i am sure tun had his perspective and had probably done it to prevent matters in peninsular malaysia from deteriorating further. and if i may suggest, in doing so, tun had averted a possible national crisis that may involve bloodshed from happening. if this was the case, it was perhaps the most appropriate and correct decision made from tun's perspective. and perhaps, tun's own political survival. and of cos, if i were a politician in singapore, i would capitialise on the separation to drum support for my own survival. it would be a natural thing to do for my own political survival.
so seriously, for many of us people on the ground, i do think we are nothing but digits and pawns of a select few people (whom we can aptly term as elites) up there and live our lives based on rules and policies dictated by these people. and in the case of the 2 koreas, they are unfortunate states that have to live out their lives after being puppets of two huge superpowers then - united states and ussr. so, back to my point - elites (read - power).
my 2-cents about politics on a wet saturday morning.
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