Comments on: 41% increase in petrol price! http://lucialai.org/2008/06/04/41-increase-in-petrol-price/ exercise your mind! Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:32:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lucia http://lucialai.org/2008/06/04/41-increase-in-petrol-price/comment-page-1/#comment-101177 Lucia Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:21:05 +0000 http://lucialai.org/?p=2265#comment-101177 ong yes you have a point there about demos but still i'm not fully into demos. yes after the FRU bashing, something may be achieved... but is it worth it, i wonder. and esp. for those with family, if they are seriously hurt or thrown in jail... is it worth it for them? you got very good suggestions for changing lifestyles... well except no. 1 - more for very active activists for you! :o ong
yes you have a point there about demos but still i’m not fully into demos. yes after the FRU bashing, something may be achieved… but is it worth it, i wonder. and esp. for those with family, if they are seriously hurt or thrown in jail… is it worth it for them?

you got very good suggestions for changing lifestyles… well except no. 1 – more for very active activists for you!

]]> By: ong http://lucialai.org/2008/06/04/41-increase-in-petrol-price/comment-page-1/#comment-100371 ong Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:05:31 +0000 http://lucialai.org/?p=2265#comment-100371 Halo Lucia, Demos are for expressing a public sentiment-if we the rakyat cannot reclaim this right-as enjoyed by most others in the democratic world, we cannot even begin to put forward alternatives to high fuel price policy. As to if the govt will change policy after getting the FRU to bashed people -the logic work if you look a bit longer: FRU bash public-public sentiments turn against ruling party-more demos-more FRU bashed people-more people get even more angry against ruling party....the cycle can snowball into something unstoppable after a while -as proven in other countries. But you are right that demos are not sufficient by itself: we need to change lifestyles -not in the belt tightening way that the rich pollies mean. Change lifestyles 1: no need to skip demos if they are for a good cause-better than go shoppoholicking; Release your tension without spending a cent! Just scream your heart out! If arrested -they have to feed you with curry rice! (Actually not that true!) Change your lifestyle 2: try alternative `tourism' -instead of going to the zoo/botanical garden to let monkeys look at you you can go to Parliament/state assemblies/Councils meetings to look at real monkeys acting like humans...free! Just have to dress up, that's all. Halo Lucia,
Demos are for expressing a public sentiment-if we the rakyat cannot reclaim this right-as enjoyed by most others in the democratic world, we cannot even begin to put forward alternatives to high fuel price policy. As to if the govt will change policy after getting the FRU to bashed people -the logic work if you look a bit longer: FRU bash public-public sentiments turn against ruling party-more demos-more FRU bashed people-more people get even more angry against ruling party….the cycle can snowball into something unstoppable after a while -as proven in other countries.

But you are right that demos are not sufficient by itself: we need to change lifestyles -not in the belt tightening way that the rich pollies mean.

Change lifestyles 1: no need to skip demos if they are for a good cause-better than go shoppoholicking; Release your tension without spending a cent! Just scream your heart out! If arrested -they have to feed you with curry rice! (Actually not that true!)
Change your lifestyle 2: try alternative `tourism’ -instead of going to the zoo/botanical garden to let monkeys look at you you can go to Parliament/state assemblies/Councils meetings to look at real monkeys acting like humans…free! Just have to dress up, that’s all.

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