Sunday, January 27, 2008

That time of the year again...

As we read the mainstream papers, achievements and progress are thrown to us to be swallowed. Yes... it is clear that the General Election is close, it is blindingly obvious. So how much of the news is true and how much is just pre-election bullshitting?

So what is our role in all this? Day in, day out, we sit in coffee shop, we chat with friends, and we bemoan the injustice of our system (at least some may do). But how many of us are willing to take action to change that? How many will just turn a blind eye and say, "well, nothing can be done!"

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke.

Yes, the electoral roll may be tainted, the boundaries unfairly drawn, losing may be inevitable, but sitting at home doing nothing will achieve nothing. So at least put up a fight, exercise your right, vote for whoever you think can lead the nation better. That is our right, our prerogative, only then can we have the right to sit in coffee shop and complain about the injustice of it all!!

After all, your HOD is suppose to grant you unrecorded leave to vote!

Last chance saloon for Malaysia? I hope not, despite all that is said, I think many of us still love this country, it is its policies that make it unbearable. So play your role to change it. If we don't, who will?

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