This pro-LKY supporter had claimed that LKY had turned a backward fishing village into the modern day Singapore as we know of today. He challenged me to prove otherwise and that he had read up extensively and I was well... wrong.
Basically I got lambasted for challenging the notion that LKY was Singapore's 'Founding Father'. I have been repeatedly told that I was disrespectful (and unfilial?).
I was pretty certain from articles and photos from my history books of a very modern (in the 60s mind you) and exciting and vibrant Singapore - buzzing with trading activities, roads filled with cars and a loadful of rickshaws, prestigious clubs and elite joints and all those funky stuff and events we have in a modern city.
Basically I got lambasted for challenging the notion that LKY was Singapore's 'Founding Father'. I have been repeatedly told that I was disrespectful (and unfilial?).
I was pretty certain from articles and photos from my history books of a very modern (in the 60s mind you) and exciting and vibrant Singapore - buzzing with trading activities, roads filled with cars and a loadful of rickshaws, prestigious clubs and elite joints and all those funky stuff and events we have in a modern city.
See video -> here.
Tell me what you see - a backward fishing village or a modern Singapore with cars and bustling commercial activities?
Well here is how modern Singapore was in the 60s...
...and you can shaft your 'Founding Father' godhood-title up yours where the light don't shine.
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