“Depoliticization” of education and educational system? Shouldn’t it be “politicization”?

Nope. Just a case of double standards.

People are so fed up in the government that they revel in an assembly that the government issued no permit and yet could not stop. It is show of force of people’s power. It feels good when government has power and abused it for to long.

People don’t look at the other angle that people’s power was given meaning by Islamic revolutionaries who did not want to play by the rules of the written constitution.

How did Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini seize power from the Shah of Iran backed by American amoury?

He initiated and organized a number of demonstrations in various cities to test waters, improve logistics and organizational methods before organizing bigger and more massive ones ideologically driven by anti-government sentiments progressively escalating with each instance of skulls being cracked, bones being fractured and lives being lost in the hands of security forces opposing the street demonstrations.

Why do you think that PAS supporters were so much easier to mobilize for a street show down and have played a dominant role both in Reformasi demonstrations of the past and the East Coast demonstration and Bersih’s March of late?

Sure our NGOs and Opposition parties support these demonstrations as they are for a good democratic cause and seem to be the only way to make the government listen and change.

But one successful demonstration begets more and more and bigger and bigger to come and who knows where this will all lead to…..

NGOs and Opposition Parties have demanded adherence to and upholding of the Federal Constitution in opposition to some within UMNO declaring an Islamic State. They have forgotten to ask whether a show of power via street demonstrations is consistent with abiding with and upholding the Federal Constitution in respect to political change!

Yes, there’s an argument here if UMNO Youth deputy Khairy Jamaluddin, could organise a demonstration in front of the convention centre that hosted the Asean Regional Forum (ARF), demanding United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to get out of Malaysia because “you have done nothing to stop the genocide and the murder of Palestinians and Lebanese”, why couldn’t the rest of us, in Bersih? A case of Kettle calling the Pot black!

But have no illusion about that : when did KJ say he would place the Constitution above the Islamic state? To which sector was he playing the gallery?

Demonstrating and demanding United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to get out of whatever place she is because “you have done nothing to stop the genocide and the murder of Palestinians and Lebanese” is exactly what Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini would have done were he alive today in another situation and in his own country.

They have to prove in deeds and action that they are superior.

What we have here are people who like to shout that they superior. Who believe? Besides they themselves, no one else!

What a pity?

What more rights are they defending when they have taken everything conceivable in the country, from education, contracts procurement, jobs, employment, licenses…. except the brain and intelligence of other.

From outset it is very encouraging seeing DAP and PAS’s leaders walking hand in hand like lovers to present the memorandum. everyone knows this is just Hollywood movie in making, marriage for convenient won’t last long. Deep inside the heart, non bumis are very wary of PAS, their paramount spiritual male chauvinist leader Tok guru Nik Aziz is full of stupid, and out dated understanding and perception. We must be very cautious not to follow the footsteps of Iran, corruption epidemic never recuperate, public delivery system as hopeless as before revolution(some even perceive it is worse than Shah’s era), an even more fanatical, unstable, disconnected from reality leaders at the helm. If we end up in this state, Muslims could seek refuge from theirs religion by comforting themselve they are more pious now and therefore much nearer to the place they crave to go, whereas non-Muslim will be in foul hell.

Frankly, I believe a lot of us are at the crossroads, do not know what the future holds, each side has its own deadly boobytraps.

Some of those kids just followed their parents and probably did not know they were going to be part of an illegal gathering.

Methinks a few of them can be influenced to become potential bomb masters. After all we did produce a few international terrorists of note.

http://malaysiawatch3.blogspot.com/2007/11/bersih-rallythe-aftermath.html

Well said Farish Noor

Absolute power corrupts absolutely!

The mistake would be to push it so that they turn violent and uncrontrolled.

Demonstration is a Malaysian culture where our founding fathers did so for independence and Malaysia ideals but we did it peacefully. If it turns violent, its not those that did it that we have to look at, but the government given so much advantage it cannot avoid it.

It is so true, very well said, i am so touced…

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/11/16/mugabe.witchdoc.ap/index.html