How should we judge a government?

In Malaysia, if you don't watch television or read newspapers, you are uninformed; but if you do, you are misinformed!

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." - Malcolm X

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience - Mark Twain

Why we should be against censorship in a court of law: Publicity is the very soul of justice … it keeps the judge himself, while trying, under trial. - Jeremy Bentham

"Our government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no
responsibility at the other. " - Ronald Reagan

Government fed by the people

Government fed by the people

Career options

Career options
I suggest government... because nobody has ever been caught.

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?
Corruption is so prevalent it affects English language?

When there's too much dirt...

When there's too much dirt...
We need better tools... to cover up mega corruptions.

Prevent bullying now!

Prevent bullying now!
If you're not going to speak up, how is the world supposed to know you exist? “Orang boleh pandai setinggi langit, tapi selama ia tidak menulis, ia akan hilang di dalam masyarakat dan dari sejarah.” - Ananta Prameodya Toer (Your intellect may soar to the sky but if you do not write, you will be lost from society and to history.)

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Maximus statement with minimum meaning

Maximus’s statement over the weekend that the people should go through the proper channels like their elected representatives, relevant government departments and the media instead of taking part in street demonstrations sounded so hollow to the man in the street.

An elected BN representative, whether in Parliament or State Assembly, has to toe party lines so this not an avenue of protest against national or state policies. An opposition representative will get his or her proposal for debate shot down by the respective Speakers, time and again.

Government departments are usually run by little Napoleons who are overzealous in carrying out their duties and that is one of the reasons the people’s frustrations have been pent up and required other avenues to express themselves.

Teh Thian Hwa's letter in Malaysiakini:
‘Where are the journalists?’
Excerpts: "For a long time, the Indians have been receiving a very raw deal. Many of them are labourers with paltry incomes that are no match to the escalating costs of living in Malaysia’s badly-managed economy. If they try to seek alternative or additional incomes by setting up hawker stalls, for example, they face problems with the local council. Petty traders are met with racist and religious bigots who give minority races a tough time. Bribery, unfair treatment and unreasonable terms all conspire to make it next to impossible for these disadvantaged groups.

Religion, their sole comfort in life, is given a literal bashing when their temples or shrines are demolished with little or no compassion. Can one expect a community to undergo incessant oppression and not react? Do they not deserve a more compassionate review of their situation? Few speak up or represent them. Those who do are thrown into jails without trial (eulogised as detention centers, call it what you will, Kamunting is a jail). Surely this is a matter of serious public concern requiring objective dissecting of all relevant issues.”

Mainstream media are well known as fully controlled by the ruling coalition parties, and used as their propaganda machines. This has led to the use of alternative medium – online newspapers like Malaysiakini and Malaysia Today. But our government leaders refuse to listen to complaints in the internet, considering them as lies, so what choice do we have?

1 comment:

multidimid said...

The MSM always slanted the stories to give the Government the desired image like Star’s heading “Samy Vellu happy murder bid charge against 31 dropp” and Bernama new twist on the withdrawal of the attempted murder charge - AG said “31 people charged with involvement in illegal assembly & not for being FOLLOWERS of HINDRAF….The charge is in accordance with law. All 31 had written to me deploring Hindraf & claimed they were not Hindraf members”
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and pics of how the attempted murder charge possible came about