PRT2 THE BRITISH SOLE EVERTHING EXCEPT THEIR QUEEN ,NOW of SHIT propaganda probably bought through APCO

Sunday, August 1, 2010

part 2 THE BRITISH SOLE EVERTHING EXCEPT THEIR QUEEN ,NOW THEY SELLING THEIR ASSHOLE LIKE SAIFUL

piece of SHIT propaganda probably bought through APCO

"Has the British treated us with the respect due to human beings?.

I noticed Economist Intelligence Unit, London a poignant note of pain at the suffering and indignity of the people who are not his kindred, an indignant desire to be just to the defeated race."

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There has been speculation in the past month that

a general election will be called by early 2011.

This would be considerably before its due date,..

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latest edition Should Anwar have Access to the Prosecution’s Evidence? The evil plot vs evil plot najib got burnt in the middle THE Ezzam&Toyol’s game play MCC’S honesty without the serum Truth or dare! Just the lure of lucre seems to be enough inducement for them to let theirdeepest, darkest secrets come tumbling out

Mr Najib may be looking for the opposition to fall further into disarray before going to the polls. The opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, is facing the possibility of a 20-year prison term if found guilty of sodomy, a charge for which he is currently on trial. Mr Anwar continues to claim that the case against him is politically motivated and has been fabricated to remove him from the political scene. A guilty verdict and a custodial sentence for Mr Anwar could destabilise the PR, as he is widely believed to be the glue that holds the alliance together. The PR received a confidence boost from its electoral success in May 2010 when it won the Sibu parliamentary seat, but morale among members of the one of the parties in the PR, the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) led by Mr Anwar, remains low, undermined by the recent decision by a handful of its MPs to leave the PKR and stand as independents. related article

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Have you noticed how the multiple narratives in our society are yielding way to one boring mainstream narrative? We are slowly killing off the diversity of opinions, beliefs, lifestyles that make us the complex and wonderful nation we are, where so many alternate narratives have traditionally coexisted, interacted, and redefined us from time to time. Instead, we are becoming dreadfully dull, so busy conforming to the main script that we are losing sight of our own wealth of political, cultural, economic thought.

We all want to be on the same page. Those who are not are seen as marginal. As a result, politicians, bureaucrats, thought leaders, media, everyone seems to have acquired a sterile sameness of opinion that is numbing the growth of alternative thought and making our democracy far less colourful and exciting than it can be.

There is a moving anecdote about an argument between Kasturba and Mahatma Gandhi during their last detention, in Pune, after Gandhi launched the “Quit India” movement in 1942. Age, and life with a difficult, indomitable husband, had begun to wear “Ba” down. Once, seriously ill, she chided her husband for pitting impoverished Indians against the might of the British Raj. Why, she asked, did Gandhi want the British to quit? India was a vast country, and they should stay, but as brothers, not as rulers. This, replied the Mahatma, was precisely what he had been telling the British.

So, with apologies to the eminent legal philosopher Ronald Dworkin, I have chosen to title my speech today as “Taking Justice Seriously”.

As one saying goes, the principle of justice is so central in a civil society that without it the concept of law has no meaning. The Holy Qur’an enjoins us to “judge with justice.” According to St. Augustine, kingdoms are but great robberies if justice is taken away. In my own humble view, no civilized society can exist without it, for justice is so central that bereft of it, the very foundation of our humanity crumbles.

Let’s see how this case unfolds. Let’s witness how the CJ and his court jesters trip amongst the daisies.

GET INTO A SÉANCE AND the ghost AGUSTINE PAUL WILL TELL YOU…….

To be sure, in talking about justice, we are not confined to the judges and the judicial system of a country though that is a crucial component. Nor are we limited to discussing only the role of lawyers or the law enforcement agencies, though that too is essential. And justice is not only about subjecting the actions and policies of the Executive to intense scrutiny. That too is of utmost importance. Indeed the subject encompasses all that have come to be associated with the idea of justice: freedom and democracy, the rule of law, constitutionalism, equity and fair play, social justice and the dignity of man. Let me begin with a historical account that is still relevant to the very idea of justice.

More than a century ago, the great French writer Émile Zola published his famous open letter entitled “J’accuse” on the front page of a leading Parisian newspaper. Expressed in highly emotional language, Zola charged the nation’s military top brass with conspiracy and anti-Semitism in dealing with the infamous Alfred Dreyfus affair. But instead of bringing the culprits to book, the authorities lost no time in arresting Zola, charging him with criminal libel, and having him tried as a common criminal. The show trial was so well managed that an angry bloodthirsty Parisian mob gathered outside the court house clamoring for Zola’s head.

Anatole France, another eminent man of letters, came to his defence and valiantly testified to Zola’s “admirable good faith and absolute integrity.” But this was of no consequence as Zola was hastily convicted and sentenced to jail. However, thanks to his quick thinking and survival instincts, Zola chose freedom instead and dashed off to England. By his reckoning, there was a total failure of justice and it would be foolish for him to submit to an utterly corrupt and unjust system.

Today as we sit here in closing three days of very spirited discussions about the state of law, of human rights and of justice in the nation, we find ourselves in a situation not much different from what I have just recounted. As you can readily gather, there is indeed an uncanny parallel between the Zola episode and what is currently going on here. And I am not talking about my case here. I am referring to the persecution of a famous blogger who published not “J’accuse” but an equally sensational expose which shook the nation, and who has also chosen freedom in London.

So, at the root of this episode is the issue of the people’s participation in matters which have a bearing on society – they comment, they criticize and they expose the wrongdoings and shenanigans of those in power. Because of this, they are branded as enemies of the state and are hounded like common criminals.

From one angle, we could see this as a classic case of the tyranny of state power. Yes, we can view it that way or we can go beyond mere emotional outburst and look at it as a failure of the state to allow for government by discussion and participation.

According to one of the most influential public thinkers of our time, Nobel laureate Professor Amartya Sen, “the central issues in a broader understanding of democracy are political participation, dialogue and public interaction.”

The failure to allow for ‘government by discussion’ can be seen for example in the deprivation of a free and independent press. Without this, the advancement of public reasoning is constrained and is forced to find its voice through other channels. The benefits of a free and independent media have been well expounded by leading writers and empirically we know what that is all about. So, I need not and should not attempt to reinvent the wheel here. Unfortunately for us, far from having a free and independent press, we have one which is essentially a propaganda machine for the powers that be. As a result, the people’s voice can only be heard through an alternative media, one which thrives in spite of the constraints imposed by the authorities. As you know, we have a plethora of laws aimed at curbing freedom of expression enforced with the full might of the organs of state power.

Arbitrary, whimsical at times, but more often tyrannical and politically motivated. This is how I would characterize the Executive in their use of power. The fact that just a month ago, all three newspapers of the Pakatan Rakyat coalition were suspended speaks volumes about press freedom in this country.

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SPEECH BY ANWAR IBRAHIM, HEAD OF THE OPPOSITION, MALAYSIAN PARLIAMENT “WE WILL WIN, BECAUSE WE ARE RIGHT, AND BECAUSE REASON IS ON OUR SIDE.

You can change the judge but you cannot change the law. That may be true in US and in a more civilised world. But not in Malaysia. Here, they change the law and keep the judge(s). And luckily nobody wanted a Royal Commission anymor Dear Tun Mahathir, can I get my lawyer to seek an … Read more

The point is that media freedom is so central to the democratization process that without it there is neither democracy nor justice. To my mind, where the voices of truth are muzzled, where dissent is stifled and where opinions are censored, it is a travesty to call it democracy.

Our mainstream economic narrative is becoming as boring. GDP growth, the stock market, decreasing in foreign investment: these are the new arbiters of our nation's economic wellbeing. We are no longer looking at creating jobs, improving the quality of life of our people, encouraging talent and self employment, making justice, healthcare, homes more affordable. All the schemes the Government talks about are in thousands of millions but no one monitors them to ensure that they actually deliver on their promise, that they reach the people whose lives they are meant to change. We assume that the bigger the scheme, the more the people who will gain. But the actual beneficiaries are always the middle men Anwar once described to me as the spoilers. five decade after Independence, the spoilers have only grown in number. We produce enough food in this country and yet millions starve and millions more beg for food because these spoilers make profit out of artificial shortages.

That's why we need a sharp, critical, intelligent media. That's why we need intellectual opinion that constantly challenges the dominant narrative and offers alternative insight. That's why we need to listen to informed dissent, encourage multiple narratives to flourish. For that's the only way the MALAYSIA of tomorrow will emerge, from debate, argument, and a healthy disbelief in the ideology of the mainstream.