Some of the points you made with regards to RPK might be correct. I do not know much about Islam and Islam teachings so I cannot comment further. However, I urge you (like the rest here) to give us your stand on Teresa as well as Tan’s arrest. Reasons for Teresa’s arrest has not been made clear, while everyone knows why Tan is arrested. Can you tell me why you think that it is OK to let Ahmad Ismail off but it is not OK to let Tan be spared from all the chaos? Tell all of us here exactly what did Tan do wrongly that deserve such a 6-star treatment from ISA? Are you telling us here that reporting the truth and reporting on racism is against the law and moral? You still have not clarify that. Let me help you here. Tan is arrested as a scapegoat, not because she reported on racism, but because she was too daring to report on a racism comment made by a VIP. The moral behind this story is: if you are not a VIP or if you are not associated with any VIPs, do not make racist comments. I think perhaps I should get a VIP to become my godfather, then I can walk away freely chanting racist comments.

To Shamshul:

Let’s not talk about other countries. In Malaysia alone, since when did any VIPs got detain or arrest by ISA for making racist comments (directly or indirectly)? I can tell you I am a Christian and I’ve got many people insulted Jesus, but do Christians in Malaysia ever walk onto the streets and parade and ask for someone to be detained by ISA? Let me explain to you how our incompetent government uses ISA. As long as you report (whether you blog, write, talk, chant, swear etc) anything that is deem inappropriate, insulting or derogatory to Islam or the VIPs, you will be locked up. Period.

How about GE13 ?? You are very greedy, you mean you want to live for another 250 years or more? even if there is a GE every 3 years. Be sensible lah!

Get your facts right. During Operasi Lallang, not only Chinese politicians were arrested. Several Malay politicians were also arrested.

What a double standard. If Chinese can be so upset with remark by Ahmad Ismail and demanded punishment to him, why Muslims can not demand action against RPK when he insulted Islam and Prophet Muhammad.

What would a PM do in this situation? Keep quiet. And says that no action can be taken even this RPK insults a religion simply because of so called “freedom of speech”. What freedom of speech we are talking about. We are talking about a poor banckrupt( literally and figuratively) soul who continously spread lies.

PM still tolerates it. But when he crossed the line and insulted the religion, he should know that his fate is sealed. I have no respect to a person who belittles a religion. Do not give crap such as the detention will put Malaysia into 3rd World status. The detention serves as a warning that there is a limit to everything.

The detention serves as a warning that those who play into racial or religious card that they will have to pay the price. If I were to be the PM, I would do the same. If I refuse to act, I must accept backlash from that community itself. And No PM would want to be in that situation.

So, my million dollar question to you SIr, It is OK to insult Islam or Prophet Muhammad or Jesus in the name of freedom?.

There must be a better answer to bring down this UMNOPUTRA government.

let’s hear your suggestions.

Enough is Enough ! The raykat are oppressed and suffered.

If the parties responsible had made the same decisive decision right at the start instead of flip flopping and pussyfooting around, it would not have deteriorated to the extent that the ISA had now to be used.

The same can be said of all those issues that various parties had accused the Bar Council and other organizations of having a racial and religious slant in their efforts to find long term solutions. If the Govt. and the parties responsible had the political will and the guts to take the decisive actions to resolve them, the Bar Council and all the other parties would have no need to take the initiatives into their own hands. Instead they buried their heads in the sand and allow the problems to fester and get worse by the day. If they think they have resolved these open festering wounds with this ISA action, they are wrong. They are merely delaying the inevitable.

PLEASE post i would love to hear your side of the arguement again.. i read this whole thread just waiting for your absurd comments. but then again its a good read. especially when all you are doing now is showing what a BN/UMNO dog you are but please you humour me.

Just look at the top two vice-admirals making statements that “surprises” the current captain in the last few days.

The old captain cannot steer the ship yet, but can try to make calmer waters (thus the ISA). Then when the waters calm, the mutiny on board shall take place. Of course, it will not be the old captain then executing the mutiny, but the bargained one (who?).