I have been following the trishaw uncle story for a whole week. I have read some of the comments that range from the sympathetic to the vitrolic. One question keeps popping up for me:
Pedalling the trishaw reduces the trishaw rider to little better than a beast of burden. Why do we still have trishaws in Singapore?
And the only answer I come up with is:
We have trishaws in Singapore for the crass amusement of tourists.
That puts the fracas in a whole new perspective for me. And it makes me mad.
these angmohs are freaking mean. they should be hanging by their penises
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ReplyDeleteThose guys are absolute louts. But I think the issue is why do we still have trishaws which demeans human labour?
ReplyDeleteI've been thinking how to comment on this for a long time but didn't know how. But whether these ah peks choose to demean human labour but not self-respect. does that make any sense?
ReplyDeleteI know what you trying to say. That these ah peks are just making an honest living the only way they know how. But I still say there is no reason for trishaws as tourist attraction in singapore. I would not get into a trishaw in malaysia; I will not help create the demand.
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