Nebbermind:

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=24263&p=864735&hilit=burn#p864735

janet_lee88:

hope mr gay will not be burning his son's books after O levels.

atrecord:

SAHM_TAN:

Still very troublesome mah and also more dangerous with accelerant. Plus foul smell leh and not total destruction.

Not total destruction? Then you can pass them to me, except that I've no more reservist anymore. You know, our platoon made a platoon T-shirt before we ROD. It had the words 'Destruction Specialist'. Can always wrap them together with the TNT flakes for our demolition live firing :evil:

SAHM_TAN:

atrecord:

[quote=\"SAHM_TAN\"]

I think my ds will have a better life than me in army leh compare when I was in the army. :siam:

The stuff you mentioned not easy to burn too.

I think if my ds has worse life than me in the army, then he really is suay until dunno what to say. In fact, when i asked around ALL my friends (JC classmates/schoolmates, NUS classmates), nobody had it worse than me...

well, if got kerosene, confirm can burn :evil:

atrecord:

SAHM_TAN:

[quote=\"jetsetter\"]

Just important written documents, annals, the Bible, the Qur'an, the Sanskrit, other religious scriptures, Dead Sea Scrolls, manuscripts, great works of literature, etc. should hv been digitised by their respective custodians (usually national library or relig orgs), no? Newspapers are your \"normal\" written docs, but they are also digitised by each country's national library right.

Yes, long process, but it might hv started when microfilms were invented in the last century, no?

With today's OCR (Optical character recognition) technology, these written documents can be digitised easily what...

Who is doing all these? Humanity lor. Like national librarians, national archival staff, archaeologists, historians, UNESCO?

Yup for the ultra significant ones

Yup, newspapers will be the microfiche, I do wonder at that time, now i totally out of touch liao, should they consider transferring fr microfiche to digital.

Some yrs back when I attended the talk on preservation via digitalisation, saw an impressive machine, making preservation rather quick. But not sure whether it was mass produce at that time or not the machine.

I'm out of touch very long liao. The subject on preservation is now only an interest, I don't follow anymore.

I'm unable to carry on a chat on this becos my infor probably outdated liao.

atrecord:

SAHM_TAN:

[quote=\"atrecord\"]Just only became aware of this book burning issue (sorry, slow these days...).


These people... Don't like the stress of PSLE, burn books after it.

For those boys, i wonder whether they and their parents will start buring SAF uniforms, pull packs, SBO, helmet, boots, etc. after their NS if they get posted to tough vocations and get tekan'ed and suffer stress continuously for 2 yr...

I think my ds will have a better life than me in army leh compare when I was in the army. :siam:

The stuff you mentioned not easy to burn too.

atrecord:

ngl2010:

[quote=\"atrecord\"]Just only became aware of this book burning issue (sorry, slow these days...).


These people... Don't like the stress of PSLE, burn books after it.

For those boys, i wonder whether they and their parents will start buring SAF uniforms, pull packs, SBO, helmet, boots, etc. after their NS if they get posted to tough vocations and get tekan'ed and suffer stress continuously for 2 yr...

Got tuition for NS or not? :rotflmao:

Jk

phtthp:

The way they set fire to burn books (picture on page 1):-

Remind me of 7th month hungry ghost, people burn stuff for them in netherworld.

Also remind me of history where in one dynasty, emperor gave orders to burn books, scholars can't read.

Once people start this new trend of burning Psle books (thinking is fun or funny), the next thing to see will be another group of people burning \"o\" level, \"n\" level, \"a\" level books.

What value are the kids learning ?
Since Psle over, books no use already, become rubbish, just discard, throw away Lor.
Likewise when these parents grow old, their kids had been taught \"my parents old already, become useless, just dump them into old folks home, no need to bother about them. Old folks home will take care of them. No need to visit them\"
Parents who teach kids burn books - be careful.
You reap what you sow. Children are taught \"Useless things, become rubbish. Discard\"

SAHM_TAN:

jetsetter:

[quote=\"SAHM_TAN\"]Are they ? All archive? I thought very long process. Or are you referring to normal stuff?

Just important written documents, annals, the Bible, the Qur'an, the Sanskrit, other religious scriptures, Dead Sea Scrolls, manuscripts, great works of literature, etc. should hv been digitised by their respective custodians (usually national library or relig orgs), no? Newspapers are your \"normal\" written docs, but they are also digitised by each country's national library right.

Yes, long process, but it might hv started when microfilms were invented in the last century, no?

With today's OCR (Optical character recognition) technology, these written documents can be digitised easily what...

Who is doing all these? Humanity lor. Like national librarians, national archival staff, archaeologists, historians, UNESCO?

SAHM_TAN:

atrecord:

Just only became aware of this book burning issue (sorry, slow these days...).


These people... Don't like the stress of PSLE, burn books after it.

For those boys, i wonder whether they and their parents will start buring SAF uniforms, pull packs, SBO, helmet, boots, etc. after their NS if they get posted to tough vocations and get tekan'ed and suffer stress continuously for 2 yr...

I think my ds will have a better life than me in army leh compare when I was in the army. :siam:

The stuff you mentioned not easy to burn too.

ngl2010:

atrecord:

Just only became aware of this book burning issue (sorry, slow these days...).


These people... Don't like the stress of PSLE, burn books after it.

For those boys, i wonder whether they and their parents will start buring SAF uniforms, pull packs, SBO, helmet, boots, etc. after their NS if they get posted to tough vocations and get tekan'ed and suffer stress continuously for 2 yr...

Got tuition for NS or not? :rotflmao:

Jk

atrecord:

Just only became aware of this book burning issue (sorry, slow these days...).


These people... Don't like the stress of PSLE, burn books after it.

For those boys, i wonder whether they and their parents will start buring SAF uniforms, pull packs, SBO, helmet, boots, etc. after their NS if they get posted to tough vocations and get tekan'ed and suffer stress continuously for 2 yr...

jetsetter:

hi SAHM

Point Sor Fen is making was that it's the beginning of a \"slippery slope\". She acknowledges it was a \"great leap in logic here - burning a few assessment books is very far from committing genocide.\" But she wants to show that burning of books \"presages narrow-mindedness, intolerance and inhumanity in a community\".

atrecord:

Just only became aware of this book burning issue (sorry, slow these days...).


These people... Don't like the stress of PSLE, burn books after it.

For those boys, i wonder whether they and their parents will start buring SAF uniforms, pull packs, SBO, helmet, boots, etc. after their NS if they get posted to tough vocations and get tekan'ed and suffer stress continuously for 2 yr...

Dreamgear:

No lah, i didnt think so poorly of u lah... I just feel that this is a nation-wide article, isnt it better to get to the source... Anyway just a suggestion...

jetsetter:

SAHM_TAN:

Are they ? All archive? I thought very long process. Or are you referring to normal stuff?

Just important written documents, annals, the Bible, the Qur'an, the Sanskrit, other religious scriptures, Dead Sea Scrolls, manuscripts, great works of literature, etc. should hv been digitised by their respective custodians (usually national library or relig orgs), no? Newspapers are your \"normal\" written docs, but they are also digitised by each country's national library right.

Yes, long process, but it might hv started when microfilms were invented in the last century, no?

With today's OCR (Optical character recognition) technology, these written documents can be digitised easily what...

Who is doing all these? Humanity lor. Like national librarians, national archival staff, archaeologists, historians, UNESCO?

atrecord:

Just only became aware of this book burning issue (sorry, slow these days...).


These people... Don't like the stress of PSLE, burn books after it.

For those boys, i wonder whether they and their parents will start buring SAF uniforms, pull packs, SBO, helmet, boots, etc. after their NS if they get posted to tough vocations and get tekan'ed and suffer stress continuously for 2 yr...

SAHM_TAN:

Are they ? All archive? I thought very long process. Or are you referring to normal stuff?