It seems more so now then before that the Malaysian Government is in denial.
In denial of the many things that have gone wrong in this country, and trying to stifle the many voices of discontent in the blogs. Do your search and see how many blogs there are echoing that sentiment.
Blogs are here to stay. The world over, people are using this tool to make themselves heard. How can anyone be wrong in voicing out their opinion? All these actions against bloggers in Malaysia, first with Nat Tan, then with Raja Petra, is not making any good news for Malaysia.
Rocky and Jeff were invited to judge in a regional IT and Media award night held in Bintan, and my do they have their handful trying to respond to the many different questions on the going ons in Bolehland.
I know what I will ask if I was an attendee of that conference. Actually, I bet you if you do have a list of attendees, and if you were to visit their blogs, you will be sure to find out their thoughts on these actions. Don't believe me, read Rocky's blog!
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Bro, Jeff and I tried hard to give the "positive" side to things, of how public and corporate Malaysia are trying to "embrace and engage" blogs and on what good this will do for civil society. My take is that our political leaders, even the educated ones like Khairy, need to be educated on what we are about. Instead of wasting money on cybertroopers and task forces to stem the influence of blogs, the government should engage and embrace blogs.
They are, indeed, in a denial bro.
No need to worry bro, if we be careful, stick to facts and cover our asses.
Better to have a voice than none at all.
Are bloggers in Malaysia so powerful that the Government has to step in and threaten to use clamp down on them?
alamak... lost my train of thought when typing the comment above just now. You know what I mean right? Hehehe!
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