The Hindu's March

In a few hours time, HINDRAF will garner their supporters and make their protest cum London-court-case support a reality. They will gather and shout slogans venting their steamed-up anger at SAMY, MIC, the Malaysian Goverment and the British Government. Street protest is the in-thing nowadays for Malaysian it seems. After all, the lawyers marched, BERSIH marched and why not HINDRAF? I suppose they had applied for permit and naturally no permit is forthcoming. The demonstration will go on nonetheless.

AP,BBC and Al-Jazeera will be there to record for media prosperity the true colors of the democracy Malaysian style. I'm sure most will be expecting the water cannon, baton charge and tear-gas will again make their show. After all, had not all this be brought in to disperse the crowd before?



Most then, will be quite disappointed! I think, this time round the demonstrators will have their way. Their representatives will have safe and clear passage to deliver their 'grouses' to the British Ambassador. There will be lots of noise and traffic congestions BUT there will be no violence from the police. I dont think the police will want to pick a fight with the Hindus. Fighting the Hindus could deteriorate the safety and security of everyone in the area and elsewhere quite rapidly. I dont think the security heads are going to risk that.

I mean if it were the Malays demonstrating then just a baton charge will make them run helter-skelter. After all, the Malays only talk but the dont dare do anything stupid like endangering themselves. Malays only talk of 'syahid' and 'jihad' and other sabre-rattling stuff but they actually have 'shrunken balls'. Also, the Police knows that whatever they do to the Malays, no one will dare reprimand them. This is after all, Tanah Melayu - there are no other power or country that's going to be angry or will threathen the Malaysian government if them harm the Malays. The government WAS elected by the Malays (well, by a good number of Malays that is) so they can do what they (the Government) likes to the Malays.

Harming other races, well that's a different thing all together. If they harm Indians or Hindus, they better watch out because mighty India can be quite angry if their fellow kins are hurt. The same goes for the Chinese, harming them might bring the wrath of China to bear upon the Malay-led government. Remember the video recording case of a girl being abused by the Malaysian police. A minister was sent out to China to apologise when it was thought the girl was of Chinese origin. Though it turned out the girl was Malay, the government has already shown that they were not ready to offend other races.



That's the one drawback of being 'sons of the earth' in Malaysia - you either tow the line or end-up taking on the might of the security forces. Harming the Malays is only expected if there's a need BUT public display of brute force towards other races even if they are Malaysian invites untold repercussions of unending duration. Hence, I say the Hindu's will have their way tomorrow! Just as they do during Thaipusam.

Why not blame the Government?

There are occasions that we will hear 'thinking' people discuss amongst themselves regarding who is to be blamed - either for the malady that is currently besetting Malaysia or for some problems that a section of the population is suffering from.

Of course, one side will say that it is the people who brought problems upon themselves really. While others may say it is the government who is to be blamed.This issue is quite easy to resolve actually. Take for example, a father who gambles away his salary then goes home to blame his wife for not having food on the table, cares not the well being of his children then the blame falls squarely on that man's shoulders. Consider a man who goes out to sea in his little boat to catch some fish and after selling his catches still find difficulty in feeding his family and schooling his kids then surely someone authority needs to be questioned if not blamed!



The monsoon cup has a organisation budget of RM250 million. A small fishing boat costing about RM25 thousand would have been made available to 10,000 fishermen. If we add up the numbers, 3 years of hosting the Monsoon Cup could have given each of the 10,000 fishermen 1 RM25K boat each and RM20K cash over 2 years to support their earnings.



But apparently, to prioritise the social welfare of the poorer group in a community isn't as glamorous as having a world class high-end sports regatta for some leaders. And so we see from time to time photo opportunity visits by so-called caring leaders to the poor and under-priviliged at their derelict houses. When a wave of the magic wand could have built the poor family a proper house, this is replaced by a few bags of rice and a hamper of goodies. Again, it seems changing dramatically to better living for the poor peasants is not good philosophy lest these people become too dependent on the government. And so year after year, we find photo-ops splashing the front pages of national tabloids with happy smiles of the poor still in their derelict homes.




In the meantime, the show goes on! We build RM250 thousand holiday villas to greet our foreign guests while our own 'rakyat' carry on with their mundane, sorry life gazing at the fast yachts that zoom across the sea in front of them.

Ordinary people needs ordinary government - a government that can provide them shelter, a chance to earn a living and a better future. If people should take care of themselves than why bother having a government? What good are all the hype and grandious buildings if the people can have no taste of it? Yeah, why not blame the government BUT first blame yourself for letting it all happen!

IF YOU BELIEVE THE VIDEO BELOW - YOU'LL BELIEVE ANYTHING!

Power is Arrogance

For those who did not get the chance to see and hear - Arrogance ala Malaysia




Indeed those in power can see no wrong in themselves. Added with the showers of praises that their cronies pour on them, where can they go wrong. So when Al Jazeera asked is there no reforms needed in the Malaysian institution, Minister Nazri simply said - NO!

Democracy is represented by the majority! says Nazri. He also said that if BERSIH can gather 100,000 people he can garner 1,000,000 to gather. So he argues, numbers alone do not make it right! Ah..ha... so there within those words lies an answer - Democracy is not just about numbers - not just about the majority! Democracy is about freedom and justice. Democracy is about goodness, fairness and care. Democracy is about not being fearful to express an opinion, to suggest a solution or simply to say what is on ones mind.Democracy is about the majority not only not harming the minority but in fact to do what it can to protect the minority!






The question to ask now is that between now and the next GE - will there be democracy NOT ala Malaysia? And after the GE, will there be anything left for the little people? Or will the spoils all go to the victor!

Looking forward to the next GE, what can you see?