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  1. Ruwan asa says:

    Buddha was bold because he shaved his head. There is no fallacy about that. Artists depicts Buddha whatever the way they want. I thought someone has spend this much time to find something deep phislosophical interest.

    If he is dark skinned, so how does that affect the preachings?

  2. Lynette O says:

    Very fine analysis. These messages need to be gotten across to the people.

  3. Ashu says:

    [and as “black” like other members of the vassal social class, i.e., in reference to India’s caste hierarchy]

    You’ve never been to India, have you? Even a day here would teach you how meaningless such enormous drunken generalizations about caste are. The faces of my own friends and family give the lie to this bookbound nonsense.

  4. […] endorsing online censorship, especially in lèse majesté cases ,so much so that the aforementioned Malika Boomeetrakul has called for a complete shutdown of social media sites like Facebook and Twitter in the most extreme cases – and that coming from a former […]

  5. Gert says:

    Right Longway.
    So time for another coup.

  6. Roy Anderson says:

    It’s Putin’s right bollock that rules Russia. His left bollock is suppressed, squeezed and hurt. May his left bollock free itself and enjoy the freedom and liberty it deserves.

  7. David Giesecke says:

    We have farmland here in Costa Rica. You have hungry people and wish for food security. Is there a potential match?
    http://www.mycostaricafarm.com
    -coffee, biofuel, herbs, vegetables, fruit

  8. longway says:

    I think its pretty clear by now that the PTP, the UDD and the typical New Madalalite have as many deomcratic impulses as Vladmir Putin’s left bollock.

  9. […] Farrelly at New Mandala some time ago pointed out that counting coups is […]

  10. True Democrat says:

    The fact that no core UDD leaders were at the rally a few days back and the report that, assuming it is true, UDD is playing a wait-and-see game, do not mean there is no UDD involvement. It’d be foolish for any core leaders (who have now been elevated to plush gov’ment jobs) to appear anywhere near the court. Common sense. It just annoys the socialist out of me that people like to equate democracy with elections. Votes are important, no doubt, it’s the people’s mandate. But democracy also means respects for fellow citizens. What I see is this government, just like most government here, esp. the one before the coup, smashing all dissents. Same same but different.

  11. Back to the topic of the article, it is a fact that BN has fared worse in this election which means BN has lost popularity under his leadership. That is a strong basis for his partymates to demand his resignation

  12. […] endorsing online censorship, especially in lèse majesté cases so much so that the aforementioned Malika Boomeetrakul has called for a complete shut down of social media sites like Facebook and Twitter in the most extreme cases – and that coming from a former […]

  13. P says:

    retrospectively speaking; I’m a kadazan, the Kepayan was DUN was a Chinese majority area, DAP candidate was Edwin Bosi a Kadazan from Penampang, and he won by 200% majority defeating BN Edward Khoo despite his good form. And you’re a toad tool fro speaking using your knee cap.

  14. Matthew says:

    They may not have prominent parties targeting ethnic groups in Indonesia, but parties like PKS have risen to power by seeking the conservative Muslim vote.

  15. […] on from last week’s general election in Malaysia, Edward Aspinall writes a fascinating comparison between Indonesian and Malaysian elections for New […]

  16. Frankie Fook-lun Leung says:

    I think the middle class Malaysians are better educated and have a different set of expectations regardless of their different ethnic and religious backgrounds. Particularly through the internet, the traditional barriers become less relevant. They can work together to acheive some commong goals. That’s on the optimistic side. If the Chinese and Indians are not given a fairer treatment and opportunties to advance, they will leave in despondence.

  17. Thaifarang says:

    ‘LOVE BIG BROTHER’ George Orwell

  18. Azfar says:

    I asked ‘and what does the malay s want?’
    apa pulak Melayu mahu?

    I got this answer

    CHANGE Malaysian media censorship into more like the free Singaporean Media!

    CHANGE corruption leaders into more like that practiced by Indonesian politicians

    CHANGE economic inequality into what we see in the cities of Luzon

    CHANGE racial equality into the one practiced in Australia

  19. jesse says:

    This goes out to Ruth who says that “I for one do not want change”

    So I guess you are accepting the following:
    1)high levels of corruption
    2)disregard to an independent judiciary system
    3)murder of a Mongolian lady whereby the courts say that there is no need for a motive to exist
    4) disregard for an independent police force

    the list is really to long for me to state.