Kamal: My guess is that most, if not all, of the Assam net advocates of desi- demokrasy would accept a Singapore style democratic republic, even though they might not be able to do so in these discussions, primarily for face saving considerations :-).
But it is not hard to imagine that there will be a period of transition of a few months, even years--two, three--maybe even five, which could cause displeasure, even suffering, particularly to those who have gotten used to their comfortable dispensations aquired under the present state of anarchy and oligarchy. c-da > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: 2005/05/18 Wed PM 11:20:26 EDT > To: Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu > Subject: [Assam] It takes a village > >
Cd,
That's why I wrote " This is not to say that such actions can be yoked to religion itself".
You are right.Just forty years ago, Singapore was a war-battered British port,which had rapidly growing,poor,uneducated population living in slums and households.Singapore struggled along until 1965,when it became an independent nation with prime minister Yew in firm control.Forty years later,75% of families,the previous slum-dwellers own their homes.Despite a few harsh measures ( eg,forced savings),Singaporeans are happy with their paternalistic government.
KJD
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