$ingapore is … I had given up on this place - the passivity of its people, the disabling environment filled with muted veracity, stunted copy-cat beauty, Compliance. There is nothing here. I can go.
Until 8 white elephants were discovered in the heart of this concrete cage.
Punggol South residents have tried again to get Buangkok MRT Station opened — in not so many words, but the message was just as clear.
Eight white elephants were erected at the station to indicate just what they thought the MRT station is now. (CNA)
Forget the politics of this particular case for a moment. The piercing mockery of such a gesture - the 2 fingered salute against authority - will outlast many a dispiriting workaday day. Indeed, as the politics of this government is not conducive to direct debate, such a statement mobilises public opinion and deflates the seriousness of serious politics. Well done!
This event was trumped by an enthusiastic blogosphere response. Double Yellow, Omeka Na Huria
and Singapore Ink have added humour and smiles to an already gray urbanscape.
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