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ntrated the fact that tear gas was fired in an enclosed area meant that the gas remained for some time i had lost the earlier group whom we were with when i saw a group of fellow marchers heading towards me i asked a man in the crowd why they were heading in the opposite direction he told me the police had sealed the roads leading to stadium merdeka and they had to turn around so i joined them and we marched along jalan tun sambanthan heading towards brickfields a man behind me remarked to this friend who said we malaysians can t march peacefully look i turned around and said i agree with you my brother we exchanged smiles i also saw a motorcyclist who was riding alongside us got down from his motorcycle turned his engine off and walked with us many more did the same and we sounded our appreciation we chanted slogans like hidup rakyat long live the people and bangkit rakyat rise up people as we moved passing motorists honked and gave us thumbs up in support pedestrians cheered at us while we passed them even the trains stopped to sound their horns to encourage us i could even see passengers inside waving at us we reciprocated by applauding them all at this point i am not ashamed to admit i almost teared i was fortunate enough not to experience the hell others had to go through despite the persistent denials by the authorities there are hundreds of videos and pictures now circulating around the internet to prove otherwise for every video or picture there are more inspiring stories of how malaysians put aside their differences to help one another it is no accident that bersihstories was among the top local trends on twitter when my grandchildren ask where i was when the rakyat stood up against oppression i will proudly tell them their grandfather was there marching with the rest july 9 2011 was the day i truly felt malaysian note bersih opponents please understand we marched not only for ourselves but also for you a clean fair and neutral ec would benefit everyone across any political divide and no in my humble opinion bersih wasn t hijacked by the opposition bn was invited to put aside politics and join the call for electoral reforms but they turned down the offer so don t blame the opposition for backing the movement such are politicians for they are opportunists bn had their chance to steal the opposition s thunder if they had agreed to work with bersih but they blew it it also must be said that opposition leaders and supporters are also citizens of this country and they have as much right as you have to demand for a better democracy if you cannot accept the previous sentence then you have failed to understand what democracy truly is click here to read more 1 comments labels election freedom of speech opinion police racial unity saturday february 12 2011 dumb and proud of it by thushendran amarakaran a n anti valentine s day campaign awasi jerat hari valentine to be more exact could a government initiative sound any more ridiculous granted i m not a big fan of the overly popularized and commercialized annual event that seems to serve little more purpose than prosper gift shop profits if popular albeit questionable lore is to be believed this now infamous day is celebrated in memory of one saint valentine who was jailed and executed by roman emperor claudius ii for secretly marrying young couples who were in love in spite of a state law that prohibited young men from being married how chocolate hearts and teddy bears help commemorate this noble notion is beyond me but i digress i should also take this opportunity to assert my disclaimer that in hammering away at my laptop to write this piece i bear no affront to the personal beliefs of any individual this piece is intended to be an indictment of the unbelievably mind numbing teeth clenching face palming stupidity for lack of a better word of a religious department that is federally funded no less despite the frivolous and usually costly expressions the idea of love birds around the world professing their love on this day seemed harmless enough at least until the jabatan kemajuan islam malaysia jakim decided it was time to wage war on valentine s day before jakim apologists begin foaming at the mouth in defense of this establishment allow me to ascertain that this isn t a sweeping verdict on the very validity of jakim that s an argument for another day the following is jakim s official statement on the issue kenyataan media jakim berkenaan bicarawara pelancaran kempen awas jerat valentine s day as well as an article by a guest writer extolling the evils of this decadent western festival sambutan hari kekasih salah disisi islam we re all used to jakim s usual drivel about keeping the faith it would be redundant to repeat jakim s well known stance that it is the last line of defense in protecting the integrity of the malaysian muslim s faith this is after all the same institution that was concerned that football jerseys and yoga was enough to erode the very fibre of a moral person s being to the point of apostasy however in this recent episode i must applaud the department for having outdone itself firstly jakim beings by warning muslims not to participate in valentine s day celebrations as it is a christian festival that may lead to the committing of vice granted valentine s day is celebrated in memoriam st valentine an early christian martyr despite its somewhat christian origins this day is by no means a religious celebration nor is it in any way related to christian teachings or so i m led to understand furthermore the claim that a day to celebrate love may lead to vice activities leaves me speechless needless to say the profession of love should not be confined to a calendar marking but should one choose to observe a day in dedication of the notion what s the harm but more on these sinful activities later the argument that time spent with a loved one or a gift of a hideously overpriced teddy chocolate card pardon the stereotype may lead to a spiritual moral crisis of some kind makes as much sense as exclaiming that football jerseys and yoga classes are corrosive to faith oh wait in this country they are dang moving along i was especially tickled to read the guest writer s summary of points as to why valentine s day is anything but chicken soup for the soul he kicks off to a grand start by saying that valentine s day serves as an excuse for teens to loiter around and waste time firstly jakim has no business telling people what to do with their free time unless their hiding in a bush somewhere waiting to pounce furthermore the notion seems to suggest that frivolous teenage meanderings only occur annually in this country and i m sure malaysians are a little wiser than that put simply berfoya foya or loitering isn t as jakim seems to think an activity observed specifically on valentine s day nor does it lead to any real damage relax guys some spare hours spent hanging around a mall isn t going to kill anyone sadly the list doesn t get any better with its subsequent points for instance no 2 valentine s day greeting cards commonly feature two winged angels i can only assume it s a reference to cupid which are a long known christian symbol and purchase exchange of such artifacts are tantamount to worship hallmark artists would be wise to manipulate an obvious loophole and redesign cupid with one wing instead although this may lead to further problems with lift and drag during angel flight no 5 exchange of cute cuddly text messages may lead unwitting tele correspondents to believe in the magic of valentine s day yes folks you heard me a federally funded department that believes in magic you can t make this stuff up but my personal favourite is no 4 it s so incredulous that it has to be quoted to be believed 4 kebanyakan negara negara barat parti parti diadakan sempena hari tersebut disambut dengan pesta seks dan tari menari for the record if anyone happens to be organizing a valentine s day orgy do drop me a facebook invite nothing says i love you more that a night of food and wine fun and dance and just for fun let s throw a little random casual fornication en masse in the mix you know just to break the ice and just to put the cherry on the cake jakim has decided to organize a forum to discuss and consolidate their views on what must seem to them to be an apex social ill certainly more disturbing than the likes of child marriages or polygamy furthermore they have reportedly decided to make fliers and stickers to be handed out to students to be passed out to their university mates link it seems fair to assume that jakim is paying for the whole grand shebang fliers stickers and all jakim is federally funded the federal government is taxpayer funded so after much discreet elbowing and nudging guess who s stuck with the bill for this lovely valentine s day celebration fun the thing that irks me the most about this whole issue is jakim s unfailing ability to pin the blame on the most ridiculous scapegoat and deem the issue solved the problem with faith in this country was football jerseys then yoga classes and now valentine s day case closed faithful beware avoid the hedonistic western values promoted by such elements and salvation is guaranteed come february 14th confine yourselves to your rooms cover your ears and go lalalalalalalalalalala and forever more drown out the evils of saint valentine from your souls be sure that you are alone in your room of course or jakim will want a piece of that action as well come on lah hyperbolae and exaggerations aside jakim simply has to be held to higher intellectual standards when it comes to releasing statements given its flamboyant claims of moral and spiritual superiority anything jakim says or does must fall nothing short of sage like wisdom failing which malaysians of all shapes sizes and colours should unite and partake in a national pastime laughing at idiots though my palm still repeatedly strikes my face from the clueless doltishness exhibited above i end my piece here lest i be perceived as a whiny rant and leave you to mull over the points raised here it s easy to say such issues do not concern a non believer such as me but i can t help but raise a questioning hand when arms of my government still behave like ignorant children and if i have unwittingly trodden upon a few toes in my quest to make sense of this madness janganlah marah the following quote by thomas jefferson seems a fitting way to conclude this rather cynical reflection ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions click here to read more 6 comments labels opinion sunday february 6 2011 malaysia isn t just tanah melayu f ormer prime minister tun dr mahathir admitted at a recent conference that malaysia belongs to the malays as a citizen of this country i would like to correct mahathir on this malaysia isn t exclusive to a race it belongs to us malaysians but firstly let me digress the organisers of the february 1 conference in which mahathir made the statement was apparently ordered to bar non malay journalists from attending and covering the event link whether that was racist or not i shall leave that to your educated minds now back to the topic of this post this country belongs to the malay race peninsular malaysia was known as tanah melayu but this cannot be said because it will be considered racist we must be sincere and accept that the country is tanah melayu he told an audience at the malay race and the future talk at the tun hussein onn memorial here link in case ignorance has befallen on our former premier malaysia is defined by article 1 2 of our federal constitution as a federation of states comprising johor kedah kelantan melaka negeri sembilan pahang pulau pinang perak perlis sabah sarawak selangor and terengganu so how is it that malaysia equals tanah melayu has mahathir forgotten that the formation of malaysia came with the inclusion of sabah and sarawak the decision by our forefathers to unite as a federation meant that no state or region has the right to claim that the newly formed nation belongs to them or that it should be identified by their name i would like to take the united states as an example the proud nation of the united states which spans fifty states today was originally founded by thirteen british colonies do these original states today say they are the true america no and so my point exactly the former prime minister also said that country s forefathers gave the chinese and indians immigrants citizenship because they expected the communities to respect malay sovereignty so where does malaysian sovereignty fit in mind you the descendants of these immigrants are born malaysians and therefore are no longer immigrants correct me if i am wrong but i was taught in school that the british were not willing to grant us independence unless every community immigrant or not can show that we are able to accept one another as fellow citizens despite our cultural differences and to run this country as one united people in my version of malaysia being malaysian doesn t mean you are malay chinese indian iban or kadazan apologies if i ve missed out on the others it means you see yourself as malaysian belonging to a nation which isn t identified by an ethnic group now being proud with one s cultural heritage is one thing and it isn t criminal for one to practise his or her culture i believe diversity is our identity and it has been so we the minorities do not need to conform to the cultures and customs of the majority in order to be identified as malaysian otherwise why do we brag about how multicultural malaysia is to the world through countless tourism videos and campaigns i am not saying we abandon our national language the malay language is the binding language which unites us all it is true that there are many malaysians who are not as fluent in the national language as we want them to be but it doesn t mean that people can use that to say they are not patriotic again being proficient in the national language and adopting a culture are two very different things the following quote from mahathir probably sums up the oxymoron which is the point he is trying to make it is different in malaysia we still introduce ourselves according to our race this is why the question of race will continue to haunt us and here i am wondering what was he doing there speaking at a racially themed conference in the first place click here to read more 2 comments labels opinion racial unity racism saturday january 15 2011 two wrongs don t make a right s peculation suggests that the next general elections is at hand with all the talk of prime minister najib seeking a new mandate from the people to push his agenda of reforms it is only natural for the pakatan rakyat to scramble to gain or retain support from the people but i personally do not agree with how the selangor government has acted recently the 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