Irresponsible blogging.
I am deeply troubled by the Walk With Us website. In it’s two most recent post, it launched an attack on NSTP’s lawyers and their representing firm, Shearn Delamore. It didn’t require me much brain power to know the site is clearly against NSTP’s maneouvre but making personal attacks is like hitting below the belt. It’s like insulting someone’s mother or race. It’s biased and no longer credible. Also, it’s sub judice. Plus, to abuse the statement of claims is unforgivable.
To let you be the judge, we have obtained the documents from sources within Shearn Delamore, and published here, in four parts, to help you get a good grasp of the merits of the case. As we are not plagiarists — unlike Brenden John Pereira — please allow us to attribute to Rishwant Singh of Shearn Delamore as the author of the said documents.
So people, judge it. The statement of claims (which I too have provided) was meant to inform and fill the information gap. What WWU has done is to not only analyse the suit for you, it has helped you think and decide that Shearn and it’s lawyers are a bunch of wankers. ‘Merits’? Those aren’t merits. That is singling out Kalimullah and lowering him in the eyes of the public. It’s also known as defamation.
Is this responsible blogging? Is that what Rocky and Jeff wants? They have been gagged on their sites but that does not mean other sites should act in the extreme of accusations. Analysis are not facts. It’s a statement of claims ordered by NSTP and others, it is not Shearn’s. They merely act on the instructions of their paymasters.
Shearn Delamore will play dirty.
That’s not the last of Shearn Delamore’s shoddy slip-shot.
This is where the devils of Shearn Delamore and Kalimullah Masheerul Hassan, the dominant plaintiff, lie.
For now, you should know that Shearn Delamore and Kalimullah are now cracking. They have cocked up big time on the statement of claims to move their case forward.
By virtue of abusing such information, I can imagine WWU’s sources within Shearn will feel insulted. To help somebody be given shit back reflects badly on administrators of WWU. My concerns are that it would take many bloggers down with them into this crusade which they’ve set out for themselves.
So now looking at what irresponsible people do to credible information, it has affirmed my fear when I first laid out the suits against Rocky and Jeff. The information gap has been filled but sadly rumour mills and one-sided analysis travel faster than the speed of light. Think how popular Malaysia Today is and how unreliable it is. To gain popularity is one move (or as Jerry puts it, everybody wants to be general) but one must do it in balance and in a just manner. Being one-sided breeds extremism. And people decide to become martyrs before understanding the facts, appreciating the truth and being objective about things.
Speaking of Jerry, he has decided to remove the Bloggers United button from his page. Why? Here’s why.
Dear All and blogger friends
This noon, I had lunch with politikus. Since I haven’t seen her for a while, it may be a good idea to catch up a bit and trade war stories. So, we went to a stall not far from the office, it’s not air-conditioned but they served my favourite mee soup. After taking our seats, she showed us how she was urged to reveal her real identity. Apparently, there is a group of people who are busy getting people to own up their real identity and the movement is on going. And this has to do with the case with Jeff Ooi, which prompted bloggers to put up the avatar on their blogs to show support. I believe no one would ever dream that in a short few months, this online movement has gone down to this:
http://walkwithus.wordpress.com/2007/02/25/67/
The day Rocky made his first appearance on January 25 to defend the defamation suit taken against him by The NSTP & Gang of Four, WALK WITH US went on record to expose the ultimate agenda of the plaintiffs — that is to muzzle the entire blogosphere, damn the bloggers AND censore [sic] the blog commentators by misusing an instrument of law — defamation suit!Don’t you think the above is a little overheated? Supporting freedom of speech doesn’t mean supporting irresponsible blogging. This intentional raising of temperature within the blogosphere is alarming to me because only history will tell who is the real gang of 4 of the Internet age.
I think we need to calm down and think hard and fast, because a mob is ruled by emotions. I thought for a long while, and decided to take the banner down because I dun want to be represented by a stranger at this juncture of time. The blogosphere can be positive.
Though I think both sides are wrong in the case of NSTP vs Jeff Ooi, but it doesn’t mean there is a conspiracy theory behind this
Please people, think trice.
Remember
Jeremiah Foo
translation by Jerry himself
Some may attack that I too am anonymous but I often raise questions, I don’t provide analysis for people and I don’t attempt to call on people to think like me. I don’t point fingers and I don’t abuse the information given to me by my sources. I don’t think I’m representing anybody but myself.
And that’s what I’m fighting for, responsible blogging. But if the movement become lopsided and instead of supporting our brothers in the suit against NSTP, it becomes discriminatory and extreme, I will remove the Bloggers United button too.
Time to question who is behind Walk With Us. How much can we believe them? How much we are willing to allow them to shape our opinions? And most of all, can we let them represent how we bloggers think? Are they journalists? Are they practising the good journalism that they preach?
Who are we? Are we fighting for truth and justice or out to prove a point that we’re a force to reckon with? Do we want humble recognition or do we want fame and glory?
With this, I think I will be witholding Jeff’s amended SOC when his case appears on March 6 because clearly, I risk letting WWU abuse it. They could always get it from their sources within Shearn, I’m sure or did they acquire the documents without crediting their true source in the first place?
February 26th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
There was nothing objective about WWU@blogspot when the whole basis of setting it up was to side Rocky and Jeff per se, and the Malaysian blogosphere, in general. It was purely US vs THEM.
I already had doubts about the so called “insider’s information” WWU@blogspot got when in the post “round-2-nstp-gang-resorts-to-avoid-rockys-striking-out”, there were (and still remains) TWO links to a blog that has (I assume) no relation to SD.
IMHO, WWU@blogspot is as good a skanky publication as NST in terms of news mangling and gossip manufacturing. Let’s not even talk about Malaysia-today yet.
We want to win the war walking together, but can we even stand taller against our perceived enemies?
February 27th, 2007 at 12:03 am
I think Bloggers United and WWU are two separate entities with dissimilar functions. The former tries to get everyone together in defense of the 2, whereas WWU has an axe to grind with NST.
I cannot recall BU regurgitating or referring to WWU, and v.v. i think Sheih’s (founder) been rather reasonable and blogs as well as his poster days. So taking out the BU logo may be a little premature too.
Unity is always hard to maintain in any organisation or group, especially since blogging in itself is a rather individualistic solitary venture. So when there are Alpha bloggers, Betas and Gammas too, there are always a hundred generals too many, each with their own fantastic and strong opinions on how to move forward.
Perhaps keep in mind that we are in this, to express solidarity for the long lonely road that JO and R have to travel (and that I can attest, having a 10-yr-old civil suit still continuing and almost zero interest/attendance from the NGOs), and to remind ourselves that it could well be anyone of us in the near future if we don’t stand up, be counted and fight back.
February 27th, 2007 at 12:12 am
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February 27th, 2007 at 12:41 am
Thanks Eli, you are so right. It’s not fair to equate Bloggers United and WWW - we’re not one and the same and we don’t agree with everything WWW says and does. The most we use them as reference, like we do all others. And if they are not right, others must point out, as politikus did, and we’ll move from there.
If you equate us, its just like PM and NST, attacking two bloggers and saying all bloggers are irresponsible. Think about it. Think about the bigger picture. I have said it before, those behind WWW should make themselves known. Doing something as huge as this but hiding behind a pseudonym doesn’t serve the bigger purpose. Good luck to those behind WWW but Bloggers United must focus on the big fight. In every revolution there would be believers and disbelievers, but the fight has to go on.
And Jeremy, I think its you who should think thrice, bloggers united is not a stranger. Look at my blogroll, and see how many of us are using our own identities to blog.
February 27th, 2007 at 12:53 am
eli, susan: great points leading to a great discussion. i do agree BU is distinct from WWU but will everybody be able to see it? it’s the act of condemning the lawyers that bugged me the most because that is one of the reason why i never decided to be a lawyer because i can never go against certain principles that i have. seeing it in motion right now and i am sure it won’t be the last.
the motives of the WWU is questionable and it’s posts are impressionable. i simply hope people would know better and not fall into the trap of spiting shearn just to be a ‘general’. i not only have friends in shearn and i also have friends in every level in various fraternities of the legal system. the respect i have for the profession is still strong and unless the WWU crew can show some legal training perhaps, their analysis is a fallacy.
many think WWU is endorsed somewhat by the more prominent bloggers. looks like something that requires investigation into. irresponsibility also comes with a price. will speak to both shearn and chooi lawyers on this matter.
ek: i agree on WWU being the NST equivalent. the use of the word ’skanky’ was an excellent choice, i might add.
February 27th, 2007 at 8:20 am
“Speaking of Jerry, he has decided to remove the Bloggers United button from his page. Why? Here’s why.”
Dearest Politikus,
Bloggers United got nothing to do with Walk With Us. I personally do not know who is behind Walk With Us. It can be anybody, it can also be someone from NST. So let not start slamming each other just yet. The journey is still long.
As you interviewed me for Bloggers United establishing themselves on the net two months ago, It would be even nicer, if you could actually check with me first on this matter. But again, it is entirely your choice.
However, let me make it clear hear, Bloggers United is not Walk With US blog site and neither do Susan and me know anybody behind Walk With Us.
Regards,
Syed Azidi AlBukhary
@ Sheih Kickdefella
February 27th, 2007 at 8:46 am
sheih: cheers for the clarification. i did ask a few bloggers to see if they are involved but trust me, my assumptions are not entirely mine alone. it’s great to hear it from the man himself spearheading the BU movement. however, the air isn’t cleared yet. conspiracy theories are rife and many BU supporters turn to WWU for information.
i’m not questioning the BU movement but i’m concerned with that could potentially happen, my fears for the long haul should people stream to WWU.
after i posted the amended SOC agst rocky, my hits shot to it’s all time high with about 90% of visitors were directed from WWU and it is shows MANY people turn to that site.
also sheih, many of you link to them including you yourself and it’s worrisome but it could come across as a from of endorsement. jeff does the same. i guess it’s people’s choice to decide who they want to link but i would never link sites whom i think loses sight of the objective of responsible blogging.
my views are my own and the fact i disagree with WWU is not to say ‘oh, don’t visit them’ but think hard and choose to understand, not to follow their footsteps in getting too carried away with their ‘battle’. i hope to think this isn’t some jihad but a positive journey that we walk hand and hand, and not by simply demonising others so recklessly.
in fact, no where in my post did i say BU was part of WWU so don’t hold that against me. but you can’t escape the fact that many many think they run absolutely parallel with each other. when i said i may take my BU button down, i stand by that but only if BU loses it’s focus and take the route that WWU has taken. but with your assurance abang sheih, i have the utmost faith it was stay there for awhile :)
jerry’s view are of course his own, he has a website where you can send your reply / comment / criticism.
once again, thanks so much for your reply :)
February 27th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
two words: learn mandarin
:)
anyway. neither have I equate the two.
February 27th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
This is indeed a very interesting blog and a particularly interesting post. IMHO, I think this BU movement has been blown out of proportion. It started as a sign of support to the rocky and jeff but now, it’s like a strong movement sweeping across the blogosphere like a tsunami. Another up the pipeline is “band of bloggers”, I believe a logo for it is up in Malaysia Today.
I can’t say much as I am merely a 2 month old blogger, can be considered an infant. But when I first put up a BU logo in my blog (I think it’s my 3rd post), I meant to support rocky and jeff and in a way, show my disapproval to what NSTP was doing. But to gather all bloggers under the banner of BU and starting having agendas… now, that’s not very wise… not in Malaysia.
February 27th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
come on, politikus and jeremy…dont beat around the bush…your reference to irresponsible blogging and bloggers united is crystal clear..eli, sheih and i could see…u mean to say we dont understand english?
anyway, all we want to do is make ourselves clear - we are not behind WWW - i made that clear to you when we were online — i believe even before you had lunch with jeremy—and this posting shocked me—but nevertheless it doesnt matter—we said what we have to—i have said it earlier and i will say it again, in any fight, there would always be those who break easily and those who continue to be strong.
and zewt, what is wrong with having bloggers under one banner?—you would realise the importance when you are sued for example.
there will be no more comments from me on this.
February 27th, 2007 at 4:16 pm
Dearest Politikus,
Bloggers United are link to lots of bloggers from different background, race and based. That is the unique thing about it. I was bombarded left and right for the differences Bloggers United carries. They condemned blogger united for having Gen-M and for having pro Mahathir site supporting us. But if you care to check, Bloggers United is a tool to look beyond the diferences. We are each and every Malaysia. We link beyond political parties, ideology and racial identities. We are difference because we unite all type of differences. Lets cherish the differences instead of condenming it.
Please, I beg us to unite not just for Rocky and not just for Jeff but for the future of blogsphere. We may started with Rocky and Jeff but if we manage to go this far, why not we continue to Unite for the sake of Malaysia, the real Malaysian ways.
Let’s forget who we vote for, lets forget who we fight for, we are not mainstream media, we do not answer to the shareholders. As for my personal opinion, Walk With Us have the entire right to post what ever they deem is appropriate for them, we as the readers have the entire right to post our comment whether twe agreed or disagree with them. That is what blog are about. At the end of the day, thats the beauty of it.
Today I pull out my poster because I received an email that inteprete my poster as sexist and discriminating and distasteful. I pull out because the commenter give me a point of view which I am blinded.
As we always believe, blogging translated our personal views to the world, we carries our emotion into it. We sometime even condemn our sister in our blog. Do we hurt her feeling by doing so?
Please, again, I beg us to cherish the differences because that is what Bloggers United are all about.
February 27th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
susan,
since when do you represent eli, she is on the line with me now, i meant you dun understand mandarin, not english. and, no, you have not clarified anything with online, or offline, it must have been Politikus you were referring to.
February 27th, 2007 at 5:00 pm
sheih, thanks for putting through your wonderful voice of reason. level-headedness and mutual respect are rare these days and you have much of them in both your head and heart.
uncle monty is right, you are a great and just general :)
susan: err, relaxlah. why taking all this soooo personally??
jerry: massage!!!!! when????? :)
February 27th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
i know a responsible massage place (they give you good quality service and not talk crap while they are doing it, and certainly won’t get personal) in Taman Desa, anytime this week will do!
February 27th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
Apparently, there is a group of people who are busy getting people to own up their real identity and the movement is ongoing.
Jerry, nobody asked me to reveal myself. I have cross-swords with countless bloggers, Jeff and Rocky included. They knew me only as Zorro. When these two were “bullied” I came out in the open to defend them. I am just an insignificant poster. But I wanted blogsphere to know that I am a real person, posting without fear or favor. I wanted you all to know that it is a real person and not a nick, that will be speaking from the heart. I want to add credibility to every word I put out. There is nothing I want to hide. I have yet to learn to spin a top, at 67.
About ” a group of people who are busy getting people to own up”…..seriously Jerry, I move around with these bloggers and I have not heard anyone coercing anyone to own up. Yes some of us, Sheih, Rocky and I are playfully pressuring for Shar101, who currently posts some of the most meaningful, relevant and impactful comments, to start a blog. I still dont know what his real name is. I just call him Shar. Jerry, I do not know which pasar malam or mamak joint you got your piece. Come to the National Press Club where we spread no rumours but in revelry just piss each other off. Politikus is aftraid to come to the NPC….probably she will, if you bring her along. The beers on me Jerry.
Oh yes I respect your right if you want to take off the Bloggers United logo. Cheers.
February 27th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Bloggers United ? It is not a foot ball team meh? I go BU shooping and watch movie once in a while. c’mon… relek jek.
February 27th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
Correction: ’shopping’ not ’shooping’. My Engrish not so good and my Chinese also half baked. Sorry lor.
February 27th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
And Polly-tikus, dont over-react. Not good for the soul and as a journalist, bile will flow from your pen. Tsk, tsk, and dont take Jerry for soup mee….doesnt agree with him. Try Maria’s mee-rebus. Makan satu, dua mahu. Keep smiling, young heart.
February 27th, 2007 at 6:18 pm
A step back and a little hindsight, please.
Chronology of events:
a) Bloggers United logo was launched by Sheih on 13/01/07 as a unifying symbol for all Malaysian bloggers. He did this on his own volition and perhaps, upon hearing ‘rumours’ of two local bloggers getting sued.
b) “Walk with us” was coined by J.O. on 17/01/07 based on a little note written by Mahatma Ghandi which appeared in another Screenshot post dated 1/01/06. As the words fit the dilemma that he and A.A. faced, it became a rallying maxim for bloggers.
c) Susan Loone set up the Bloggers United Official Page on 20/01/07 to archive events and articles relevant to the issue at hand and for other bloggers to register their support , comments, etc.
d)”walkwithus.wordpress.com” was set up by person(s) unknown on 22/01/07 which has increasingly become another ‘watercooler’ blogsite for bloggers interested on updates. The blogsite owner(s) have not declared their indentity(s) but it is intently clear to all who visit the blog as to where they going with it. It is also abundantly obvious that this blog is capitalising on ’subjudice’ materials which both defendents are legally bound not write. Skanky it is but sex sells just as well.
Notwithstanding the above, I believe J.Foo, in his comment posted on 28/01/07 at WWU, attempted to blog aggregate some articles into a webpage he will create at his blogsite. A few days later, he posted a link at WWU -’http://walkwithus.emuse.cc- which led to a page claiming to be the ‘official site for walk with us’. Strangely enough, this link does work anymore and even stranger, this URL is no longer on WWU’s comment section. I brought this matter up with WWU on 5/02/07 which you will find under ‘About us’.
Care to comment, Jerry?
February 27th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Dang! Typo…Strangely enough, this link does NOT work anymore…
February 27th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
godfather zorro: i didn’t overreact but someone else did :) i’m not afraid of NPClah, i just dunno how to get there! and you all never invite me in advance :) bagi notice lah sometime.
sam: we’re all cool, bro. pass me that tuna :)
shar101: you want the truth? i’ll leave it to jerry :)
cheers for the timeline! i guess in respecting the freedom of speech schpiel that some people can die for …. WWU can bloody write all they want without being responsible. if you believe in that, then by all means let the schpiel carry on and hurt people in the process. i sure am glad i ain’t kalimullah, man.
February 27th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
shar101, i dunno if that’s how all your friends call you, but since i am not really your friend (since i dun really know you), shar101, it’ll be, for the time being.
yes, in the spirit of tracking the legal process of Jeff’s case, I offered to put together an aggregator to gather blog posts automatically so people can go to one place and get an overview of what’s happening to the case.
then, someone called me (let’s not name names yet, shall we?) to put together a blog to do that. and i thought too it will be good to have a non partisan aggregator that tracks blog posts from around the world regarding the case.
so, that’s what i did, i donated my own resources to build the site, on my own server based in Malaysia and also spent time coding to create an automated system to attempt to aggregate posts under the Walk With US banner.
this is really not the time nor place to reveal why it should be done under the WWU banner, so, i will just say the person who asked me to do it specifically said do it under the specific banner, and he will link to it.
so, the site was built. in about 2 days.
but strangely enough, soon after that, while i was having fun in abu sayaf country (that’s mindanao), that same person called me to maybe take it down.
apparently some people aren’t too happy about his decision.
so, off it went.
i cannot reveal the person’s name to you because as i said, i dun really know who you are. and this is not the time nor the right forum for that. and i may lose real friends if i do that here.
but, i took walkwithus.emuse.cc out because i dun think it would serve any purpose.
however, pertaining to the guys behind walkwithus.wordpress.com, i dun know who they are, YET.
***
as for the zorror who unmasks himself , your offer to beer is taken. i dunno if the tikus wants to join, nobody approached you doesn’t mean that it is not happening in reality.
(why did you call yourself zorro in the very first place? i have used my own name from the very beginning, because i am proud of the name my father gave me.)
if you know any pasar malam that sells beer, let me know. i dun frequent those places, and neither do i do the national press club (i heard i was too young to go there).
and there is a chinese saying that goes: “學無先後，達者為師” — if you know what this means, then your first beer is on me.
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February 27th, 2007 at 8:16 pm
Hi, found a link from a friend’s site that directed me to this blog. Haven’t been following walkwithus.wordpress.com events at all, but I am sure i would not want to linger long on any site that does not state issues in an un-biased way.
As to ‘who’ and ‘what’ are we standing up for, I personally think that by now Rocky and Jeff Ooi would have garnered a considerable amount of support from Malaysian bloggers/blogreaders by now. If they can maintain their responsible blogging attitude, perhaps one day, if they should consider running for elections, they might just have what it takes to take Malaysia one step forward. Based on what I have read so far, I think they’re much more mature than most Malaysian politicians i’ve read about.
February 27th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
Jerry..”nobody approached you does not mean that it is not happening in reality.” Of course nobody has murdered me does not mean that murder is not committed. Lets be real. The accusation was leveled at Bloggers United and that BU are pressing posters to reveal themselves. Everyone has a right to privacy. You were quite brazen to ask why I chose Zorro, the nick that I have been suing since the early 60s in letters to editors.Probably you were still swimming in daddy’s scrotum bag then. The dailies gave you a choice and I felt zorro was a good character. Anything wrong with that and was I insulting my Chinese given name, which my dad did not give. Gotcha you there. It was my grand-father that named me - me being the first grandson. How’s that? But you stumped me with your Mandarin characters. I am an ignoramus where chinese is concerned. But I got by, being English educated. I command RM3000 a day conducting training in English! How’s that?Whats so great about being able to read and write in Mandarin anyway? I am a Malaysian first, and Chinese second? I dont have to translate your Mandarin to buy the beers. Anytime, Jerry the beer is on me….and if I tell Amir of the Malay Male that you think the NPC is for old people, he might have your d–k for breakfast….that guy can turn cannibal at the sperm, ooppps, spur of the moment. Much cheers young man. Kong kong zorro rides to NPC to top-up after a very dry week-end.
February 27th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
And Jerry, I hope those Chinese characters, aren’t anything derogatory?
February 27th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
zorror: 說真的，你的祖父不讓你上中文課，是你的損失。
Well, I am sorry back in those days you don’t get to learn BOTH languages (I speak 5 and 4 dialects, read and write 4).
Move on, gong gong. it’s not how old you are, but how you used your d***.
Beer is on me. I need to show some respect, right?
:-P
February 28th, 2007 at 12:54 am
See the beauty of cyberspace now?! Everybody can have the opportunity to differ.
Only some quarters cannot handle this new thing called freedom in Bolehland…
February 28th, 2007 at 2:27 am
freedom in bolehland…. come it may….
February 28th, 2007 at 3:43 am
A bit late into this discussion.
Subjudice or contempt of court is when a comment or action disrupt the normal process of a court hearing.
As far as I see what constitute disruption in the court process from the perspective of law and perspective of freedom of information could be different things. Subjudice law basically restrict civil liberty. Kali used the law to restrict it.
As I understan it, the treatment of contempt of court from the perspective of British law and American law have differences, the latter being less demanding.
In the nutshell, WWU is free to express their opinion, bias or objective, for the court of public opinion. Responsibility lies with them to write what they believe as responsible. That applies for us in our blogging. On the other hand, caveat emptor …. read responsibly. I certainly believe the judges, Shearn and are smart enough not to be disrupted by WWU.
Just staying true to my American education and civil libertarian belief. Like any cold patriotic Amreican would think, lets nuke the bloody hell out of Ai-Ran. Off course I do not mean that…
In fact I like one of RPK’s view on freedom to speak. We are born with that freedom and its not Government or anyone to determien what we can or cannot speak. Since we decide who become Government, the Government has no f***ing (responsible blogger put astericks instead of letter) right to tell su what we can and cannot say. IF the judiciry is a branch of government, it applies.
You guys go and quarrell over the specifics. Thats the principle I work on.
February 28th, 2007 at 11:32 pm
[…] plight they are facing, have been momentarily divided over anonymous counterpart WalkWithUs and its skanky postings, this post is dedicated to a ‘mouse of principle’, for standing fast to the true cause […]
March 3rd, 2007 at 5:45 pm
Here’s my two-sen worth:
Even before Bloggers United became an entity (and i am glad it did), what emerged was an outcry in blogsphere against the ongoing gangster-bullyism of the powerful against the individual.
There is so much abuse going on in high places that the refuse of abuse is piled so high it will take forever to incinerate and rid the stink. But a start has to be made somewhere and i am also glad it all started in blogsphere.
The authority can run but let them know they cannot hide.
As i see it, the unsolicited and spontaneous outpouring of support for Rocky and Jeff Ooi against NSTP + the gang of 4 is a clearcut case of the populace saying “enough is enough!” The individual, the small man, the general public are finally coming together to voice their displeasure. Let the authority has ears to hear. Let the abuse stop. Let justice be served.
Fellow bloggers, here’s an opportunity for the well-informed to negate the mentality of “if I have the position, the money and the connection, I will do as I wish and nobody is going to stop me.” Guys, let’s stand up for what we believe and be counted. Let’s move forward. Now is not the time for dissension of silly, little things.
I am particularly moved for once that there’s the coming together of Malaysians (the ultras will hate us for this show of unity) for a cause that’s worth pursuing. Who knows, its ramification may have far-reaching effect. I can only hope that this movement would provide the catalyst for the executive, the legislature and the judiciary to wake up and take the first step for reform and put the country back on course. We have strayed far enough.
We may not agree on everything but let’s agree to disagree and let every voice be heard. No one owns blogsphere, or the internet for that matter. No one rules it. No one should dictate it. It’s the responsibility of every user of the internet to know what he or she is reading and doing, sieve the truth from lies, put to good use our God-given grey matter we call “brains.”
I do not support irresponsible bloggings neither will I deny anyone the right to speak up, or the right to defend oneself. The truth is the truth. It’s what is right, not who is right.
Bloggers United. Yes!
March 5th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
Just a note to remind all. Once you have identified yourself, you are open game too!
I was given a court order (verbal) by the Judge of Industrial Court 19 to remove my blog pertaining to a stewardess who was terminated by MAS for being pregnant with her third child. Her case in Industrial court 19 was postponed from February 21 to September 5 2007. This was in response from the Lawyers representing Malaysia Airlines, and cited subjudice and interference with the proceedings that are to take place.
And because I identified myself, (on February 23 after attending Rocky’s mention, I decided to blog responsibly).
I am under legal advise now, thanks to Rocky who has pointed me to Malik.
ELi Wong is working hard to get an Industrial Court lawyer to run through a few things.
Therefore, I think I am qualified to say this. Write responsibly when you are right! DO not post irresponsibly by providing false postings.
As for me, I shall wait and see, for its been three days now, and my blog is still active, though no postings have been added for obvious reasons.
Bloggers United, for I have them to thank for that I am not walking alone.
Tony Yew a.k.a alliedmartster
www.muststopthis.blogspot.com