Archive for January, 2009
It’s Friday in Malaysia, so you’d expect things to be a bit different. But I was not ready for the bank to be closed. BSN apparently is above the financial crisis hitting the world, and above the fear of losing customers in a shrinking capital base, and above being afraid of closing down.
They are after [...]
KT (by-election) is over. There will be much talking over it — but we are about to get into a lull of political activities.
Malaysian politics has always been driven by events since the general passivity of the people requires events to overwhelm them before they respond in opposition to the ruling class.
Honestly.
Let’s get to it. A national referendum on the acceptability of Hudud.
The Hudud — in as much as people understand it, Muslim or not — has to be resolved, well at least for this generation.
Umno and Pas are stuck by its religious significance and political merit, but neither is actually willing to engage it in [...]
The Gaza bombing by Israel is cruel and indiscriminate. The belligerence of the Hamas and its brigade of rocket launchers are facts too. With the exception of a small select group, everyone takes sides.
Yet the loss of life on the Palestinian side is phenomenally disproportionate compared to the Jewish state.
I’m not going to examine why [...]
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