Getting in to the heart of Total Defence (23 feburary 2009)

THE STRAITS TIME
Monday, feburary 23 2009
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Questions

Q1) In the last line, what did the writer mean by suggesting that “he may have found more porcupine then rats?"

Q2) What’s worth giving up your life for?

Answers

1. In the last line, what did the writer mean by suggesting that “he may have found more porcupine than rats?"

Rats are scardy cats who scurry away at the sound of foot steps while porcipine bristle to warn their aggressors away. The writer means that the evidence from this year`s Total Defence campaign suggest that the writer found that when there is trouble, the people who will stay in the country and fight against or warn their aggressors of attackers away with their life`s is more the the people who will flee from the country when their is a threat that will cause their life. The writer describe them as porcupine and rats as porcupine will bristle to warn away their enemys while rats will run away when they feel threatened.

2. What’s worth giving up your life for?

I will defend a few things with my life. The first things are my family and friends and myself. Although one of the National Education shared values are " society above self " but I cannot imagine myself laying down my life defending people outside my family circle. I would also prevent race riots and defend racial harmony with my life. With different races living together in Singapore, harmony between different races is crucial to the continuity of peace and properity. I friends from different races and I`ll never trade this bunch of friends with anything in the world. I will also defend Singapore with my life as Singapore is my future and is a future worth defending.