tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1986492775396304922.post2449609514265960731..comments2023-09-04T23:50:55.424+08:00Comments on The Ancient Mariner: When honesty may not have been the best policyNura Yusofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371585052186985715noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1986492775396304922.post-48446435641450584062008-01-23T19:15:00.000+08:002008-01-23T19:15:00.000+08:00I cannot help but feel from the BN's handling of t...I cannot help but feel from the BN's handling of the Chua Soi Lek affair that the parties official party line is:<BR/>it's alright to screw the millions; i.e. the Rakyat, (as is the case with the PKFZ) and we will can cry rape for all we want, but...<BR/>it's not alright to screw another consulting adult when the said consenting adult isn't the spouse.<BR/>Sheesh..., some great moral high ground!dark.knight.1411https://www.blogger.com/profile/18299623215686840245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1986492775396304922.post-71841145065971078732008-01-07T09:53:00.000+08:002008-01-07T09:53:00.000+08:00To the commentators above: well said.The rakyat ha...To the commentators above: well said.<BR/><BR/>The rakyat has paid and will continue to pay for their follies. Perhaps this is our fate. Or perhaps this is just the natural course of things.Mat Salohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13660319094415586065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1986492775396304922.post-92086625154106225392008-01-06T03:48:00.000+08:002008-01-06T03:48:00.000+08:00We, the rakyat has NEVER judge the Doc, even if we...We, the rakyat has NEVER judge the Doc, even if we want to. Instead he was send down from grace by its very own party. <BR/><BR/>He was forced to resign by his own party, not by the rakyat. The luxury of doing so is not with us as much as we would like to believe.<BR/><BR/>No leaders in B.Notorious has been dropped by people's power or popular demand, as our views NEVER matters to these Elites. The Doc has just lost in a simple political manuever.<BR/><BR/>The real losers are the rakyat, us, everytime these politikus cross swords.mob1900https://www.blogger.com/profile/02346658764918099629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1986492775396304922.post-11005889634026146532008-01-05T01:47:00.000+08:002008-01-05T01:47:00.000+08:00it is a unholy trinity;umno, mca and the fella fro...it is a unholy trinity;umno, mca and the fella from sarawak to rape and plunder the country's resources. no excuse fo dr chua but his misjudgement and indiscretion will not make the country suffer. but the unholy trinity will with billions lost;money that could be used as a saftey net for the thousands of poor and marginalsied malaysians.<BR/>but in this bolehland, the importance is solely determined by the powers-that-be and that to line up their pockets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1986492775396304922.post-45850505440392228842008-01-05T00:10:00.000+08:002008-01-05T00:10:00.000+08:00The Privacy International 2007 Report said:MALAYSI...The Privacy International 2007 Report said:<BR/>MALAYSIA TRULY AN ENDEMIC SURVEILLANCE SOCIETY<BR/>MALAYSIA SCORED 1.3 out of 5<BR/>Scores between: 1.1-1.5 = Endemic Surveillance Societies<BR/>Malaysia's negative points:<BR/>•No right to privacy in constitution<BR/>•No comprehensive privacy law<BR/>•Controversial internal security act allows for extensive police powers<BR/>•Interception authorised by attorney general<BR/>•Extensive use of identification scheme, mykad<BR/>•Plan to implement citizen data hub across government departments, developed by oracle corporation, including individuals background, education, and health records<BR/>•Biometric system monitors foreigners in the country<BR/>•Extensive use of Closed Circuit TV with no privacy safeguards<BR/><BR/>How true the above mentioned report was, even the former Health Minister was not spared <BR/>"The extensive use of CCTV with no privacy safeguards" <BR/>The score should be reduced from 1.3, how about 0.3?<BR/><BR/>The rest of us haven't got a cat in hell's chance of <BR/>escaping the eyes of "Big Brother"<BR/>This being the case, better put on a good show of dissatisfaction and dissent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com