There was so much buzz in the Singaporean blogosphere talking about the one-hour dialogue MM Lee Kuan Yew had with this group of under-30s. I was so glad someone recorded it and put it online.

With the content of the forum aside, maybe I’m just sensitive, the attitudes of some of those youths were really less than respectful. There they were thinking, ah, now’s the chance to unleash all these burning questions we have! Lets break him down! At some point, it really felt like a mass attack. After all, here’s a man who built up Singapore dirt up from scratch, with his guts, brains and the love for the country. Even to a 80-something elderly, you don’t speak with such aggression. Now show this man some due respect would ya?

And then there were all these awkward interruptions when some of them tried to fit in questions even before he was done speaking. Call that the by-product of the spontaneity of a good discussion. But by my standards, I’ll call that rude.

Anyway, my take on the elections - why break something when it ain’t broken.