What do they have to do with NS?

From the New Paper,Quoting MP Sin Boon Ann

(On the Parliament Debate on NS Defaulters):

CONSIDER this, if Albert Einstein (considered the greatest scientist of the 20th century), Stephen Hawking (celebrated physicist and author of A Brief History Of Time) and Bill Gates (Microsoft chief and currently the world's richest man) were to come to Singapore, would we put them in jail?

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This is perhaps the most asinine argument I've read on the papers this week so far. This sort of argument is bandied around so much, its getting really tired.

From entrepreneurship, to education, to NS, this shite arugment is usually used.

Consider this:
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Albert Einstein did not even pass the entrance exams to qualify him to study for a diploma. (He eventually did later) .

If he is alive in Singapore now, the education system would probably have caused him quit school and work in Mcdonalds. He's obviously not the EDB scholar type.

So what if he's called for NS? He has no talent in Singapore's eyes.
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Bill Gates did not even have a degree. He dropped out. He would probably be selling pirated software in Sim Lim if he were in Singapore.

So what if he's called for NS? No big loss. He's just another ah-beng computer tout.
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Stephen Hawking, he's wheelchair bound, so the NS argument is totally in-appropriate.
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Talk about using the wrong arugment.

What do they have to do with NS? Good Question, New Paper!
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Thought of the Day:

What's with people and them queing up at the bank for brand new notes for the new year?

What's wrong with using old notes?