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Focus on the Paris perpetrators
Governments should go after those who committed the bloody violence, but individuals should not blame whole groups of people for this latest tragedy.
Speak up for our right to speak
Malaysians have a tendency to not appreciate something until we’ve lost it.
Living amidst the murk
It doesn’t help that along with the deficit in clean breathable air, we also have a major trust deficit.
A week that saw many old taboos broken
Last week was pretty groundbreaking when it came to getting rid of old taboos, even though they came from unexpected quarters.
Protest not for protest’s sake
On Malaysia Day, let’s leave the Red Shirts to do their business.
The inequality of freedoms
I’VE been noticing a disturbing phenomenon recently among my brethren. It is a type of mob behaviour where groups of people will attack a person online, usually female, accusing her of immorality based totally on something superficial, usually her dress.
That little voice in our head
We all have a conscience which nags us when we have done something we shouldn’t have.
Simple guide to success in Malaysia
SINCE everyone in this country is an expert in giving advice to everyone else, I thought I would join in and generously give my totally unsolicited counsel to all those aspiring to join cupboards or closets of any kind. Any likeness to anything familiar around us is naturally a complete coincidence.
The anarchy of bad manners
Have we regressed to such a childlike state that name-calling, jeering and shoving are the only ways we can express rage?
It’s a troll’s world out there
Hiding behind self-proclaimed piety, they shout their indignation with name-calling, insults and insinuations.
When cultural appropriation is inappropriate
Taking on another culture could result in the obliteration of our own.