“The question is, will this new voice be able to influence the way decisions are made and implemented in such a complex country as Malaysia? Can it change entrenched race-based policies that lie at the heart of the undercurrent of discontent?
“The storm thus far suggests that bloggers, who come from a broad cross-section of society, can indeed bridge their differences in terms of race, religion and socio-economic background on issues of national importance. For the moment at least, one unified voice of discontent is evident”.
Read more of the article by Imran Imtiaz Shah Yakob here.
ENTER THE FREE SPEECH ZONE 3 HERE
To this kutu, the one who “appears listless and can’t make decisions” must reform first!!
Marina sez:
“So if they did hear, then why not publish it? It’s news that is important for society to hear so they have a responsibility to publish it,don’t they?”
They’ll blame the PPPA of ’84. But this doe not make ‘em responsible by any stretch of the imagination yet at least one of ‘em famously regard itself as the paragon of responsibility! Perversion is not hard to spot.
i think that nothing unifies bloggers across the board except blogging – which is perfectly fine: that’s just the way it should be, in many regards.
bloggers can be a truly great voice, and an awesome resource to tap. but i say let them do what they do best, and let reformists and bloggers feed off each other. one trying to replace the other would be re-inventing the wheel?
In a broader sense, the internet is influencing the way the government runs. Take the recent OSA-Toll Protest for example.
10 years ago, many citizens would not have been as informed as they are today and the government would not have to consider even thinking about declassifying some of the Official Secrets.
Due to the pressure from the people harnessed through the internet and bloggers, the government acts….I guess this is what Lincoln meant at Gettysburg; a Government of the people, by the people, for the people….!!!