Same Shit Different Day

2007 has bid us farewell and 2008 is here.

So, what are the prospects for the new year?

Hindraf leaders have been detained under the ISA. This of course spelled trouble for Badawi as he was alienating a lot of the Indian Voters. So he sat down and thought long and hard (actually more like some other people sat down and thought long and hard, he was busy with his Jeanne and his opening ceremonies, planting trees, meeting "world" leaders and basically doing ceremonial stuff) and decided Oklah, to balance out this ISA Hindraf thing, I have to release some people from ISA detention. Who better than those who were detained for Al-Jemaah activities? THAT would DEFINITELY get the Malay voters to go OH YEAH!HE DA MAN!(The Anwar Ibrahim release was too long ago already).

So he did.

So people who allegedly threatened to blow up other people in the name of Islam were allowed to run scott free. However, if you use the word Allah and you are not Muslim, be warned! You might ALSO be detained under the ISA. Like WTF is the ISA?! Insult the King, ISA. Insult the PM, ISA. Insult Islam, ISA.Insult the Government, ISA.Sing Negaraku but with other lyrics (and Muslim prayers in Background) ISA. Insult Christianity. Its ok. Insult Buddhism, Its ok.

I think ISA would soon make it as a national symbol or a national dish soon.

"Penonton-penonton di rumah, Chef Wan akan menunjukkan kepada anda bagaimana untuk menyediakan masakan istimewa .....ISA!"

Ok, so who actually died and made the Malaysian Government the protector of Islam?! Islam may be the official religion of the country, but using the ISA to "defend" it? Is ISA not a legislation to protect national security? Such as being attacked by enemies or threatening the stability of the country? How does using the word "Allah" in the Malay section of the Herald threaten national security? Did the people in the Parliament pass the legislation to protect the religion of some(ok the majority) of Malaysians? Or was it legislated to protect Malaysians as a whole, whether they are Muslims, Buddhist, Hindus, Christians or etc?

So lets say, if a person were to swerve into my lane and I shout "JESUS CHRIST!(followed by obscene gesture)" are the Christians then entitled to ask the Government to detain me under the ISA because I used the name of Christ in vain? You may read this and laugh out loud. But is that not what the Government is semi-threatening the Herald? NO ONE is allowed to use the name of ALLAH unless you are Muslim and you use it well and proper. Its just like how you cannot name a teddy bear Mohammad because apparently it belongs to Islam. So if you say, have a child tomorrow and want to name him Mohammad Chin Wong Kit. BE WARNED! It might be an insult to Islam.Then you may be ISA-ed.

I dont understand this ISA thing. Why would you say we are a democratic country, with our rights enshrined in the constitution and then say however we are entitled to deny the constitutional rights of our people? And if the justification of ISA is that sometimes the freedom and the constitutional rights of SOME people have to be sacrificed in the name of national security and stability, how does the utterance of ALLAH affect us non Muslims? How does the Negarakuku song threaten us Non Muslims? In fact, how does singing Negarakuku threaten ANYTHING?

So 2007 saw ridiculous things making headway under the Badawi administration. What then is in store for 2008?

I tell you now and you will remember this on 31st December 2008,

You're going to get the Same Shit, Just on a Different Day.