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Posts Tagged Politics

Sowing Seeds of Discord

In two previous blog posts, The Future of Online Liberty in Malaysia and Registering to be a voter in Malaysia, I outlined my prediction that the Malaysian goverment will move towards controlling freedom of speech online. Datuk Ismail Sabri Yaakob (Barison National representative) said as much today when he noted that:
“We notice that a lot [...]


Registering to be a voter in Malaysia

The deadline to register as a voter in Malaysia is on the 31st of March 2007. Call me cynical but what sense does it make for one to register ourselves as voters when elections are rigged and gerry-mandering is all too common? I don’t see the logic - perhaps someone can convince me otherwise.
In other [...]


The Future of Online Liberty in Malaysia

I boldly make a prediction: “Online liberty in Malaysia is doomed (in five years)“. I may be wrong about the timeline but I am willing to bet good money that the current liberties we enjoy online will be gone and be dead as the dodo is.
I am basing this prediction on the annual letter from [...]


“I am not opposed to all wars. I’m opposed to dumb wars.”

I’m not an American but if I was, my vote for the next President of the United States would be for Barack Obama. His speech on the Iraq war convinced me he thinks, a rare quality in politicians these days:
I don’t oppose all wars.
After September 11th, after witnessing the carnage and destruction, the dust and [...]


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