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.)

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

I'm off the watchlist?

By some strange coincidence or maybe, I (or more likely one or more of my links) have been taken off the radar screen of cyber-troopers. The warning sign about malware does not appear since my previous post. It could have been already in my system and undetected by my free (and therefore low protection) anti-virus and anti-spyware programs.

Anyway, the current trend of bloggers seem to be trying to outdo each other on the most exciting or shocking news or allegation. Anything else is considered so mild that the sheer number of bloggers means any attempt at control would be futile.

The tactics of mainstream media seem to be to attack, regardless of lack of credibility bordering on ludicrousness, so long as it damages the reputation of opposition leaders or party. Any police report and action or legal suit can be delayed at will, with no real punitive effect.

Now there is such a lack of credibility in news reports that we have become a nation of cynics who need other sources of information before believing what is or isn't true.

Even the Constitution, written in black on white, can be deliberately misinterpreted, what else can we believe?

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