bersih rally Over the past few days, people are getting arrested for wearing T-shirts. To the point where a child is worried about wearing her yellow sports gear to school. Well, I hope our omnipotent government and police are proud of the fact that their attempts of spreading this culture of fear and paranoia is reaching even the young generations. 1Malaysia indeed. I can never forget my annoyance, when, during the 2008 elections, someone said this:
It's better not to vote for the Opposition. Otherwise the Government would retaliate..."
Another Malaysiakini article has this to sayWhat should have been a rather straightforward matter of a peaceful street march in support of democratic demands has turned out to be a high voltage melodrama inflated to the shrill proportions of celluloid fantasies.True, events like the Arab Spring and recent election results in neighbouring Thailand where opposition forces gained a landslide win after a long struggle have jangled the nerves of Malaysia's ruling plutocracyStill, there are better ways than just the flaunting of the mailed fist in dealing with the demands of Bersih. But one supposes that for people who have been so long in power, reliance on a reflex rather than a fresh idea is standard practice.
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