i sincerely hate politics. most of the time it sounds to me like children playing in cliches. if you friend him i won't friend you that kinda thing... perhaps it is much needed but i just hate to talk about it and hear about it. when it comes to politics, multiple standards apply and there is no definite answer. even logics dun apply... which makes it much worse than law.
recently, my friend KK and his friends are having some discussion about some political issues on his blog. to be specific, about the china-japan thing.
i posted some comments, and people are arguing back pointing out the mistakes made by chinese goverment, apparently pro-japan. all the issues of cultural revolution, tibet, tiananmen square were brought out as well no matter if they are relevant. being me, i had to point out where i think they are wrong.
this led me to think, why are people so hang up on debating about politics? they take a stand and then rebute everyone else who has a different view and think they are objective. i am not objective in this issue i admit. how can i? it involves my country of origin. i feel for it. and how about singaporeans as a third party? does that mean third parties are definitely objective? i bet to differ. who can get hold all the actual facts? i don't think there is anything as absolute truth in the first place. people in china might not have insights of how it is really like in japan. maybe they are influenced by propaganda. but how about those ppl criticizing china? how much do they really know about china?
if it can never be objective, and maybe some people don't know the subject matter well enough, what's so fun keeping talking about it? may i just say that, it doesn't matter what the actual truth really is coz we would never know, but it is more important to understand why people take such actions, what are the reasons and sentiments behind? after all, in politics, there is no absolute right or wrong, at most you can be politically correct, except for some things that can be judged by obvious moral standard.
talking politics for fun of course is harmless. but how about when it becomes offending to people who are actually involved? well i have to say i do feel a bit offended by all this talking. like i can't stand when people come and tell me tibet is an independent country. it is bloody not an indpendent country! it would be like saying singapore is part of malaysia. in this case i guess i looked for the trouble myself by reading KK's blog. but he's my friend, although i can't expect him to be so considerate as not to mention it at all because he has a friend from China, but... well... i m just thinking how much politics can affect ur personal relationships with people...
so, as a third party, shouldn't people really ask themselves do they really understand the parties involved in the event before they call themselves objective and make comments and site all those seemingly truth? personally i think, if not, they shouldn't take a stand at all coz it doesn't concern the third parties. that's y the america is hated by so many-being nosy.
and let's talk about the sentiments. i m not saying i agree with what the chinese are doing. but i m saying i understand the sentiments behind their actions. they may not know the absolute truth but they acted. why? coz they have this passion and it's in the culture. singapore culture is more peaceful and practical if i may say, not as emotional, not as passionate. someone has asked me why do chinese still resent the past so much? it's been so many generations. do i have any relatives killed by the japanese? yes i do, my great grandpa was a mechanical engineer who repairs aeroplanes for the chinese army during world war two and apparently his death was directly linked to the japanese's bombing. but well, i've never seen him before so i dun feel that sad. but that doesn't matter. coz you don't only feel passionate about something only if yourself has directly link with it, direct loss and benefits. there is an emotion called patriotism, called pride.
my point is, if the culture is different, there is a big gulf in between. so my suggestion is, before commenting, take a role switch.
comments are welcome but no side taking on china-japan issue and other politics k?