Re: [ydl-gen] Public Apology to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore
Derick Centeno <[email protected]> Tue, 3 May 2011 12:28:26 -0400
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--===============0613300273== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001485eba7fa30785404a261a1ae --001485eba7fa30785404a261a1ae Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Can't be done. Those comments such as they are remain stored on servers spread throughout the planet in various archives nearly infinite in count. The best that you can hope for is that no one ever searches for them. Sorry. On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > Of topic , how could I go about deleting or editing 2 of my posts from > 2008? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 1, 2011, at 7:40 AM, Samuel Lummis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Lol wut > > > > On 1/05/2011, at 6:45 AM, Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang > Enming) wrote: > > > >> I was misconstrued as having insulted Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. My > words were twisted and misinterpreted and I feel that there is a need to > explain myself and set the record straight. > >> > >> [b]What really happened[/b] > >> > >> It was sometime in Aug/Sep in the year 2009. The setting was in the > Tampines Central office of Asiasoft Online Pte Ltd. I was having a > ***verbal*** conversation with Melvin Lee, my new I.T. department manager, > when he challenged me to complete an I.T. assignment within a specified > period of time. In response to his challenge, I replied in Mandarin: "If I > cannot complete the I.T. assignment within a specified period of time, then > Lee Kuan Yew is wang ba dan". I used to be fond of using other people's > names to "bet" with people but now no more. The Minister Mentor's name came > into my mind spontaneously and I used it to "bet" with my I.T. department > manager. > >> > >> [b]Explanations[/b] > >> > >> 1. It was not my intention to insult the Minister Mentor at that time. > Please note the use of the IF... THEN... statement in my verbal > conversation. > >> > >> 2. I did not know wang ba dan [hanyu pinyin] means bastard at all until > I consulted Goh Meng Seng much later. > >> > >> I would like to apologize to the Minister Mentor and the Prime Minister > of Singapore if I have offended them in any way. I swear it was not my > intention to insult the Minister Mentor. Please forgive me for using your > name carelessly to "bet" with my former I.T. department manager. > >> > >> > >> Yours sincerely, > >> > >> Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip BEng(Hons) > >> Alma Maters: > >> (1) Singapore Polytechnic > >> (2) National University of Singapore > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> yellowdog-general mailing list - [email protected] > >> Unsuscribe info: > http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > >> HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com' > > > > _______________________________________________ > > yellowdog-general mailing list - [email protected] > > Unsuscribe info: > http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com' > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list - [email protected] > Unsuscribe info: > http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com' > -- ========= Refranes/Popular sayings: The Taino say: No hay mal que por bien no venga. There is no evil out of which good cannot blossom. --001485eba7fa30785404a261a1ae Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Can't be done.=C2=A0 Those comments such as they are remain stored on s= ervers spread throughout the planet in various archives nearly infinite in = count.<br>The best that you can hope for is that no one ever searches for t= hem.<br> <br>Sorry.=C2=A0 <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, May 2, 2011 at = 11:03 PM, Mike <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:arisescaflowne@gmail= .com">[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class= =3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid= rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> Of topic , how could I go about deleting or editing 2 of my posts from 2008= ?<br> <br> Sent from my iPhone<br> <div><div></div><div class=3D"h5"><br> On May 1, 2011, at 7:40 AM, Samuel Lummis <<a href=3D"mailto:sam.lummis@= gmail.com">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br> <br> > Lol wut<br> ><br> > On 1/05/2011, at 6:45 AM, Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enm= ing) wrote:<br> ><br> >> I was misconstrued as having insulted Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew= . My words were twisted and misinterpreted and I feel that there is a need = to explain myself and set the record straight.<br> >><br> >> [b]What really happened[/b]<br> >><br> >> It was sometime in Aug/Sep in the year 2009. The setting was in th= e Tampines Central office of Asiasoft Online Pte Ltd. I was having a ***ver= bal*** conversation with Melvin Lee, my new I.T. department manager, when h= e challenged me to complete an I.T. assignment within a specified period of= time. In response to his challenge, I replied in Mandarin: "If I cann= ot complete the I.T. assignment within a specified period of time, then Lee= Kuan Yew is wang ba dan". I used to be fond of using other people'= ;s names to "bet" with people but now no more. The Minister Mento= r's name came into my mind spontaneously and I used it to "bet&quo= t; with my I.T. department manager.<br> >><br> >> [b]Explanations[/b]<br> >><br> >> 1. It was not my intention to insult the Minister Mentor at that t= ime. Please note the use of the IF... THEN... statement in my verbal conver= sation.<br> >><br> >> 2. I did not know wang ba dan [hanyu pinyin] means bastard at all = until I consulted Goh Meng Seng much later.<br> >><br> >> I would like to apologize to the Minister Mentor and the Prime Min= ister of Singapore if I have offended them in any way. I swear it was not m= y intention to insult the Minister Mentor. Please forgive me for using your= name carelessly to "bet" with my former I.T. department manager.= <br> >><br> >><br> >> Yours sincerely,<br> >><br> >> Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip BEng(Hons)<br= > >> Alma Maters:<br> >> (1) Singapore Polytechnic<br> >> (2) National University of Singapore<br> >><br> >> _______________________________________________<br> >> yellowdog-general mailing list - <a href=3D"mailto:yellowdog-gener= [email protected]">[email protected]</a><br> >> Unsuscribe info: <a href=3D"http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/list= info/yellowdog-general" target=3D"_blank">http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman= /listinfo/yellowdog-general</a><br> >> HINT: to Google archives, try =C2=A0'&lt;keywords> site= :<a href=3D"http://us.fixstars.com" target=3D"_blank">us.fixstars.com</a>&#= 39;<br> ><br> > _______________________________________________<br> > yellowdog-general mailing list - <a href=3D"mailto:yellowdog-general@l= ists.fixstars.com">[email protected]</a><br> > Unsuscribe info: <a href=3D"http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo= /yellowdog-general" target=3D"_blank">http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/lis= tinfo/yellowdog-general</a><br> > HINT: to Google archives, try =C2=A0'&lt;keywords> site:<a = href=3D"http://us.fixstars.com" target=3D"_blank">us.fixstars.com</a>'<= br> _______________________________________________<br> yellowdog-general mailing list - <a href=3D"mailto:yellowdog-general@lists.= fixstars.com">[email protected]</a><br> Unsuscribe info: <a href=3D"http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yell= owdog-general" target=3D"_blank">http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo= /yellowdog-general</a><br> HINT: to Google archives, try =C2=A0'&lt;keywords> site:<a href= =3D"http://us.fixstars.com" target=3D"_blank">us.fixstars.com</a>'<br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<br>Refranes/Popular sayings:<br><br>The Taino say:<br>No= hay mal que por bien no venga.<br>There is no evil out of which good canno= t blossom.<br> --001485eba7fa30785404a261a1ae-- --===============0613300273== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list - [email protected] Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com' --===============0613300273==--