Dear Shamil and friends
Reading various accounts of people participating in last Saturday's rally, I think Malaysians have stumbled upon a new sport: tear-gassing. People who were there brag about getting high on the adrenaline rush they get when confronted by the riot police and tear gassed. They pat each other's back for their bravery and spontaneous camaraderie shown. And the experience had snob value because those who were not there are made envious or downright ashamed. This is similar to what you get from white water rafting and sky jumping, don't you think?
Maybe Ng Yen Yen should organize an annual KL Tear Gassing Run as part of her Visit Malaysia campaign, like the Annual Bull Run in that Spanish city whose name slip my mind. We can close off Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman for one day and invite participants from all over the world. The bigger the crowd, the more fun it will be. We can charge participants and the otherwise unemployed FRU can be called to action at least once a year. I am sure it will be a hit.
What do you think? Were you there last Saturday?
Hello Sir!
ReplyDeleteMy dad was at the scene, but he wasnt a supporter, just a spectator. He had a course to attend at hotel ancasa around the pudu area. He told me that his friends and him were lined up in front of the hotel as spectators (many hotels also had similar conditions) . They were laughing off the rally and suddenly the expected happened, tear gas fell right in front of them, they dashed towards the hotel entrance, the security guards didnt let them in until they showed their work id cards. He even helped an old man that was involved in the rally to enter the, since it was a quite dangerous for that old man to be outside.He washed his face and eyes three times for the tear gas to wear off. They laugh it off as it was quite of an experience. Never got mad at FRU, because it was just a day's job for them. Kudos to the police! :D
Your English is excellent, Dom. Other then missing a few punctuations and capital letters, which I think you know, I would make only the following change:
ReplyDeleteThey laughed it off as it was quite of an experience and never got mad at the FRU, because it was just a day's job for them.
Assalamualaikum uncle.
ReplyDeleteYou just post the hottest topic in our country right now. As a student,I don’t want to involve in politic but I must say I am very disappointed with our current government. I am not a member of any political party but I am a supporter of what is right. There are too many wrongs going on in our country. That is why I support bersih but only 70%.
The premise of bersih was an idea, a thought. The idea was our election process is not fair. The resulting conclusion from that idea was that our electoral process needs reform or at least a change. That all. If malaysian government does not want to accept freedom of speech, then fine, just tell them to give up their seat on the United Nations human rights council, and to acknowledge that this is not a true democratic country. Easy.
The only mistake UMNO made is not to be with the people. In my opinion the biggest problem with BN goverment is they are not sincere and honest. Of course some were perception but some proven correct.
Last Saturday,I was watching the live stream at the internet. If I am not mistaken is Selangor tv.com. A day before bersih happened, my father call and warning me. He said “Do not go to KL!”.Thats why I only sat in my room. Let’s not talk about what happened during the rally. Suffice if I say that the people joining the rally were not the hooligans they were made out to be. We all could watch all the youtube videos and decide for ourselves as to who the real hooligans were.
There are many difference facts between live stream and newspaper. So sad,all the truth has been changed by malaysia media. For the place where the internet system is not so good,they can only believe in what newspaper and tv advertise, but they don’t no all the media had been control by government. I didn’t want to comment about police and FRU because I think they did their job although people said they were cruel. I am not going to show my middle finger to the police!
I can talk about politic but I am sure there'll be neither winner nor loser throughout the talk because thats politic. What I am trying to point out in here is time for a change. A new movement focused on change. No uneducated money minded politicians. All we have now is more and more complains, hit-and-runs, less tolerance and understanding among individuals,forget about races.
Political divide us but religion unites us...
Commendable effort, Shamil. Here is the edited version of what you wrote:
ReplyDeleteYou just posted a piece that is the hottest topic in our country right now. As a student, I don’t want to involve myself in politics but I must say I am very disappointed with our current government. I am not a member of any political party but I am a supporter of what is right. There are too many wrongs going on in our country. That is why I support Bersih but only 70%.
The basic premise of Bersih is that our election process is not fair and needs reform or change. That's all. If the Malaysian government does not want to accept freedom of speech, then fine. Just tell them to give up their seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council and to acknowledge that this is not a true Democratice country. It's easy.
The biggest mistake UMNO is making is not to be with the people. Furthermore, in my opinion, the BN goverment is not sincere and honest. Of course, some problems are mere perception but others have been proven to be true.
Last Saturday, I was watching live stream TV on the internet. If I am not mistaken it was Selangor tv.com. A day before Bersih happened, my father called and warned me, “Do not go to KL!”. That's why I only sat in my room. Let’s not talk about what happened during the rally. Suffice if I were to say that the people joining the rally were not the hooligans they were made out to be. We all could see on youtube videos and decide for ourselves as to who the real hooligans were.
There is so much difference between what's reported in the alternative media and the main stream media. It is sad to see the truth being twisted by the government-controlled media. In places where internet coverage is not so good, people are are only exposed to newspapers and tv but they don’t know that all these media are controlled by the government. I don't want to comment about the police and FRU because I think they were only doing their job although people said they were cruel. I am not going to show my middle finger to the police!
I can talk about politics but there's not much point because that will get you nowhere. What I am trying to point out here is that it is time for a change. We need a new movement focused on change. We shouldn't have uneducated money grabbing politicians who have brought about nothing but more and more complains, hit-and-runs, less tolerance and understanding among individuals, not forgetting racial problems.
Politics divide us but religion unites us.
Dear Shamil
ReplyDeleteI just would like to touch a bit about what you wrote, not from the English or grammar point of view but on its content.
It's great that even as a student, you are sensitive to issues that face our society. However, as I have strived to point out to many people lately, I think your thinking is misaligned. Think about it: What is so important about democracy, freedom of speech, human rights, etc.? Why do we have to have absolute belief and unquestioning faith towards these concepts?
I know these are heavy questions and you have better things to do than to contemplate on them. But, if you are curious to know more about what I am getting at, go to my other blog, "spiderviewpoints" and read the posting titled "Plastic Words".