[mpich-discuss] Public Apology to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore

[Eugene N]

what sort of a country is singapore, if a student has to go through this for
calling some wang chin dong a silly name?? down with communism!  bastartds,
live the kid alone!!

2011/4/30 Jeff Hammond <jeff.science at gmail.com>

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> On Apr 30, 2011, at 1:20 AM, Eugene N <> wrote:
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> Whats on earth is this
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> 2011/4/28 "Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) 张恩鸣 " <
> enmingteo at vfemail.net>
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>> I was misconstrued as having insulted Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. My
>> words were twisted and misinterpreted and I feel that there is a need to
>> explain myself and set the record straight.
>>
>> [b]What really happened[/b]
>>
>> It was sometime in Aug/Sep in the year 2009. The setting was in the
>> Tampines Central office of Asiasoft Online Pte Ltd. I was having a
>> ***verbal*** conversation with Melvin Lee, my new I.T. department manager,
>> when he challenged me to complete an I.T. assignment within a specified
>> period of time. In response to his challenge, I replied in Mandarin: "If I
>> cannot complete the I.T. assignment within a specified period of time, then
>> Lee Kuan Yew is wang ba dan". I used to be fond of using other people's
>> names to "bet" with people but now no more. The Minister Mentor's name came
>> into my mind spontaneously and I used it to "bet" with my I.T. department
>> manager.
>>
>> [b]Explanations[/b]
>>
>> 1. It was not my intention to insult the Minister Mentor at that time.
>> Please note the use of the IF... THEN... statement in my verbal
>> conversation.
>>
>> 2. I did not know wang ba dan [hanyu pinyin] means bastard at all until I
>> consulted Goh Meng Seng much later.
>>
>> I would like to apologize to the Minister Mentor and the Prime Minister of
>> Singapore if I have offended them in any way. I swear it was not my
>> intention to insult the Minister Mentor. Please forgive me for using your
>> name carelessly to "bet" with my former I.T. department manager.
>>
>>
>> Yours sincerely,
>>
>> Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip BEng(Hons)
>> Alma Maters:
>> (1) Singapore Polytechnic
>> (2) National University of Singapore
>>
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