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Purging the Past

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Philip Bowring
Feb 23, 2017
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False news is in the news. Preachers of alternative truth are everywhere. But just as insidious as news creationism is the trend to purge the memory of unpleasant facts, and to judge the past entirely in terms of the values of the present.

Singapore is a place not normally seen as squeamish about its colonial past. The city still rejoices in streets and …

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