Logic always ranks second

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity and I am not sure about the former."

-Albert Einstein

One would think that if there is a threat of BN MPs in Sabah doing a crossover and the possiblity of Anwar Ibrahim taking over and becoming the new PM, Badawi would tell his Cabinet that arresting Raja Petra, Theresa Kok and the Sin Chew journalist is probably not such a good idea in terms of gaining popularity among the people.

But Uh-uh, this being Malaysia and it being the Malaysian Government,logic always ranks second to stupidity, so they arrest those people under ISA and detain the journalist for one day "for her own safety" and then leave the other two still in detention in undisclosed locations. (And according to Theresa Kok's father, she is brought from one one place to another with a hood over her head- what is this? the Mafia?)
Now, what are the reasons for Petra being arrested? Well, there is a host of them, which I will not go into but what I do want to evaluate is the arrest of Theresa Kok.

It has been alleged that she had joined in a petition for the Azar calls from the mosque to be reduced as it was thought too loud by the residents in Puchong and Kota Damansara. She had vehemently denied this accusation by ex-MB-I-am-so-bitter Khir Toyo. In fact the Mosque authorities in the two constituencies have denied her involvement and have confirmed that she has never said anything to that effect. But you see, according to the Home Minister Syed Albar, she has been detained under ISA because she has threaten to cause racial tensions by "making comments about the Azar."

Now, I may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but if the mosque authorities have confirmed she did not take part in it, and she herself has said she was not part of it, then it would make sense that they should investigate the matter just a tiny wee bit more to determine the authenticity of ex-MB's claim before they chuck her in the police car and whisk her away to obscurity. And if the investigations reveal that ex-MB made up those words, by all means, whisk HIM away under the ISA. (But apparently if you are an UMNO member, you can say what you want. You can wave keris-es and yell for blood, you can call the Chinese immigrants, you can call Indians kelings, you can threaten to hurt others- its okay. Because only those who report your remarks are the ones who get detained under ISA for "false reporting" or those who did not actually SAY those words but were accused wrongfully of doing so who get arrested).

Now technically, if one were to deduce the Ahmad situation and the Chinese "immigrant" remarks, it would make sense to think that if the DPM apologised on behalf of BN and the UMNO suspended him for 3 years, it means that, he actually DID say those words right? Logically speaking. So if indeed he DID utter it, then why is there FALSE REPORTING by Sin Chew? And why was the journalist detained and why is Sin Chew being issued show cause letters? Show cause of what?

But us being logical beings, unlike the Government, we will never understand what the rationale is behind the actions of the Government. So, perhaps we will have to carry these question marks to our graves. Because the Government is not about to start admitting their failures and accepting the logic of others. No-uh, not in this lifetime. Because anything that MAKES sense but is not in line with the Government stand is always a "perversion of the truth".