I believe a little competition is always good for us as individuals and groups. Especially since cognitive disputation is something we strive for every day at work. Whether it's with regards to the policy-makers who we vote in come what (7th) may, or to our own personal growth and learning, which is why we see the high level of engagement through micro-debates, happening via multiple media platforms at alarming rates. Media by the masses, for the masses, indeed.

But before we get too carried away, let us not forget the sore losses of the dot-com bubble phenomenon. The idea was that companies' survivals depended on expanding their customer base in spite of running into large annual losses. 'Get large or get lost' might be a quick fix solution to set the stage for this GE campaigning bubble. It's easy for government naysayers to stamp their feet and make themselves heard, promising attractive public offerings of lofty ideas on change. But when push comes to shove as they have burnt through their venture capital, what comes next? Is the opposition blackhole better than the PAP potholes?

Then again, the masses don't know what they don't know. This is where PAP's responses, or even PAP supporters' voices (ironically, the alternative to the online mainstream disposition), come in.

That said, as much as we are entitled to our own opinions, others are inclined to disregard what they hear as irrelevant or trite.