ONLY THE ISA WILL STOP THE MORONS I replied to Erna Mahyuni on her wall in the comments section. She has blocked me on Twitter so let’s see if this ‘sacred cow’ does the same on Facebook. AA ------------- SEPTEMBER 3 — A professor has been arrested for the simple crime of having an opinion and calling for the rule of law to be obeyed. Perhaps you can show us the police statement that the professor was arrested for ‘having an opinion and calling for the rule of law to be obeyed’ or something to that effect. By the way, he is an associate professor. He hasn’t made it to professor yet. Let’s see how many more facts you get wrong. “The IGP wants two Twitter users to be investigated for making disrespectful Tweets about him.” Disrespectful? We’ve gotten used to that. Try contempt and incitement. “PPS volunteers have been arrested pre-emptively, waiting for the police to figure out what they should be charged for.” You seriously think the police have not ‘figured out what they should be charged for’. Strange, I thought you would have done your homework. Perhaps you only read news that you can bear and so missed out on the facts plastered all over the media. “It looks like we have pretty much thrown the law out of the window. Last time I checked, we were a parliamentary democracy and not a totalitarian state.” Silly girl, you can’t figure that enforcing the law is precisely not throwing the law out of the window. You’ll be happy to know that our Parliamentary democracy is alive and kicking but we can’t say much about the democracy in DAP and PKR as evident in their election fiascos. “Dear Mr. IGP: What next?” It depends Miss Meroyan. What next from Lim Guan Eng, the PPS and half baked oppo journalists like you? “This unreasonable flexing of muscle to punish anyone who displeases the ruling government is not acceptable.” There you go again, not knowing the difference between displeasing and breaking the law. “It should not be a crime to have an opinion.” Thanks for that Miss Obvious. It should not be a punishable offence to be critical of the government. Did the government say it’s a punishable offence? The government encourages constructive criticism. Why should the Opposition be immune from punishment for breaking laws? Are they ‘sacred cows’ as Tokong Lim puts it? “And everyone should be free not to like the IGP. And be able to tell him so without getting arrested.” I bet you RM10,000 that if you were to tweet the IGP that you don’t like him you will not be arrested. Of course you will be arrested if you tell him the Malays are stealing from the Chinese, you demand amendments to the Constitution, you are in contempt of the Rukunegara, you demand that the Social Contract be torned up, you call the Sultan names and then tell the IGP you don’t like him. Come on, go for it. “I was very young at the time but I still remember the atmosphere of fear during Operasi Lalang. I grew up with the threat of the ISA looming from every corner, like a bogeyman who would envelop anyone who dared speak up.” From the time I was born I have never been afraid of the ISA. I suppose morons who lie and incite would be afraid. “The government claims it wants our young people to be creative, innovative, intelligent and resourceful. Of course, without breaking the law ya. Then again you’re probably too young to know the law but you sure are as hell creative with your entertaining opinions. At the same time, the government expects its citizens to be silent, forever grateful and to never question or criticise the government.” Perhaps you can show such a statement from the government instead of putting words in their mouth? I thought journalists are supposed to report facts and not make things up. Oh I forgot, the Malay Mail did say that all this rubbish is just the writer’s personal opinion and does not represent theirs. “Freedom of speech and thought is necessary for a people to progress. You cannot chain minds, hearts and tongues and still expect great things from people. It is just not feasible.” You mean not feasible to do all that without breaking laws? Strange, I’ve been speaking out against ministers and the government and I’m progressing pretty good. Perhaps I can introduce you to people who have done great things so you know their secret (e.g. how to not break the law). “Using force and coercion is the sign of a government whose primary motivation is its own survival.” Yeah, maybe the government should offer criminals RM200/day to surrender themselves to the police and voluntarily serve jail time. “It isn’t too much for citizens to hold their government to the same laws imposed on them. In the end, a government’s real role is to serve and not to rule.” I have never heard of a government that doesn’t rule. Fortunately we have a government who rules the country and serves the rakyat. Which part of ‘Rakyat didahulukan’ do you not understand? “The IGP is a servant of the law, of the people and it shouldn’t be a crime not to respect him.” You poor girl. No wonder you sound so depressed. All this while you thought it was a crime to not respect the IGP? I have good news for you. I have not respected him the many times he had not thrown opposition criminals in jail and I’m still walking free. Oh, don’t forget my RM10,000 bet. “So as times get darker, more than ever, we need to hold our government accountable. And remember that we do not owe the government fear, nor respect, nor gratitude.” Don’t worry, it’s not a crime for you to be ungrateful either. We have every right to tell the government when it’s wrong. And every right to make it listen. Good luck with that. I have been telling them to lock up clowns like you but they won’t listen. “*This is the personal opinion of the columnist.” It must be because it’s too dumb to take seriously. https://facebook/ernathepage/posts/794382543946146
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 06:56:56 +0000