tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post4057836124254502956..comments2023-10-25T19:40:32.887+08:00Comments on Disquiet: Chilling Out With Karpal SinghMalik Imtiaz Sarwarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06047439912593830984noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-79472280658943002702009-03-31T23:25:00.000+08:002009-03-31T23:25:00.000+08:00OBSERVER FROM TEMASEK,I agree whole heartedly to t...OBSERVER FROM TEMASEK,<BR/><BR/>I agree whole heartedly to the article.. However, if an outsider (non Malaysian) is allowed to express an opinion....<BR/><BR/>Both Karpal Singh and Lim Kit Siang should step down... Its awful to see both fathers and sons in Parliament... Its a case of JUSTICE MUST BE SEEN TO BE DONE...<BR/><BR/>Of course, there are similar awful scene in Temasek too...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-81485402869433900042009-03-28T08:20:00.000+08:002009-03-28T08:20:00.000+08:00I’m with Pratamad. MIS is indeed stoic and unemoti...I’m with Pratamad. MIS is indeed stoic and unemotional. Only details differ with his ‘brother’ but he and Karpal are consistent with the ‘principle of damage’ devised by a 19th century philosopher, who argued that no person should suffer as a result of someone else’s exercise of freedom. <BR/><BR/>Two decades ago, Karpal responded to a Member of Parliament who willed Malaysia an Islamic state. He applied the ‘principle of damage’ then, as he does now. In the Perak affair, he stated a cold fact and rendered a blunt opinion.<BR/><BR/>The issue is not ‘consistency’ but rather a ‘formality’ in his thought process, the way a lawyer is trained to think. As much as he is a politician, he does not discern the concept of power. He is focused on the vertical relationship between the individual and government rather than the horizontal power-spread perpetrated by his partners. <BR/><BR/>He relates party hopping to usurpation of an individual’s freedom in favour of the usurper, where desire for power trumps fidelity, where a vile practice trumps a sound principle.Tommy Petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11414172695985972905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-7991686804587593832009-03-19T13:58:00.000+08:002009-03-19T13:58:00.000+08:00Your objective and unemotional analysis on the mat...Your objective and unemotional analysis on the matter strengthens the truth: there is no basis to prosecute Karpal. <BR/><BR/>When you wrote "Looking at this in the objective and unemotional way that one assumes the authorities did...", no, I am sure you are too far off in such assumption. <BR/><BR/>This prosecution is clearly part of the much bigger plot to enthrone Najib. Starting from Perak, then RM60 billion mini-budget, Karpal and Gobind, now Mohd Ali Rustam, leading to the finale next week. You could have saved yourself the effort and time in writing this analysis, but it does help to strengthen what is already commonly known - the Najib enthronement plot.Pratamadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18378949463437360407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-50000405761283581842009-03-18T21:00:00.000+08:002009-03-18T21:00:00.000+08:00I have become such a sceptic that I am inclined to...I have become such a sceptic that I am inclined to believe taht if they want Karpal out then he will be out. <BR/><BR/>Sorry, but who gives a shit for all those wise and for all I care, correct, arguments of yours? Who cares for its validity and the precedents supporting it? Do you have an honourable judiciary out there which has independence and can exercise such independence? Sorry, but even the Chief justice does not seem to think that independence is an important ingredient for the judiciary to begin to gain any kind of respect. <BR/><BR/>Its quite simple really, everythign and all the volumes that has been, can be and will be written and said about this case, Karpal is going in. Why all this charade, I really don't know!!<BR/><BR/>Just hope that this country does not become one that qualifies for a Madagascar solution!Old Farthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473446507494861946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-1331459981758751112009-03-18T13:53:00.000+08:002009-03-18T13:53:00.000+08:00As much as BN would want to hide the fact, it rema...As much as BN would want to hide the fact, it remains that actions taken against the father and son are obvious "punishments" for the incidents in Parliament, whilst using it to try to "redeem" UMNO's (and the Youth Wing) honor. They will also use the actions as a political tool for the upcoming election to deceive their members that "justice" has been done. <BR/>Sorry, BN, the people are no longer "stupid" and we see with our eyes open wide what treachery you are attempting.<BR/>This makes us hate BN even more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181672827682662169.post-14626969958845329482009-03-18T11:47:00.000+08:002009-03-18T11:47:00.000+08:00The Govt of the day has chosen to pit its wits aga...The Govt of the day has chosen to pit its wits against the Lion. I doubt if the Lion didn't see it coming. I believe that when he made a press statement from his office, he was laying down the terms on the turf, so to speak. Foolishly, as usual, the legal nitpicks fell for it like a lame lamb led to the slaughter. If they had incured the opinion of His Royal Highness, they would have been imformed that it was not the matter in context, that the other 'offenders' were charged for lesse majeste. Here is a charge under the Sedition Act, largely and quite untimely at that, evoked for political gain. Another nail in the coffin for Barisan Najib.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com