This is my country

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Singaporeans, new arrivals, people who are on permanent residence here, people who are on employment pass here, all participating in one big Singapore family…

So that we feel that this is a place which is special, which belongs to all of us and where we all celebrate one another’s festivals and happy events together. (3^rd May 2014)

You want to come to my country, you behave properly. If your behavior is unacceptable, we will not let you in, even for a holiday. ‘The Immigration Officer has the right to take stern action if Singaporeans behave in an inappropriate manner, he said. “Expulsion is allowed under the law.” An Indonesian spokesman confirmed this on air.’

When people visit another country, it is only expected that they behave well and stop making themselves a nuisance to the country. 50 Singaporeans have recently been barred from entering Batam for talking loudly. Why not, this is their country and you don’t treat it like it is your fish market. The visitors need to respect the rules and norms of a country as a guest.

But in some countries, or non-countries, visitors can go there and do anything they want, like littering, shitting in public places, scolding the citizens, insulting the citizens and beating the citizens. And there is no law to put these disgraceful visitors away. Maybe the people of these non-countries forgot the meaning of ‘This is my country’. They do not think they have any country anymore. Their countries belong to everyone. And they are the guests, the visitors and the visitors, the foreigners are the owners.

Got this type of country meh? Oops, got this type of non-country meh? When a people become daft and silly, this will happen. Then they start to emigrate voluntarily from their ‘used to be country’ to other countries thinking they will get a better deal. They simply gave up their ‘used to be country’, gave their country away, eased out of their country by the foreigners they invited to their country.

Just look at the Indonesians and the Malaysians or any other countries, they hold on to their countries closely to their hearts. For some countries, even if they seized some other people’s countries, like Australia, they would not allow other foreigners to come in freely. But some non-countries like the USA, seized from the natives, the Red Indians, it is ‘free’ to other immigrants, provided they want you. But they make it very sure they are the owners and the visitors are called aliens.

Only silly non-countries will turn themselves into aliens and let foreigners take over their jobs, their countries, with open arms. And then got kicked around by the foreigners and ended being evicted from their own countries without knowing why, without fighting or trying to defend their rights to their non- countries.