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前进吧! 新加坡。金牌背后的叛逆故事。。。


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8月9日,新加坡刚刚庆祝立国51周年。

8月13日,新加坡终于在奥林匹克运动会上赢得第一面金牌,举国欢庆。尤其是人民行动党政治领袖和高官们,更加认为这个创举和他们息息相关,甚至坚信这和他们的教育、培育、支持有关。

事实是否如此?金牌背后的故事,约瑟林个人和家庭的支持、坚持、信念,甚至是叛逆行为更加有可能是约瑟林成功之道。

当新加坡国歌巴西里约响起,当新加坡国旗在游泳馆升起,我们在分享的这份光荣和荣誉时,应该想起约瑟林妈妈的坚持,以及她如何为支持约瑟林完成任务而付出的努力。

这是一个活生生的不以行动党方式,背离行动党僵硬制度的成功例子。当然,当你选择走一条不同的道路,你的压力一定不少,有时还被认为是麻烦制造者。

雅虎新加坡在2013年访问过约瑟林妈妈May,内容涉及对新加坡的效忠和国民服役问题。May反问当局,她在教导约瑟林效忠新加坡,但是,如果国家不给于支持,约瑟林如何取得游泳的佳绩。

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这或许是一个先有鸡蛋还是先有鸡的问题。大家都无法在几年前就判断约瑟林,可以在今天取得金牌。
可能会,也可能不会。

但是,如果当时约瑟林一家,像绝大数新加坡家庭一样,一听到行动党的为难,一听到政府的不支持,就马上松手,不愿违背国家的既定政策,不愿意坚持自己的信念和理想,那么,我们很可能就看不到这举国欢庆的一幕了。

这种情形,就像我们不能理解,微软、脸书的创办人,为何书没有读完,就放弃美国名牌大学的学业,而要创业一样。这需要叛逆的勇气。走和一般人不一样的路。

走和一般人不一样的路,选择和新加坡一般家庭不一样的路,就是今天约瑟林成功背后的故事。

行动党政府一向不喜欢人民选择和它不一样的道路。行动党喜欢规划,它要人民这样走,人们就要这样走。从幼儿园开始,行动党就已经灌输新加坡人,要听话,要团结,要跟着党的路线走,小学,中学,理工学院,到大学,不为培养独立思考,只要听从指示,甚至假扮被强奸都可以。

新加坡人在约瑟林取得奥运金牌后,应该反思。行动党的听话教育,是否真的能够为我们拿到金牌?我们依靠外来人才,也只能获得银牌而已。不管外来还是本地人才,如约瑟林,他们要取得成功,都是和一般人走不一样的路。外来人才离乡背井到新加坡来走一条不一样的路,约瑟林到美国受训,也是一条不一样的路。他们都要为自己的坚持和信念而付出很大的牺牲。

我们有必要珍惜,走不一样路线的人,提出不同意见的人。

立国51年后,如果我们只是一味的认定行动党路线,一味跟着行动党走,这对我们的将来是否有益?这对我们取得突破性进展,持续性成功是否有所帮助?

顺便一提,约瑟林一家是中上以上的家庭,他们对问题有不同的看法和坚持。他们也更加愿意为孩子的理想而坚持和奋斗。约瑟林的成功也依靠外国人的帮助,尤其是美国方面的支持。这是一个团体的胜利,国内外合作成功的例子。可惜,行动党政府在这个成功的例子里的角色,并不是主导。当然,现在成功了,行动党政府当然会大声的说,这是它主导的胜利。

真的吗?当局不久前不是说巴西里约奥运没有现场直播吗?如果真的如此,那么国人不是痛失观看这个举国欢庆的一幕了吗?还是,行动党政府不愿让国人看到,叛逆行为成功的壮举?

再一次提醒新加坡人,当行动党政府对不同意见的人采取行动,把大人、小孩的不同于行动党的意见,以叛逆的形式表现出来的时候,我们有必要反思、检讨、综合意见、从内到外、从外到内的思考主流媒体和非主流媒体的观点,才下判断。

一味的跟着行动党路线走,也只能做个顺民,而要取得成功、取得要突破、拿到金牌,行动党的指导版本,未必能够管用。当然,不论是政治还是运动,坚持信念,为理想而奋斗,而叛逆,是要付出很大的牺牲的,这又是一般人做不到的。而这正是行动党看得很准的新加坡人的弱点。

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