Monday, November 29, 2010

Alexis Ong: Singaporeans just don't give a damn

Next to prostitution, I?m going to go ahead and say that ?not giving a damn? is the world?s second oldest profession.

For some reason, my brain doesn?t view ?not giving a damn? -- henceforth referred to as NGD -- as synonymous with apathy. That's because there?s a little extra je ne sais quoi in the former that offers no solutions.

It mostly boils down to semantics. For instance, there are tons of NGOs and research projects all over the world devoted to voter apathy, but when presented with someone who just doesn?t give a damn about voting, the connotations are slightly different.

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