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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 …

can’t even have a picket now

dec 15 star reads: KUALA LUMPUR: The National Union of Bank Employees has called off its nationwide picket on the advice of the police.  NUBE general secretary J. Solomon said the police had asked NUBE to review its picket in view of the current situation in the country and in …

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 …

shame on you, abdullah badawi!

shame on malaysia! i weep for my country, malaysia. malaysia is a police state.malaysia, where human rights are trampled on.malaysia, where there is double standard.(and more). yes i weep for my country.. especially after what happened yesterday morning, when police arrest 8 people (or here) during the human rights day, …

charged the mufti of perak!

i sent this to malaysiakini on 3 dec. and until today, 6 dec, it haven’t been published, means it won’t be published, so i’m going to publish it here in my own blog. see, that is the beauty of having your own blog – can self publish. 🙂  though of …

‘remove crucifixes’ MP explain himself

that is the heading from malaysiakini, where it seems that this MP for parit sulong was trying to explain himself why he said what he said as appeared in the hansard dated 29 oct.——————————————————note: my comments in bracket. ‘Remove crucifixes’ MP explains himself Yoges Palaniappan Dec 4, 07 4: 33pm …