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Apathy
Ever so often, we hear the charge that Singaporeans are apathetic (do a google search with key words "apathetic" and "Singaporeans" and you'll see what I mean). Others insist that it is a myth. To tell you the truth, I'm a little apathetic about such claims--mostly because I'm busy enough, as it is, with so many things both at work and at home that I care deeply about. (Isn't that the lot of most of us?) But I'm taking a breather before students' papers are due (very soon), and TVD's article (and the comments) had set me thinking...On the very sensible notion that there is no smoke without fire, there has to be something to the claim that Singaporeans are apathetic--for otherwise, why is it so persistent and sound so "right"? Though the persistence of a belief is entirely compatible with the possibly that it is false, even if it is shown to be false, the fact that it is persistent calls for an explanation. But I'm already getting ahead of myself: what does the charge even mean in the first place? What does
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