It has been 3 years since my last posting in 2013. After the
last election I look forward to a peaceful and prosper country to be led by the new government. Sad to say, things had not been right and obviously our beloved country had
been steered out of track by irresponsible group of people. We did not expect
our country to be in this situation after the impressive growth then. So something is wrong?
Now the authority wanted to register the bloggers and you
know what this means! So I revive this blog just to join the fun of
expressing my views and to share with anyone. So I am back…..
After a long break , I think the above title is suitable as
a start. To get many viewers to share your blog it is important to have a good
headline or subject title. The headlines most of the times will decide whether one
to proceed reading or not. Sometime the writers used bombastic words or title
that has impact to catch readers attention.
An example way back in the 70’s the UK punk rock group Sex Pistol released the album ‘God Save
The Queen’. The lyrics in the album were not pleasant to hear and (maybe)
intended to humiliate the Queen. Anyway the album top the chart and the group
was not even approached by the authorities or police like what poor Namewee experienced. The Queen
made a remark ‘Obnoxious!’ and this
single word appeared in the front page of almost all the UK dailies. Many were
trying to interpret the meaning and many were flipping in the Oxford Dictionary
to look out for the meaning of this word!
Similarly in this beloved country the word ‘Sodomy’ was never a word to be used in
public. Now you can read it almost everyday either in dailies or blogs. The
word ‘Liwat ‘ once appeared as a big headline
in a Malay daily. Schoolteachers had a hard time to explain to
schoolkids the meaning of this word. At that time politicians gave freely to
schools the so- called dailies but now the election was over, they have stopped
these practices. Now whatever words they
are using as headlines nobody cares. Presumably
a part of sex education!
Quite recently another word hit the road, Kleptocracy! Now
Malaysia is famous for the wrong
reasons. Since this is not a small issue, our country will be watched from all
over the world. Hence imposing restriction
on mainsream media and cyber blogs. The bloggers will have a hard
time to express what is right and what is wrong. They may find themselves
behind bars for no logical reasons. Those days we did not frequently heard of
libellous,seditious or sued for defamation. What freedom do the bloggers have in a so-called ‘Democratic’
country?
