Dear Desolate Malaysian
In a way, you are right, we are all cowards. Then again, we would not totally agree with that, as like you, we are all being pragmatic; we do have to protect our rice bowls and the future of our children, whilst we see to it that Malaysia will be put back on track again.
What you have suggested about getting each of say 10,000 of silent Malaysia-Today readers, or Malaysian blog readers for that matter, to speak with 1 person per week, hence 520,000 pro-change voters per annum x 4 years = 2,080,000 pro-change voters, is exactly what 916Movement is all about.
As such, we wish to invite you to join us, and together, we can ensure this change at GE13.
Given your idea, we wish to hereby launch our new “1 Voter A Week Campaign”.
Looking forward to your support as well as support from other like-minded Malaysians.
916 Movement
| “I am a coward” |
| Posted by St Low | |
| Sunday, 16 November 2008 00:47 | |
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I have a confession to make. I have never been a strong supporter of any party, which includes PR. I would like to be honest. I am no RPK. I am shy to admit that I can’t carry a pen like a sword and slash into BN like RPK. I am no Shakespeare. I can’t write things that let people understand how things are so wrong in Malaysia today. I can’t even convince my wife to understand why I am so pissed with our present government, let alone convince the general public of how wrong the BN Government has been. I am like the rest of you out there, writing comments from the comfort of our homes and not able to stand up to be counted. I have been to vigils but that is about all that I can do. I am not articulate and least of all, a popular person. I guess what I am good at is to piss people off. How? I just tell the truth. What is the truth? The truth is, like most of you out there, I have a family to protect. I have a career to protect. I have a life that I want to live. I do not want to jeopardise my life for a cause where I know the chances of winning is slim. Apart from a handful of opposition leaders and of course, DSAI, I cannot see how anyone can make a difference in Malaysia. Most of us are all talk but no action (NATO). Comments here are plenty but to sign a petition with NRIC number and all, the number seems to be dwindle to a mere small percentage. In short, like most of you out there, I am a coward. I am truly sorry if the comment above offends you. Let us face it. My sentiments are exactly like most of you, readers of MT. Active commenters aside, I am sure there are plenty of you guys reading in silence, hoping for something to happen. To Run or to Stay? As of today, things do not look good at all. I contemplated migrating. Even Kiasu-land seems a good choice nowadays. Hell, even Parkson’s boss Michael Cheng ran to China. Most successful non-umnoputra seemed to have a back-up plan, another country they can escape to, should anything like May 13 ever happen again. OK lar …. Rich people like them can opt for migration. What about me? I am not rich. I only have a degree from UHK, University of Hard Knocks. There is one sane thing to do. Vote them out in the NEXT PRU. We have done that to 5 states in March. I am sure that there is some goodness left in the EC otherwise we would not live to see today. How can we do that? In a small little way. I am assuming that there are at least 10,000 silent readers of MT. Let us take one day of our week to talk to only 1 person about the things we read in here. That makes it a lousy 52 people a year. Times that by 10,000 readers = 520,000. And it will take another 4 years before the next PRU. That will be an estimated 2 million voters against the Umnoputra. Sounds silly? Yeah, I admit it does. But as the Malaysians of 5 states have shown us, it is not entirely impossible. I have a list of some questions you may encounter when talking to people: 1. If we have a change of government, the economy will be worse than what it is. I am sure you guys can come up with ways to let the silent readers know why it is pertinent to vote the Umnoputras out. To sum it off, I bring you an excerpt from the movie Freedom Writers: Miep Gies: You are the heroes. You are heroes every day. But even an ordinary secretary or a housewife or a teenager can, within their own small ways, turn on a small light in a dark room. Marcus: I’ve never had a hero before. But you are my hero. Miep Gies: Oh, no. No, no, no, young man, no. I am not a hero. No. I did what I had to do, because it was the right thing to do. That is all. I am hoping, like what Miep Gies said, to “Turn on a small light in a dark room”. If I can get 52 other people to join me, the light will be a little brighter. It would be a dream come true if at the next PRU, there will be 2 million or more small lights in a Mighty Bright room. Desolated Malaysian – (Hopefully not for long) http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/14906/84/ |
