Who is the employee and who is the boss?
I have stopped blogging for a while. However while surfing, I came across this this post: Can an Employee Refuse a Meeting with the Boss? This simple illustration speaks lots of our political system. It is rotting deep inside through decades of dominance over the political scene.
The ‘democratic’ system is so deeply entrenched that the rakyat no longer has a say in matters. To quote Shakespeare , The world is but a stage and we are all but actors in it The voters have been taken for granted and act like bit actors. The voters have been tuned, cowed and frightened to vote the same way for half a century. The opposition tries against all odds to make a difference but it is an uphill battle. The opposition of course exclaim and lament their vision of perceived electoral abuses, the institutional disadvantages, and almost total media blackout by the government.
Let us not kid ourselves. Everybody knows the above. Even the leaders in BN know it. After all they are the ones who created the scenario in the first place. What is more important is will this spur the rakyat to make a stand.
There is a ray of hope though. Citizens have through education have learned to surf the net and find information otherwise inaccessible to them. They are more vocal in their blogs and comment as they see it. However many still write in a climate of fear. Personally I self-censor myself after every post.
Now my message for every voter is : vote according to your conscience. Treat what is in the official media with a healthy dose of suspicion. One has to respect their stance considering they have their owners who pay their pay cheques and we know they need to keep their jobs with the rising costs of living.
It will be an interesting election. It might also the first time we see the impact of the internet on electoral polls.Every vote makes a difference. Go home to vote if necessary. Make travel plans today. It is your right as a citizen. And an obligation to make known your political stance.
Posted in on February 15th, 2008 by nini | |
on February 16th, 2008 at 1:37 am
ni cite pasal pe ea..tak faham ler..leh translet sket2 tak?
on February 16th, 2008 at 10:43 am
pokok persoalan post ini ialah kita sebagai pengundi seharusnya jangan mensia-siakan tanggungjawab kita dan ketibaan fenomena internet dalam arena politik
on February 20th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
afham : berkaitan dengan link kepada blog saya, kesimpulannya, rakyat perlu faham bahawa kuasa adalah di tangan mereka. kerajaan dipilih oleh rakyat, semua menteri, wakil rakyat dipilih oleh rakyat untuk berkhidmat kepada mereka. dalam konteks ini, rakyat adalah majikan dan kerajaan adalah pekerja. tiada sebab seorang pekerja boleh menidakkan kehendak seorang majikan, kerana majikan yang membayar gaji pekerjanya.
yang nini tulis pula :
sistem politik negara malaysia telah diperalatkan oleh segelintir pihak untuk kepentingan mereka dengan berselindung di sebalik nama demokrasi. undi rakyat selalu diperlekehkan dan mereka sering digertak untuk mengundi memihak kepada kerajaan dengan cara yang kotor. namun demikian dengan kemunculan media baru seperti internet, rakyat lebih bijak menilai kerana mereka kini boleh mendapatkan maklumat alternatif selain daripad media massa. sebagai pengundi kita patut mengundi dengan bijak. pilihanraya kali ini akan menjadi sesuatu yang amat menarik untuk disaksikan. ini juga mungkin kali pertama kita akan melihat sejauh mana pengaruh internet akan memberikan kesan kepada proses pengundian.
nini, thanks for dropping by my blog and leaving a comment
Bongkersz, thank u so much