me not anti-government

no time to do a post today as need to sleep early as this morning instead of going to work, we are having a staff day! an outing to the lost world in tambun, perak and we have to leave early in the morning.

i will however copy and post my response to ong from two of my thread regarding the bus system in penang.

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from ‘welcome rapid penang‘:

ong said,

on March 4th, 2007 at 3:50 pm

Halo Lucia, I thank you for pointing out that criticising the government (for being weak, for eg) is political -so is tolerating ie keeping mum, over the same weakness. I Many people talk politics whole day but deny to be political -why not come clean with it ?

lucia:  yes speaking up (criticising) is political and not speaking up (not criticising) is also political… which i am talking about this bus issue only.

However I agree with you that we should evaluate Rapid Kl on commuters’ interests. That’s why there are groups like Bus Users Group(BUG) and CEPAT around to try to articulate such views. If anyone is interested in knowing the stands of these bus/public transport users please feel free to consult www.penangwatch.net

lucia:  see, you agree with me on that. that’s why i said i don’t care about the political stuffs right now as i’m looking at it at the point of view of an ordinary rakyat who is a regular bus commuter. we want a change so we are willing to close an eye to the political stuff.

Welcoming one crony bus company to replace another intolerable one seems not so rational from this point of view. Another aspect for you to consider : the weakness of the current bus companies are the software /management -which resulted in ill-maintained hardwares (bus bodies) and services (bus drivers’ hooliganism). How can replacing the buses with new ones save the new buses from similar reckless/politicised management practice -which as a letter above attest, still cling on to the RapidKL -and will most likely afflict RapidPenang ?

lucia:  wait a minute… i didn’t know that – that they are just going to replace the bus (new buses)?? i thought when it was said rapid kl is going to take over, they will take over everything -software, hardware, services.  for sure the software/management – it is already said rapid kl going to take over. ‘take over’ means manage. ok i’m a little confused now. anyway whatever it is, i am still looking at the bright side of things – that rapid penang will do a good job.

anyway, ong, so what is your solution then? with the existing bus system, you criticise (i did too), with the coming bus system, you criticise (i did too… but i am also closing one eye) – so what should the govt. do? the govt. is at a lost what to do so whatever they do, might earn them criticism anyway, so they resort to… to borrow ktemoc’s word ‘beg’ kl to take over – oh yeah that was what they decided to do – and yet there are criticisms.  i do criticise them too and i agree with your view in malaysiakini about it’s shameful that the govt. can’t do anything else, is giving up and letting kl take over, and i agree with wits0 view too in the other thread (KL transportation for penang). however as i said, while i don’t like what the govt. is doing, i’m trying my best to look at the positive side first. just because in kl it started rightly, then go on the wrong foot (like what tet wong wrote) – doesn’t mean that in penang it might go on the wrong foot too. whether it might or it might not remains to be seen – thus i’m looking on the positive side that it might not, whereas you people straight away condemn rapid kl – that they WLL end up like the existing bus service/operation. but of course you are entittled to your view so if this is how you feel, so be it. also understand how i feel

from ‘kl transportation for penang‘

on March 4th, 2007 at 4:20 pm

Well to be fair you should check if the things we criticised the govt for -to see if they are justified. If the govt has been doing bad things we should criticise it as long as it persist eg running don our bus system in the last 15 years ! For your info I support recycling and tourism effort by the govt -by my small contributions in these areas. For a blog which criticise as a hobby it is a bit strange you develop a bit of `criticphobia’ ? Remind me of another group who claim `no one in this world can tell us what to do!’ -forgetting that they are telling(not forcing) many people in the world what to do on human rights and other things every other day ! Enough said !

lucia:  " For a blog which criticise as a hobby"  excuse me? since when did i tell you i criticise as a hobby using my blog? i’m offended!  and also a wee bit upset you saying i suddenly develop criticphobia. as i mentioned in the other thread ‘welcome rapid penang’, and here in response to wits0, agreeing with him, i also criticise the govt’s move. i mentioned i agree with you and wits0… but what’s the point of always opening the mouth to criticise and criticise, but never look at some positive side of it. for things that don’t affect me directly, being not involved maybe i can only criticise negatively but this bus service affect me directly so while criticising, i also want to look at it positively. sure what you people criticised may be justified but while you criticised, do you have a solution to it? while you criticise, if it is the other way round – you are the govt, do you think you can do any better? reminds me of some powerful high authority man who always get the butt of criticism, one day, decided to step down and said "ok you take my place to be in power, and i’ll take your place to criticise you". ’nuff said!

no, my hobby is not to criticise. no, i’m not anti-government. no, i did not set up this blog merely to criticise the government (or whoever/whatever).

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yes, i’m not anti-government, like what susan loone admit she is. i am rather like rocky bru:

I am anti-corruption, anti-racism, anti-war, anti-apartheid, anti-child abuse, anti-crime, anti-spying, anti-plagiarism.
I am not anti-government.

I am not pro-government, either. I am supportive of a good, efficient government. I am supportive of a government that is anti-corruption, anti-racism, anti-apartheid, anti-child abuse, anti-crime, anti-spying, and anti-plagiarism.

not that i am saying being anti-govt is no good or i’m afraid of being label anti-govt (which i had been labelled as, anyway) OR that i’m saying people like ong or wits0 are anti-govt (but i don’t know their stand – are the like susan anti govt or like rocky?).

yes indeed, because of my criticism of the govt (but please ong, it is not my habit to criticise in this blog), i had been label anti govt. well one of the proof that i’m not is here regarding the bus issue in penang. if i am anti govt, i would not have welcome rapid penang with open arms but blasted the CM to smithereens for ‘begging’ kl to take over the bus transport system because of no hope at all in rapid penang.

the funny thing is i do have criticisms and praises and i usually blog about the criticisms but not the praises, thus everyone think that i’m anti govt. well maybe henceforth i should blog more on the praises… but ah methinks my praises will receive criticisms from readers! 🙂