Re: [ydl-gen] Public Apology to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore
Mike <[email protected]> Tue, 3 May 2011 11:36:41 -0500
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--===============1381736644== Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-1--284107468 --Apple-Mail-1--284107468 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Ahh yeah I noticed my mobile number was in two messages Sent from my iPhone On May 3, 2011, at 11:28 AM, Derick Centeno <[email protected]> wrote: > Can't be done. Those comments such as they are remain stored on servers s= pread 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. >=20 > Sorry. =20 >=20 > 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 200= 8? >=20 > Sent from my iPhone >=20 > On May 1, 2011, at 7:40 AM, Samuel Lummis <[email protected]> wrote: >=20 > > Lol wut > > > > On 1/05/2011, at 6:45 AM, Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enmin= g) wrote: > > > >> I was misconstrued as having insulted Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. My w= ords were twisted and misinterpreted and I feel that there is a need to expl= ain 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 Tam= pines Central office of Asiasoft Online Pte Ltd. I was having a ***verbal***= conversation with Melvin Lee, my new I.T. department manager, when he chall= enged me to complete an I.T. assignment within a specified period of time. I= n response to his challenge, I replied in Mandarin: "If I cannot complete th= e I.T. assignment within a specified period of time, then Lee Kuan Yew is wa= ng ba dan". I used to be fond of using other people's names to "bet" with pe= ople but now no more. The Minister Mentor's name came into my mind spontaneo= usly 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. P= lease 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 inte= ntion to insult the Minister Mentor. Please forgive me for using your name c= arelessly 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-g= eneral > >> 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-ge= neral > > 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-gene= ral > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com' >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > Refranes/Popular sayings: >=20 > The Taino say: > No hay mal que por bien no venga. > There is no evil out of which good cannot blossom. > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list - [email protected] > Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-gene= ral > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com' --Apple-Mail-1--284107468 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Ahh yeah I noticed my mobile number was in two messages<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On May 3, 2011, at 11:28 AM, Derick Centeno <<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>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.<br>The best that you can hope for is that no one ever searches for them.<br> <br>Sorry. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Mike <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:[email protected]"><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="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="h5"><br> On May 1, 2011, at 7:40 AM, Samuel Lummis <<a href="mailto:[email protected]"><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></a>> wrote:<br> <br> > Lol wut<br> ><br> > On 1/05/2011, at 6:45 AM, Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) 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 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.<br> >><br> >> [b]Explanations[/b]<br> >><br> >> 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.<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 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.<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="mailto:[email protected]"><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></a><br> >> Unsuscribe info: <a href="http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general" target="_blank"><a href="http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general">http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general</a></a><br> >> HINT: to Google archives, try '&lt;keywords> site:<a href="http://us.fixstars.com" target="_blank"><a href="http://us.fixstars.com">us.fixstars.com</a></a>'<br> ><br> > _______________________________________________<br> > yellowdog-general mailing list - <a href="mailto:[email protected]"><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></a><br> > Unsuscribe info: <a href="http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general" target="_blank"><a href="http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general">http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general</a></a><br> > HINT: to Google archives, try '&lt;keywords> site:<a href="http://us.fixstars.com" target="_blank"><a href="http://us.fixstars.com">us.fixstars.com</a></a>'<br> _______________________________________________<br> yellowdog-general mailing list - <a href="mailto:[email protected]"><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></a><br> Unsuscribe info: <a href="http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general" target="_blank"><a href="http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general">http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general</a></a><br> HINT: to Google archives, try '&lt;keywords> site:<a href="http://us.fixstars.com" target="_blank"><a href="http://us.fixstars.com">us.fixstars.com</a></a>'<br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>=========<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 cannot blossom.<br> </div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>yellowdog-general mailing list - <a href="mailto:[email protected]"><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></a></span><br><span>Unsuscribe info: <a href="http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general"><a href="http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general">http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general</a></a></span><br><span>HINT: to Google archives, try '&lt;keywords> site:us.fixstars.com'</span></div></blockquote></body></html> --Apple-Mail-1--284107468-- --===============1381736644== 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' --===============1381736644==--