Asian Correspondent, 15 Feb 2010
The old lie that the family is the basic unit of society is repeated again and again to the benefit of the ruling party. Repeat after me children. The family is the basic unit of our Confucian society. The family is the basic unit of our Confucian society. The family is the basic unit of our Confucian society. A Singapore with its patriarchal Father figure watching over us unruly children is the natural result that is thus justified.
A second lie can be inferred from the phrase “The family is the basic unit of our society”. The offending word is “our”. It presents an Asian-centric view bias that proudly defends the primal role of a family in an Asian culture but denies the equally important role of a family in Western cultures. Full Story
