Saturday, November 24, 2007

 

Another Rally?

This time it seems that Hindus are planning to take to the streets this weekend in protest of their marginalisation. As I have mentioned before, I have never like street rallies. You can disagree and say it is a form of freedom of expression but I still hold my ground that Malaysians should minimise such protests.

I think people are now emboldened by the success of the BERSIH rally. And if we say that the BERSIH rally is right and should be given the greenlight, it would seem double standards now to tell our Indian friends that they should not be walking.

The reality is Malaysia is a difficult place to govern with a combination of Malays, Chinese, Indians and other minorities. This weekend we will see Malay police personnel watching over a mainly Indian rally. Every skirmish, every single clash and beating can be turned into a racial argument and when things turn racial, emotions always tend to run high. And if the rally is broken up with force, the me vs them mentality will become even more entrenched.

Yes, Malaysia have many ills at the moment but if we continue to hold more and more rallies, are we actually making it better or worse?

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Comments:
Exactly, you are thinking what I am thinking!
 
We should not take our anger and frustrations to the streets.Malaysia being multi-racial and multi-religious can't afford to let any of the ethnic groups to bring racial issues to the streets.It's dangerous and can develop into civil unrest.

I am with you with this and hope Many Malaysians would do likewise.

Please read my posts;

1.A Fool's Errand
2.The Four Trillion Dollar Man
3.Civil Disorder

All regarding street rally and demonstrations.
 
Anonymous:
Guess we think alike then.

Hantu Laut:
Stopped by your blog and read some of your postings. As I have said, street marches always carry a high risk, especially when there is a racial and religious element to it. It will be hard to convince me that rallies are the way to go.
 
Indeed, rally does not seem the to help. Now what? They need donation! What next?
 
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