Top 10 Reasons to Oppose the Peaceful Assembly Act

Recently BN (real hypocrites) legislated a new bill in parliament called the Peaceful Assembly Bill 2011 (don't let the name fool you) in the most hastily way possible. What can I say about this bill ? Well it's STUPID, UNDEMOCRATIC, REPRESSIVE, & most importantly...UNCONSTITUTIONAL !

What kind of government ceates a law which goes against the Federal Constitution by restricting the rights of the people (their Constitutional right need I remind you) to public demonstration & banning street protests ? It's as good as telling the people to shut up.

How is it allowed ?!...I'll tell you, only with a power-crazy & desperate party like BN can nonsense like this go down.

Even with so much negative criticism of this bill from the Bar Council, the public, foreign press and even the United Nations, BN still chose to turn a deaf ear & ran with it. Shameless bastards. Once again, people first ? 

Below are 10 solid reasons to oppose this bullshit.

1. The right for people to assemble is the right to freedom of speech and expression. If you limit and restrict that right, then you are denying democracy.

2. Myanmar just passed a law to allow public protests. I repeat — Myanmar just passed a law to allow public protests.

3. Prime Minister Najib Razak says this new law will be “revolutionary.” Sure ! It’s as revolutionary as Iran’s Revolutionary Guards !

4. MITI Deputy Minister Mukhriz Mahathir says that street protests portray the country as having bad governance. Great ! Bar the protests instead of addressing the bad governance !

5. Aside from the rules that are obviously stated in the Act, everything else falls under the “discretion” of the police or the home minister. How conveniently ambiguous.

6. The peaceful assembly law is unconstitutional since protests are a form of expression.

7. The Act disallows anyone under 21 years of age from participating in assemblies. I didn’t know young people had less human rights.

8. The Peaceful Assembly Act is actually even more restrictive than the current law, which goes against what was promised by the prime minister in September during his Malaysia Day speech.

9. One of the reasons of protests and demonstrations is to create disruption (but peaceful disruption because BN is selectively deaf) in order to bring attention to issues. Disallowing this disruption goes against the principle of protests and demonstrations.

10. As a member of the Malaysian rakyat, I was not asked my opinion about the Bill. Were you ?

Source: Lim Kit Siang

Rural Folks Disadvantaged to Be Taught in English...Really ?

Once again the usual flip-flop of polices by BN continues, particularly in the Malaysian Education Ministry this time on the language medium to be used in teaching Maths & Science in primary & secondary schools. English…then BM…change to English…now back to BM !

Now I’m not going to emphasise on the importance of teaching those subjects in English or how stupidly these decisions are made. Been there, done that. You may view that here & here if you like. What I want to do is hantam (whack) the great excuse given by the Education Ministry on why the change to BM again.

One of the great reasons given which seems to be highlighted a lot is that teaching maths & science in English is apparently a big disadvantage to rural folks….Really ?...Explain this then.

Tun Mahathir was born into a poor family in a small village. His parents could barely speak English. Look at him today, so well-spoken & well-read, fluent in English, & graduated from Singapore to become a doctor. How in the hell was he disadvantaged ? Hard work & perseverance is what it was. Plus the education mess today didn’t exist then.

Heck I’ll give you a personal example, my parents and grandparents. My father was born & raised in a village. His parents could pretty much speak only Punjabi. So where did my father learn English ? In school of course when we were following the British Education System & English was the main medium of teaching those days. Plus he read a lot as a child.

Similiarly, my mother’s parents spoke mainly Tamil alone at home. Her father however was much better with English. Either way, it’s the same thing. She picked up English in school as well and also from reading. The same story more or less goes for many elders.

Moreover have you seen or heard of any rural group of people protesting or marching against the use of English for teaching Maths & Science ?...No right. It’s always the damn politicians and their affiliations bitching about it ! Aren’t the voices of so many parents and students demanding the teachings to be in English loud enough ? People first, my foot. So obvious it’s another political ploy out of many to win the hearts of certain people for the upcoming General Elections at the cost of risking our nation’s future.

Besides all that, where do most of the children of our fantastic BN politicians study ? In private schools & institutions overseas, all in English ! Bloody hypocrites. Do they dare come out & declare all this ? Of course not.

So to Education Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, to state that having Maths & Science being taught in English is a disadvantage for rural folks, I say BULLSHIT. You should know better. Why put students & teachers through this nonsense with your silly, incompetent, & hypocritical decisions ? I feel you’re just playing another dirty game & are denying rural folks an opportunity to better themselves & actually have an advantage.

Do You Need a Social Media Detox ?

I've always wanted to write an article about this matter for a long time (the social media phenomenon on our generation), but a feeling in me of some people may not like it at all & just giving me flak which I don't want or need has made me think twice quite a few times.

So instead of an article (for now perhaps), I've decided to touch this topic gently by posting these interesting pictures that I came across with recently which I'm sure will get some minds jogging. I'll let them do the talking. After all, pictures are worth a thousand words right ?........Enjoy.

Note: The point is NOT of being anti-Facebook/Twitter or saying it's all bad. NO, don't get it twisted. The point IS about its way of usage & apparent effects on society with ACTUAL socialising.

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Due to Blogspot limitations, the images opened may be too small for viewing. Below are the URL's of each image for a larger viewing.

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http://digitalactivist.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/do_you_need_a_social_media_detox.jpg

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http://images.onlineschools.org.s3.amazonaws.com/obsessed-with-facebook.jpg

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http://ripetungi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/twitter-users1.png

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http://live-your-love.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/twitter-addict-infographic.jpg

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http://yepyep.gibbs12.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/internet_addiction_05a.jpg ,

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http://nerdcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Is-Social-Media-Ruining-Students-Infographics.jpg

Stupid Whore

‘Which whore?’, that’s your first question I bet. I’m referring to the stupid whores who said these. Mainly Obedient Wives Club international vice-president Dr. Rohaya Mohamad.

"You must satisfy your husband. A good wife should be a whore in bed," said 46-year-old Dr. Rohaya Mohamad .

"If the wife is obedient, then the husband feels good and is entertained and this builds a closer relationship and greater love and no one strays," said groom Mohamad Shurahbil Amran, 23.

“If you look at the world today, women are already being treated as sex objects... in magazines, on TV... so why can’t they be sex objects to their husbands? It is legal and permitted by God”.

“A good wife is a good sex worker to her husband. What is wrong with being a whore in bed to your husband?” she asked.

“The family institution is protected and we can curb social ills like prostitution, domestic violence, human trafficking and abandoned babies. Now, this obedience is lacking and it is causing many marriages to breakdown. Men are having girlfriends and mistresses, they are going to prostitutes... I believe the problem starts at home where his sexual needs are unfulfilled," she said.

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An x-ray of their heads would show that they have no brains whatsoever. She’s insulting herself, women, and men.

Who the hell says a good wife must be a whore in bed ? A whore ?! Clearly she has no deeper opinion of what a wife should be. How about a wife being someone who loves you, cares for you, understands you, and always by your side no matter good or bad times ? Personally, I don’t want a whore for a wife. A whore to me can be a whore to another!

A wife who’s nothing but a sex toy to her husband is no way a guarantee that a couple doesn’t go astray. Doesn’t common sense tell you that ? This isn’t the ice age or middle ages for her to imply that men grab their women by their head to go in a cave & fuck their brains out.

Next she says women are already being treated like sex objects. I wouldn’t say she’s completely wrong but nor is she completely right. Sure prostitution happens worldwide & so on, but it shouldn’t be forgotten that some women themselves portray themselves as sex symbols (Has she heard of Britney,Rihanna, etc ?). It’s their own choice to do so & up to ourselves on how to perceive such things. Best part, she says it’s permitted by God. Did she have a revelation whereby God came down & told her so ?

I think how a husband & wife have fun in the bedroom is totally personal & shouldn’t be simply concluded as the wives acting like whores. Sure if they want to, go ahead. They’re husband & wife. A marriage isn’t just about sex. It takes two to tango. How kinky a couple intends to play their indoor games is their business. I disagree with the reason she gives for wives to act like whores for their husbands. I find her mentality totally primitive & plain stupid.

Prostitution, domestic violence, human trafficking, abandoned babies, men having mistresses, these things don’t just happen just because wives didn’t play their role as whores good enough. They happen for a shitload of reasons such as money, personal problems, lack of education, misguidance, or for even not having strong/good moral principles within yourself.

To say that such problems start because of men not having good sex from their wives who weren’t porn star-ish enough is totally unsubstantiated & demeaning to all men & women. It doesn’t take a husband or a wife to see all this, just common sense. All the above is just my opinion. You may have another view, feel free to share if you wish. I'm open to all schools of thought.

Original article: here & here.