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do not use bahasa…

… because the government is trying to tell us that muslim have little faith – just by reading christian stuff in bahasa, they will suddenly convert to christianity.(which is ironic really as herald is not sold to the public at all. herald were sent to catholic churches only). ok this …

aliran: PM must make his stand in the national interest

statement from aliran. note aliran mentioned about the word ‘allah’ appearing int the pahang national anthem. well lulu had also pointed out that the word is found in the selangor national anthem too. oh also, don’t forget to read a very good post from malaysian unplug on this issue. ————————————————————————————– …

herald, allah and the use of BM

read my post ‘mr pm, don’t break my rice bowl’ below first for context. i mentioned something about the word ‘allah’. i notice a reader from malaysiakini had voiced out regarding the word ‘allah’. quibbling over god’s name – malaysia style Rita Camilleri: Malta, a tiny, strategically-placed island in the …

how to speak up when silent?

‘silent majority has spoken’. huh? something’s wrong with that sentence! it’s an oxymoron! silence – spoke silent – spoken if the majority are silent, how can they speak up? ok ok although i know the real meaning of ‘silent majority’ but in this case why they add in ‘spoken’… and …

democracy is dead (hello ISA!)

… answer to my previous post… because maverick had said so in comments there and also at this post. oh and also, as p. ramakrishnan, aliran president puts it so well: The BN has criminalised all our freedoms. We cannot walk as a group, we cannot put up a banner …

democracy – dead or alive?

anyone of you catch the commentary by our very own PM at the wall street journal on 7 dec?  "malaysia’s democracy is strong" he said. makes me laugh. i suppose he was very confident to say this after the new global survey, Voice of the People, conducted by TNS and …