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Prostituting Analysts are asking Malays to know who it is that is asking them to take part in an illegal assembly on July 9.
Some laws of physics become proverbs to interpret human behaviour. Newton's "every action has an equal...", or "water seeks its own level", for instance. A popular, but less quoted law is the second law of thermodynamics, or the "Law of Entropy". In essence it states that all physical systems tend to achieve a state of maximum randomness or disorderliness. They remain so in that state till the change in disorder comes by the application or withdrawal of an externally applied "force" or "energy". A simple example would be the heat and the molecular randomness in a glass of water. It will remain so till it is heated or boiled into steam, or cooled to freeze into ice. Humanity, shows similar periods of quietude followed by sudden upheavals due to seen or unseen forces that build up over time. Over the last century, these upheavals seem to have come between 40- and 60-year intervals, if one was to take World War I as the first in this span.
The world today seems to have attained what man dreamt for ages - "Equality". Only it is a more equitable distribution of disorder than order. Less monarchs, but more revolutions, few generals but outnumbering mutinies, rich food but relentless breeding, more money but less purchasing power, expansive democracies but weighty coalitions, emerging religiosities but crippling dogmatism, waning mega-terrorism but mushrooming medium terror outfits, unimaginable connectivity but countless spam, development projects but unmentionable scams. The list is endless.
If one was to pick up the thread from the tragic event at the beginning of the millennium, the Iraq war was the next. Much has happened since. The execution of a despotic ruler, but now a country without a stable system of governance. The hunt of the al-Qaida chief went on long enough with elimination and at times revival of terrorist groups. Surprisingly, the sudden demise of the fugitive terrorist after a military operation has not so much opened the question of who is likely to replace him. It has given rise to livid speculation regarding who should lead the intelligence agencies, and give lead to combat operations now onwards. There is a crack in the loyalties of a few allies, even as military, political, diplomatic and fundamental mindsets have begun to screen each other with more suspicion than ever before.
The revolutions sweeping northern Africa and spreading into mieast and partly even to this country add to the change in order. Where it has struck roots, alternative forms of governments are difficult to imagine in the near future. A particular form of government is empowered not so much because it is decidedly the best in ideology. It takes its place due to a particular mindset of the people who so decide. History has shown, that no matter what people call their form of government, it finally is their own recipe with an acceptable name.
Economic morphosis seems to go pari-pasu. The superpower went for a self-bailout and within a year one has seen the economic bailout of three European nations. What are setbacks to the world's second largest economy due to natural disasters is not directly a derivative of this discussion, but there may be afterthoughts of proliferation of nuclear plants, even if the purpose is purely civil. India's own discovery of an unprecedented lack of governance and surfeit of graft, which seems to be quite acceptable is startling no less, considering the cultural ideology that gave birth to the nation.
In the end, the few individuals that are attributed to be pivotal to the present change in order could well have been any other. It is a matter of perception to call some "villains" and others "heroes". In the eternal script these are all "characters". The spreading "disorder" in which societies, governments and eventually humanity exists appears to be the "order" of the day. Everyone has a stake, either by omission or commission.
The change comes within half a century of what the world concluded was an end of "the forces of evil". Was there a "fly in the ointment", or a seeming state of control was visualized, that was not to be or was subject to the "entropy" of all human governing systems, that include belief, dogma, even religious interpretations to an extent. The present turmoil is quite apart from the missions of Lincoln, the Mahatma, King and Mandela. We are in a tower of Babel where the guns do the talking. Where one misunderstanding is answered by creating another more empowering, and where confusion is settled by keeping it confounded.
This one is the periodic drama that humanity undergoes from time to time. It has happened in different scripts in the past. Mythology is full of such stuff. The only scare is that it has perpetrated to the level of every individual life on the planet. It is affecting every mindset. Everyone seems to know, and everyone seems to let it go. The constancy of the right and the wrong is no longer for us to ponder. What matters is what really matters!
Sure, from the present peak one can only see a de-escalation of the disorder. Meaningful, though more "watchful" relationships may emerge between the nations and people. Humanity may just learn that to be able to see each other's point, one may finally have to draw a line.
A rather popular teacher in college would often repeat the story of the ten blind men groping an elephant. I always wondered if there was one who never gave his version, but hurried to the nearest pond and vigorously washed his hands several times. He had a better idea about the systems that run an elephant!
They said that Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan, the former Bar Council president planning to lead the demonstration, has a history of provoking Muslims.
They noted that she defended apostate Lina Joy, and as Bar Council president accepted a memorandum on the formation of an inter-faith commission, which made 14 demands that in effect questioned the position of Islam as the official religion and contradicted the constitution.
Despite objections from Muslims, she held a forum on an article in the constitution concerning syariah law.
Now, she is planning a demonstration in defiance of the law which she expects the Malays to join in droves, the analysts said.
Analyst Datin Paduka Prof Dr Ramlah Adam of Universiti Teknologi Mara wonders how Malays can want to have anything to do with someone who is so openly against their interests.
"As a lawyer, Ambiga knows better than most that an assembly without a police permit is illegal. I don't understand why she is planning to go ahead with it despite protests from various groups," Ramlah said.
Other observers question the independence and motive of Ambiga, who is chairman of the Coalition for Free and Fair elections.
If elections in the country were not free, they said, how could the opposition have won six states in the last polls?
In any case, Ambiga could express any dissatisfaction that she might have with the Election Commission through the media instead of having an illegal assembly that could lead to clashes, they said.
Political observer Prof Datuk Dr Zainal Kling of the Sultan Idris Teaching University said the leaders of the planned assembly were fighting the cause of political parties which were themselves not clean.
"They should demonstrate as a political party rather than a non-governmental organisation. Then people will know what their real objectives are," he said.
Zainal said their objectives had something to do with "the chaos in the opposition, in PKR which is not clean, in DAP which is autocratic and PAS which has abandoned its original struggle".
He said the planned assembly was to hide the dirtiness of opposition parties trying to give Malaysia a bad image.
Zainal said the opposition parties were trying to create the kind of chaos they see in several countries which they hope to exploit to gain power.
Old habits die hard. As we assess political challenges emerging from new governments in Egypt, Tunisia and elsewhere in the Middle East face, we continue to cling to a failed narrative.
Stepping off the plane and walking through the airport on my way to a conference on the "The US in a Changing Middle East," my eye caught the front cover of The Atlantic. What attracted my attention was not the title of its lead article "Danger: Falling Tyrants" but rather the picture of a fully veiled woman with only her eyes showing with the header, "Is This the Face of Arab Democracy."
Authoritarian rulers in the Arab world and Western governments and political commentators for decades justified support for repressive authority regimes maintaining that the alternative was "chaos" and an Islamist takeover and Arab culture and Islam were incompatible with democracy. The Arab uprisings have discredited the conventional wisdom and challenge policymakers to pursue a new narrative. Instead, they confirm what numerous opinion polls previously reported: while religion remains important, majorities across much of the Muslim world prefer democracy over theocracy.
Gallup's newly released 'Egypt from Tahrir to Transition' offers important insights into Egyptian attitudes, a number of which have a direct bearing on the old conventional wisdom and fears: authoritarian regimes in Egypt, Tunisia and elsewhere are a bulwark the triumph of Islamists, "other Irans" and and imposition of Islamic states. Egyptians have virtually no interest (1%) in modelling their political system on the Iran's Islamic Republic. Most Egyptians (69%) think religious leaders should be limited to an advisory role to government authorities. Moreover, despite being viewed favorably by the majority of Egyptians, the fabled Muslim Brotherhood has a no more than 15% of public "support." Not only do many overestimate popular support for Islamists, but most also assume this preference for the decades old organization is synonymous with anti-Americanism. The evidence says otherwise. According to the Gallup survey, Muslim Brotherhood supporters are slightly more likely (25%) than the general public (18%) to approve of the leadership of the United States.
Gallup data also highlights another misconception; Muslim predispositions to violence? On the contrary: Egyptians are the most likely public in the world to say the targeting and killing of civilians is never justified (97%). Not only do Egyptians reject terrorism as a tactic on moral grounds, but most (79%) also believe that 'peaceful means are effective for correcting injustice.' Clinging to a failed narrative and the threat of a hostile Islamist takeover, risks succumbing to the temptation to "encourage" or influence a specific outcome in Arab elections which will validate the concerns of Egyptians and others in the Arab world. Many Egyptians remain concerned about possible U.S. interference in their political affairs. According to Gallup, about two-thirds of Egyptians think the U.S. will try to interfere in Egypt's political future as opposed to letting the people of the country decide alone. Additionally, a similar number disagree that the U.S. is serious about encouraging democratic systems of government in their region. To build trust and strengthen our relationship with newly empowered Arab societies, we must continue to stand for democratic principles not political parties or individuals.
Like all people, the people of Egypt want to forge their political future independently -- especially those who most admire America's democratic principles. Almost 90% of Egyptians who see the U.S. as a political model for their country oppose U.S. aid to political groups in their country, more than those who hold this view among the general public (75%). Perhaps as a result, 52% of Egyptians oppose accepting economic aid as a whole -- 43% among those who believe Egypt should look to the U.S. model of democracy.
As we watch the emergence of new governments and the continued struggles for regime change or democratic reforms, we must move beyond a now discredited narrative and support Arabs, but stand back, as they exercise the very freedoms our country was founded upon and which we cherish and promote.
I don't mean the middle of the road, whatever that might be, in an American 21st century where virtually every single national GOP candidate claims to believe neither in evolutionary nor environmental settled science.
No, what I mean is that progressives tend to spend a lot of time worrying about the plight of the persistently poor and the culturally stigmatized. And for the last two years, with the explosive growth in the ranks of the unemployed, we've been tirelessly advocating for their betterment as well.
Have we noticed yet? Nobody in Washington is listening. When Ms. Palin zinged, "How's that 'hopey-changey thing working out for ya," she was, for once, devastatingly accurate. The progressives I talk to, white and black, are as cynical and despairing about the prospects for meaningful reform today as during their lowest moments under the previous president.
As the old Negro spiritual goes, "We've been 'buked and we've been scorned."
And I say, "Get over it." Politics are rough and ugly. We have to get over ourselves and work with what we've got instead of what we long for. And where are we going to go anyway? Two elections ago some opted for Nader and all that did was get the election of the real candidates close enough for the other side to steal.
We have to keep fighting for our nation but we have to fight smarter. In a nation where "hope" has again been enveloped by "fear" we have to adjust our message.
Today's newest downtrodden are the middle class and advocating for their betterment is the most effective way to help all Americans. In fact it's the only way that our messages stands a chance of ever being relevant again. Historically progressivism has been dominated by the compassionate haves, the educated upper-middle-class, making a case for the largely voiceless have-nots.
The silver lining to this Great Recession is that now most Americans feel closer than ever to the plight of the poor. Even if you're not on food stamps or have ever visited a food pantry (though tens of thousands of middle-class Americans are and have), you're working harder for less. No matter how many times Washington tries to tell us that we've turned a corner, we in real America are experiencing a middle-class American dream receding from our grasp daily.
A winning progressive message is, as always, populism, but this time let's try a populism from the upper middle on down. Just because your kids are in private school or you drive a German import doesn't make you a financial robber baron. You're cursing your car payments, post-dating the check to your daughter's overpriced private school and jumping on the Groupon to save $20 on your next date night. Since we're now almost all in the same boat, each of us acting out of our individual self-interest should be harnessed into powerful collective action.
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