Comments on: are bloggers partisan mouthpieces?!

By: khairy - malaysia.net swicki - powered by eurekster

khairy - malaysia.net swicki - powered by eurekster — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:55:09 +0000

[...] are bloggers partisan mouthpieces?! I think it’s important that I clarify something. About two days ago, Khairy J. made a reference to â€œblogger mouthpiecesâ€ on the internet. Yesterday, D… http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2007/01/30/are-bloggers-partisan-mouthpieces/ [...]

By: desiderata-ylchong: February 2007

desiderata-ylchong: February 2007 — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:53:26 +0000

[...] in his post I’m reprising in full:Â« disengagement and the batu talam boycott are bloggers partisan mouthpieces?! Â»pm badawi says bloggers spread lies I canâ€™t help but feel that the whole national media is [...]

By: xpyre

xpyre — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 02:56:27 +0000

Thanks lucia :) I’ve actually been linking to yours and quite a number of blogs for sometime, only that the links were placed in a separate page before. Black’s a fave colour too, but there’s a white version of this theme too!

By: lucia

lucia — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 07:02:36 +0000

OT: hey you have a new design i see. nice template with nice design. at first i spy it had black background and i went “ugh! not another one!” as i don’t like black background on blog (but black is my fav. colour). thank god your background is greyish and not black. oh and thanks for linking me. :)

By: xpyre

xpyre — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 01:36:10 +0000

thanks heh heh :)

By: suanie

suanie — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:55:56 +0000

this is a v. nice new template!

By: xpyre

xpyre — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:05:10 +0000

@freelunch2020: what I’m afraid of when I consider voting for the opposition is whether I’m doing so because I don’t want to vote BN.

That just skews everything, I think: the only platform that seems available to the opposition is defined by BN! Isn’t that scary?

By: xpyre

xpyre — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:03:18 +0000

@moo_t: that’s exactly the point. In a truly representative democracy, the main thrust of the sitting government’s policies will be questioned by, presumably, the opposition of the day. The fact that it doesn’t happen effectively (not that it doesn’t happen at all) with any real result should force us to reconsider our options.

If conventional routes like expressing alternative interests through the opposition is cut off from us, there must be another way to do it!

By: freelunch2020

freelunch2020 — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:26:29 +0000

hi dude,

well-argued.

malaysians should understand that views are simply views and may not necessary indicate a partisan stand.

we, the rakyat, have every right to hold opinions, to use our minds to think critically, to use our hearts to feel strongly and to use our souls to pursue our goals.

we are not the toy soldiers of the administration or the opposition.

we are simply ourselves.

the state of our democratic institutions (judiciary, media, executive, legislative) is far from democratic.

we are still very much a FEUDAL SOCIETY headed by the CHIEF WARLORD from UMNO ~~~ the super corrupt and mentally-challenged Prime Minister.

only in Malaysia can the Prime Minister get away with such a stupid remark like “We (the govt) are just leasing it…”. Leasing it from an entity that is 100%-owned by the govt’s investment arm, Khazanah.

and if the batu talam elections is the yardstick of what is to come, then the country seems doom to have the BODOHWI for another term!!!

hence, despite the OPPOSITIONS’ weaknesses, voting BN out and kicking BODOWI out would be enough motivation for me to vote for the OPPOSITION.

we can’t let the STOOPID CORRUPT FEUDAL BODOHWI who was in PERTH to launch his brother’s nasi kandar restaurant while half of peninsula malaysia was drowning in the biggest flood of the century.

the man is callous, selfish and not fit to be the country’s premier.

CHANGE!~~ NO MORE BADAWI~~

By: moo_t

moo_t — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:02:19 +0000

IMHO, democracy is run under “responsibilities politics”.

The government is given with the executive power, so they must take responsibilities of carried out their job, make a better living for people.

OTH, blogger, critics, medias,etc are given the responsibilities to monitor, critique, question the executive.

Both side must be clear about their responsibilities.

When government think about “counterattack” the bloggers, they have cross the border(which they have did to MSM) and deem irresponsibilities.