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.)

Saturday, March 03, 2012

My debate transcript - Lim Guan Eng

I think this is most useful because the televised live debate between Lim Guan Eng and Dr. Chua Soi Lek was in Mandarin, a language which is not understood by everybody in Malaysia and that includes me, a Chinese and I am certainly not proud of that.

Last night, I was at a local supermarket, TF, and I asked a sales assistant for the pharmaceutical section. She replied in Mandarin and I spoke in Cantonese. She spoke Mandarin to an Indian colleague and mentioned something which suggested surprise that I did not understand her! Later I walked past the same Indian girl and heard her spoke in Mandarin, and I presumed she must have studied at Yook Kwan School!

It would have been ideal if the same video of the debate carries a subtitle for the benefit of those who could not understand or follow the language. Sometimes, even for those who understand Mandarin, it is not always possible to understand everything that was mentioned. There were calls for a debate between the two politicians in Bahasa Malaysia or English. But it would not be the same.

Source: The Malaysian Insider:

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