At 84, the fire still burns
With a title like that, most people including myself, would be curious as to who is the person referred to. I started reading the article and because it appeared in Lim Kit Siang’s blog, I was under the impression it was written by him. Recently, there were some readers of his blog who mistook him for Azly Rahman and/or vice versa!
Having read and found the author is actually Ahmad Mustapha (I am sure some cynics would be questioning ‘does this person exist?’ or ‘is LKS writing under a Malay pseudonym?’ Cannot blame them under our present climate of distrust of all institutions and all people. But we should also be hopeful and optimistic sometimes and the proverbial ‘the truth will prevail’ comes to mind. But in this case, it is difficult to ignore Singapore's success despite the lack of natural resources - even its human resources are imported from Malaysia!
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
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