[…] such the ultra-royalist multi-colored shirts, the short-lived Pitak Siam and the recently emerged ‘White masks’ have shown. What all these groups have in common – apart from near-facist political leanings […]
[…] dogma of loyalty – both off- and online. The term ‘Cyber Scout’ reflects some historical parallels to the ‘Village Scouts’ of the 1970s, which were set up for almost the same reasons in order to battle a perceived communist […]
Without a doubt and not just sensible, it is mandatory to remove powers of religion from the public arena and along with it race too. All political parties which upholds a religious or race ideology must be banned.
The problem in Malaysia is that the fundamental system is rooted in religion (Islam) and race (Bumiputra). This has been so since the day of independence which is what is detrimental to this nation and the extent of it can be seen today.
[…] by the government not to resubmit it again, the controversy ignited the anti-amnesty protests which re-united the anti-Thaksin forces and brought them together as a motley crew of self-proclaimed “saviors” against […]
[…] But what this year also showed is that more resistance is forming against the old ways of learning and teaching. There’s the Anti-SOTUS group that calls for an end to the harsh hazing rituals at universities. We also saw the Facebook campaign by “Frank” Nethiwit Chotpatpaisan against the “mechanic” education system and oppressive school rules, going as far as declare himself “sick of Thainess”. In a final display of his principles this year, the opinionated and strong-willed 11th-grader rejected a nomination by the National Human Rights Commission, criticizing its callousness towards the 2010 crackdown and the report it produced. […]
C’mon Neptunian, you can’t use the civilized norms of the 21st century to measure them. They are living in Prophet Muhammed’s time. By the way, does Neptunian really have a pig-like nose, purple skin, and four arms? LOL
Seeing that only the minority (10%?) of faith adherents (of any religion) seek righteousness (we just have to look at human history to verify this), would it be more sensible to remove powers of religion from the public arena?
Poet Maung Moe Pwint (Yékyi) known for his biting satirical wit in his short and very topical verses has been denied the right to vote together with his family.
Salleh Said Keruak is hinting social media crackdown in Malaysia is coming soon. The putras in UMNO believe UMNO is Malaysia and Malaysia is UMNO; anyone who criticizes anyone from UMNO is detrimental to Malaysia and should be put away. They own all the guns, the courts and the gangsters. They can do what they want.
Those taboos still hold, perhaps not so much passing under a htamein line nowadays although many will still wash women’s underwear and htamein separately from men’s clothes, and serving food to their men first too in some cases. Old customs die hard even though many as mentioned are actually bread winners of the family.
Even among women high flyers in the ‘liberated’ West you’ve seen Hillary Clinton sacrifice her own political ambition to further her husband’s, likewise Cherie Blair and Tony.
They may not come forward mainly on account of family commitments but Burmese women who outwardly look docile and self effaced can be feisty with a fiery temper. You underestimate them at your peril. ASSK herself is just one example, a late developer as opportunity knocked the door. What’s really going to stop them if they are so inclined in Burmese society?
Reminds me of a slightly inebriated Australian who insisted on talking to me in some beer-joint in Chiangmai, Thailand, back in 1992. He was bloody insistent that he was not a sex tourist but a sex traveler. Sigh. But a lot of the women working in the joint were from villages that I was familiar with and I have never written about the stuff because I find the ‘academic mode of engagement’ very generally exploitative on this front. Taking the stories of these young women and turning it into academic value for myself, as a form of ‘fierce eyewitnessing’ does no good for the village girls or their chance at a better life. Instead it would just get them stuck in the victim slot, or mistakenly attribute to them lots of ‘agency’. My crap-meter suggests that I just keep certain things to myself as a scholar of the fringe.
Malaysia in 1960, Turkey in 1960, Indonesia in 1960 and Lebanon in 1960. Today ? Hahaha…..Indonesia is the last test case left and will fail because civil and Shari’a Law can never coexist. Kazakhstan is an exception because it is run by a USSR holdover. As soon as there is a coup, Islamists will tale over in Almaty. Essentially, you are correct, Neptunian, as usual.
[…] The UEC has been blamed for incompetence and was even accused of sabotaging its own election. The overseas voting process has also been mired with missing names and ballot […]
[…] dubious sentence against Ampon “Uncle SMS” Tangnoppakul, despite doubtful evidence. The 62-year old grandfather is now being jailed for 20 years, five years for each alleged SMS sent. On December 8 the Thai-born […]
Interesting how the R word keeps popping up. Admittedly the issue cannot be shelved indefinitely even if it’s hardly a minority that dare not speak its name but rather made it up with their violent ‘colonial settler’ history rewritten for the benefit of the outside world.
One can expect some kind of accommodation will happen but not realistically to any mutually satisfactory degree like everything else for that matter until after an ASSK/NLD win in the polls. Unfortunately it’s just not on the agenda at this moment in time however loud the clamour from foreign media and international bodies including the UN.
Disenfranchisement is a reality that even the majority is staring in the face today. Repression and persecution may not be far behind if it doesn’t go as meticulously planned by the generals.
Opposition parties are among the ‘silent majority’ over the issue and for this the NLD in particular is being targeted from both sides at home for different reasons, and rightly by the vocal humanitarian concerns from abroad.
The Burmese civil society deserves credit for countering bigotry with interfaith groups and anti-hate speech campaigns. Right now the fight is for free and fair elections and a peaceful transfer of power both extremely contentious issues.
And as if Ma Ba Tha and the race and religion protection laws they championed and lobbied for with lightning speed success is not enough to deliver a deadly blow to the NLD for the govt party to win, together with all sorts of electoral jiggery-pokery, they have golden-parachuted in (money is no object) again with lightning speed a brand new proxy party that runs on the same race and religion ticket to fight the NLD.
Today’s civil society is multifaceted and sophisticated out of necessity and the times we live in unlike the YMBA and GCBA, with Buddhist in their titles, during the struggle for independence. Ironically they face an ancien regime that is desperately resorting to evoking the old one dimensional and B&W nationalistic gut instincts.
Neptunian –
If you can understand what I said and I quote;
” Islam is all about righteousness
and the subscribers to Islam are
guided to be righteous but sadly
may find only about 10%.”
I believe your question had been answered. My friends call me Frankie.
– All my friends call me neptunian – DUH
BTW, to think, one must engage brain – to keep saying Islam is righteous and merciful, while slaughtering anyone who do not toe the line is ludicrous.
I am not asking you to “think about it” – I am saying, please engage brain. While you are at it, please name just one (1) Islamic country that is “righteous and merciful” as define by normally civilised people, not by the Islamist
Facebook 
Twitter 
Soundcloud 
Youtube 
Rss
A sign of progress?
[…] such the ultra-royalist multi-colored shirts, the short-lived Pitak Siam and the recently emerged ‘White masks’ have shown. What all these groups have in common – apart from near-facist political leanings […]
Who’s who in Thailand’s anti-government forces?
[…] the Thai academic Aim Sinpeng correctly observed, “nationalism, anti-mega projects and anti-corruption underlie some of the main […]
From Village Scouts to Cyber Scouts
[…] dogma of loyalty – both off- and online. The term ‘Cyber Scout’ reflects some historical parallels to the ‘Village Scouts’ of the 1970s, which were set up for almost the same reasons in order to battle a perceived communist […]
Cara Menghasilkan Uang Dengan Bermain Dominoqq
Hi Greg
Without a doubt and not just sensible, it is mandatory to remove powers of religion from the public arena and along with it race too. All political parties which upholds a religious or race ideology must be banned.
The problem in Malaysia is that the fundamental system is rooted in religion (Islam) and race (Bumiputra). This has been so since the day of independence which is what is detrimental to this nation and the extent of it can be seen today.
Consolidating control in cyberspace
What an excellent article. What will this ridiculous buffon, I.e. Thai PM Prayut – do next : ban the refresh button??
Who’s who in Thailand’s anti-government forces?
[…] by the government not to resubmit it again, the controversy ignited the anti-amnesty protests which re-united the anti-Thaksin forces and brought them together as a motley crew of self-proclaimed “saviors” against […]
Assault on Nick Nostitz
[…] the receiving end of accusations of being biased with even physical attacks against both local and foreign […]
Human rights, the law and violence in 2010
[…] But what this year also showed is that more resistance is forming against the old ways of learning and teaching. There’s the Anti-SOTUS group that calls for an end to the harsh hazing rituals at universities. We also saw the Facebook campaign by “Frank” Nethiwit Chotpatpaisan against the “mechanic” education system and oppressive school rules, going as far as declare himself “sick of Thainess”. In a final display of his principles this year, the opinionated and strong-willed 11th-grader rejected a nomination by the National Human Rights Commission, criticizing its callousness towards the 2010 crackdown and the report it produced. […]
Cara Menghasilkan Uang Dengan Bermain Dominoqq
C’mon Neptunian, you can’t use the civilized norms of the 21st century to measure them. They are living in Prophet Muhammed’s time. By the way, does Neptunian really have a pig-like nose, purple skin, and four arms? LOL
Cara Menghasilkan Uang Dengan Bermain Dominoqq
Hi Sayyed,
You have touched the central question.
Seeing that only the minority (10%?) of faith adherents (of any religion) seek righteousness (we just have to look at human history to verify this), would it be more sensible to remove powers of religion from the public arena?
Southeast Asian snapshots
Poet Maung Moe Pwint (Yékyi) known for his biting satirical wit in his short and very topical verses has been denied the right to vote together with his family.
Below is the English translation of a taste of his work in Burmese:
Top Stories – World News
Entries and exits,
In Nga Tin’s* lists.
Leave out the living,
Phantoms will vote.
An item of news,
The whole world to note.
*Tin Aye (Chairman, Union Election Commission)
Southeast Asian snapshots
Salleh Said Keruak is hinting social media crackdown in Malaysia is coming soon. The putras in UMNO believe UMNO is Malaysia and Malaysia is UMNO; anyone who criticizes anyone from UMNO is detrimental to Malaysia and should be put away. They own all the guns, the courts and the gangsters. They can do what they want.
Women and the vote
Those taboos still hold, perhaps not so much passing under a htamein line nowadays although many will still wash women’s underwear and htamein separately from men’s clothes, and serving food to their men first too in some cases. Old customs die hard even though many as mentioned are actually bread winners of the family.
Even among women high flyers in the ‘liberated’ West you’ve seen Hillary Clinton sacrifice her own political ambition to further her husband’s, likewise Cherie Blair and Tony.
They may not come forward mainly on account of family commitments but Burmese women who outwardly look docile and self effaced can be feisty with a fiery temper. You underestimate them at your peril. ASSK herself is just one example, a late developer as opportunity knocked the door. What’s really going to stop them if they are so inclined in Burmese society?
Sex workers and sex robots: what’s really at stake
Reminds me of a slightly inebriated Australian who insisted on talking to me in some beer-joint in Chiangmai, Thailand, back in 1992. He was bloody insistent that he was not a sex tourist but a sex traveler. Sigh. But a lot of the women working in the joint were from villages that I was familiar with and I have never written about the stuff because I find the ‘academic mode of engagement’ very generally exploitative on this front. Taking the stories of these young women and turning it into academic value for myself, as a form of ‘fierce eyewitnessing’ does no good for the village girls or their chance at a better life. Instead it would just get them stuck in the victim slot, or mistakenly attribute to them lots of ‘agency’. My crap-meter suggests that I just keep certain things to myself as a scholar of the fringe.
Cara Menghasilkan Uang Dengan Bermain Dominoqq
@Neptunian
Malaysia in 1960, Turkey in 1960, Indonesia in 1960 and Lebanon in 1960. Today ? Hahaha…..Indonesia is the last test case left and will fail because civil and Shari’a Law can never coexist. Kazakhstan is an exception because it is run by a USSR holdover. As soon as there is a coup, Islamists will tale over in Almaty. Essentially, you are correct, Neptunian, as usual.
Making Myanmar’s overseas vote count
[…] The UEC has been blamed for incompetence and was even accused of sabotaging its own election. The overseas voting process has also been mired with missing names and ballot […]
Ah Kong and his family
[…] dubious sentence against Ampon “Uncle SMS” Tangnoppakul, despite doubtful evidence. The 62-year old grandfather is now being jailed for 20 years, five years for each alleged SMS sent. On December 8 the Thai-born […]
Civil society and the vote
Interesting how the R word keeps popping up. Admittedly the issue cannot be shelved indefinitely even if it’s hardly a minority that dare not speak its name but rather made it up with their violent ‘colonial settler’ history rewritten for the benefit of the outside world.
One can expect some kind of accommodation will happen but not realistically to any mutually satisfactory degree like everything else for that matter until after an ASSK/NLD win in the polls. Unfortunately it’s just not on the agenda at this moment in time however loud the clamour from foreign media and international bodies including the UN.
Disenfranchisement is a reality that even the majority is staring in the face today. Repression and persecution may not be far behind if it doesn’t go as meticulously planned by the generals.
Opposition parties are among the ‘silent majority’ over the issue and for this the NLD in particular is being targeted from both sides at home for different reasons, and rightly by the vocal humanitarian concerns from abroad.
The Burmese civil society deserves credit for countering bigotry with interfaith groups and anti-hate speech campaigns. Right now the fight is for free and fair elections and a peaceful transfer of power both extremely contentious issues.
And as if Ma Ba Tha and the race and religion protection laws they championed and lobbied for with lightning speed success is not enough to deliver a deadly blow to the NLD for the govt party to win, together with all sorts of electoral jiggery-pokery, they have golden-parachuted in (money is no object) again with lightning speed a brand new proxy party that runs on the same race and religion ticket to fight the NLD.
Today’s civil society is multifaceted and sophisticated out of necessity and the times we live in unlike the YMBA and GCBA, with Buddhist in their titles, during the struggle for independence. Ironically they face an ancien regime that is desperately resorting to evoking the old one dimensional and B&W nationalistic gut instincts.
Cara Menghasilkan Uang Dengan Bermain Dominoqq
Neptunian –
If you can understand what I said and I quote;
” Islam is all about righteousness
and the subscribers to Islam are
guided to be righteous but sadly
may find only about 10%.”
I believe your question had been answered. My friends call me Frankie.
Cara Menghasilkan Uang Dengan Bermain Dominoqq
– All my friends call me neptunian – DUH
BTW, to think, one must engage brain – to keep saying Islam is righteous and merciful, while slaughtering anyone who do not toe the line is ludicrous.
I am not asking you to “think about it” – I am saying, please engage brain. While you are at it, please name just one (1) Islamic country that is “righteous and merciful” as define by normally civilised people, not by the Islamist