i really like this opinion piece in today’s 早报 by the deputy head of the news team 洪奕婷, which looks beyond the jubilee celebrations to the coming elections. “喜欢就是放肆，但爱就是克制。” she writes (a slogan she found printed on a coke can in china) and continues:“在今天眼前一片红海、爱国歌曲高亢响起、国旗迎风飘过之时，爱很直接，很一致，也很简单。但在欢庆的欢愉和激情落幕后，当大选的号角吹起，原本整齐的一色将分散成代表各种阵营的颜色、竞选课题会从“我们”被分化成“你我”、同声同气也随时变成互相抨击呛声时，爱容易扭曲，更会变得模糊。我们会以为自己的各种不收敛、我行我素、坚持己见和尽情宣泄，都在为爱国理直气壮，却忽略了真正的爱是懂得克制地顾全自我以外的其他考量。”
and while i am here, pm lee’s national day message is here in four languages, for singaporeans abroad. majulah singapura!
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