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.)

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Not in our culture to honour peace treaties?

I remember vaguely about a peace treaty between our government and the Communist Party of Malaya, but we seem to go back on our words of honour.

We wouldn't know how the people would take it unless we have tried. We could set conditions for his return, like the length of stay and so on. We could even insist that he apologise publicly to the people of Malaysia. Are we afraid that the local Chinese would mob him?

Earlier reason for rejection because he was unable to produce his birth certificate seemed so lame. Surely, our National Registration Department has a record of his birth, he being one of ten siblings.

Susan Loone has this to say:

Why no respect for peace treaties? (excerpts):

Najib Razak forgets that his mentor Mahathir Mohammad had signed a peace treaty with the Communist Party of Malaya.

So, not allowing Chin Peng to return home is indeed a “travesty of justice” as lawyer Darshan Singh says.

Hostilities are supposed to have ended in 1989 after the peace treaty. It seems Najib does not understand what this means.

Would any country believe us anymore when we sign any treaties?

They better be cautious because we have a history of going back on our words.

It is not as if Chin Peng is coming back to set up a political party based on communist ideology.

The peace treaty did say they can come back to setup/join any legal political party.

The old guy wants to see his mother’s grave in Setiawan. His two kids can see him in Thailand or wherever. But nothing beats coming home.

“One thing that we always forget is that Sir Robert Thompson (the then defence secretary in Malaya) had said that the communists’ fight for independence had hasten Malaya’s independence by 10 years. This is something which the people should always remember,” said Darshan Singh, Chin Peng’s lawyer (Malaysiakini).

If Malaysia could pardon the British and Japanese who also killed scores of others in war time, why so afraid of the Malayan Communists?

Protocol aside, how would the Chinese leaders feel about our PM on his first official visit to communist China where there are a billion communists, knowing how afraid he is of communists in Malaysia!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It's all bout race. If Malay, evryhting can. If 'Lain-Lain', a big NO !

Simple as that.

Truly Asia. Truly Racist.

Malaysia Boleh !

1 Malay - Sure Boleh !