Quoted from Wikipedia,
- Liberalism is an ideology, philosophical view, and political tradition which holds that liberty is the primary political value.[1] Broadly speaking, contemporary liberalism emphasizes individual rights. It seeks a society characterized by freedom of thought for individuals, limitations on power, especially of government and religion, the rule of law, free public education, the free exchange of ideas, a market economy that supports relatively free private enterprise, and a transparent system of government in which the rights of all citizens are protected. [2] In modern society, liberals favor a liberal democracy with open and fair elections, where all citizens have equal rights by law and an equal opportunity to succeed[3].
In politics, left-wing, the political left or simply the left are terms that refer to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of, to varying extents, socialism, anarchism, communism, social democracy, progressivism, American liberalism or social liberalism, and defined in contradistinction to its polar opposite, the right.
I must confess I am liberal, very liberal. My political and social views are contrary to public interests as they usual say. I am young and unlearned. I do not know the way of politics. I do not know the history of various political movements. I do not know our country’s deep history.
What I do know is that I do not care for much of the issues that is being championed. I do not care for the fight to preserve Bahasa Melayu. I care not for the fight to retain our cultural identity. I only care that I can live they way I want without interference. I live my life according to my own principles. Amongst which is “To be honest to one self” and “To do and not whine”. The second part of which is very hard to do. It is however, a concious effort on my part.
Which brings to the reason of this blog. Why a political left blog? Why a liberal blog? Why add to the mix? We have Barisan Nasional, we have KeAdilan and PAS. Why not just an opposition blog?
I voted in the last election. I voted for PAS for lack of other candidates. I wanted to vote for somebody who can champion MY beliefs. There was none. So I voted against the right. I voted against the government. So after much pondering and wondering, I have decided that I will champion my own beliefs. Why wait for somebody to be your hero? I say, “Lets start my own political party!”. However, having no capital would mean, starting slow and small.
The first few core beliefs are simple but staggering in its repurcussions.
My first aim is to abolish the Syariah Court. Yes. No dual court system. As I said, I am of the liberal left. A secular government is what I seek. Matters of religion will be matters of religion.
Secondly, is to abolish the monarchy system. Personally, I believe they have no purpose than to siphon off our resources. I for one am not afraid to change. And I am ready for a malaysia without sultans, without tunku, without yellow coloured umbrellas and police escorts zipping by with sirens blaring just to escort the daughter of the queen to go shopping.
It is simple. I believe that I am just as worthy, my life is just as precious as the life of Yang Dipertuan Agong. I also believe that your life is just as precious as mine. Funny enough though, I also believe in capital punishment.
Its just 2 broad principles to start with. Most will scorn my thoughts and opinion. I do not mind. At least these are my opinion. However, I do realise that I am human and prone to changes. So do not take offence if I confess that I was wrong before.
May 1, 2008 at 4:02 pm |
Right on! What’s the point of having sultans and rajas? And somemore our country has like so many of them?! Each one costs a lot!
What the fuck?! Why do we need them?! ABOLISH MALAYSIAN MONARCHY!!!
May 10, 2008 at 4:58 pm |
This polis are useless bums. In fact I saw them bullying chinese and indians for no reasons. I also took some pics of polis asking for bribes in massage parlours which I frequent. They just went to the SPA and ask football money from the SPA massage owner. So useless is the polis. They are good in getting bribes but ask them to just catch a killer or rapist, or just keep the neighbourhood from crimes then they are more useless then a baby sitter. I took some pics from my h/hone camera of polis accepting bribes in massage parlours in cheras and sungai long and will be posting it on the web soon. Any of you interest in download the pics please contact me at 012-369 1850
July 24, 2008 at 8:07 am |
Mr. Liam, let me continue on this polis issue. A friend of mine in Lundu, Kuching Sarawak happend to operate a small kampong drinking outlet just to add in his income for the month. On the second night of his bussiness there came 3 CIDS asking for free drinks or else they arrest or launch a report. He gave them 1 crate free for the night. Those 3 idiots came for the 3rd night demanding for the same. He got mad on the 4th night and overturned the table and asked them to leave. They just left like a silly donkey. They are a lot of cases regarding police officer creating nuisance especially in our country. What happen to those guys. Were they trained to behave like beast in PULASAR or PULAPOR. They are beasts, not human at all. May be they have to follow what their biggest boss did. May be they want to impersonate MAFIA or what. But MAFIA is rich. Those guys hutang keliling pinggang. Ketulahan laaa…!! The public cursed them every day.
July 24, 2008 at 8:25 am |
Yup..i agree with you. We have 13 states in msia. We have 8 or 9 kings..i don’t really count, i hate to. In western countries a king or a queen are figures that almost all bow down to. But in msia, which one of them is a real king and which one to be respected. Msia is a very weird country feeding those good for nothing idiots just for nothing at all. Why don’t the govt arrange for salaries, allowances and allocations to subsidize oil and rice for the one who really deserved it. Well MALAYSIA BOLEH, malaysia can do just anything on earth. Make it that way, so that we don’t have to be so upset.