Strange sentences

From the Straits Times forum...

Ms Kapur, September 26th:

'To someone who is constantly on the lookout for racial discrimination, visible traces of it may not be such a serious issue. '

'In this instance, racism is not mellow.'

What on earth is mellow racism?

'Pacifism and racism are irreconcilable.'

mmmh?

'The economic argument is most viable in the context of Singapore because we are not only a multiracial society but also the most globalised nation in the world.'


Alamak. The economic argument, the economic argument. Where on earth is her economic argument?

Most globalised nation? Contentious leh.

'Racism fuels an inward-looking ethnocentrism with a false sense of a comfort zone.'

Fuels?? Interesting use of imagery.

'The insensitivity highlighted in my two instances proves that Moral Education and National Education have not been entirely successful in cleansing people's mindsets.'

Unfortunate choice of word. Cleansing has not only been used to describe face washes, but also things in history that one can hardly be regarded as nice, e.g. in Rwanda.

And I certainly don't like the idea that ME and NE should be cleansing.