The Colours of Our Flag.

I rarely write about politics. It's because I'm not interested in it and at the same time, I don't have the adequate knowledge. This however, is an exception because this is my country in peril and I will not let it pass without saying a word.

As most of you know, there's the Bersih 2.0 rally going on. So far there's the whole separation of the rakyat where some support Bersih while the others are against it.

Where do I stand? Right now, I can honestly say that I'm against both, the participants of Bersih and UMNO supremacists. I admit that I am in support of the idealism of Bersih. Who wouldn't be, really? A movement to remove corruption from the very heart of the nation, that would be such an idealistic vision. I want that, everyone wants that. What I do not want, is blood to be spilled over it.

I don't agree with the fact that there has to be a rally over this. Sure, I get the point that you want your voices heard loud and clear. I get the fact that the government aren't the most receptive things around. I get that you've had enough of whatever it is that you find flawed. However, I do not agree that a mass protest would be the best way to resolve this. What happened to forming a committee and sending representatives with the memorandum? I know that some are going to say that it is not going to work but I'm sorry for being condescending, you have not tried have you? If you had, and you failed, it would be to your advantage; you have a stronger point to convince the people with. The government are not run by idiots, they've been in power for 50 years not only because they're tyrants. It's also because they know how to win people over.

I wonder, however, at the aim of the rally. It's plain and simple, of course. To hand over a memorandum to the King, and strongly hope that it all goes well. At this point I must stop myself and inquire about the logic of getting the King involved. Why? What good does it make? Am I the only one who realises that the King is no more than a symbol in our country and that he holds no power whatsoever in the comings and goings of the fucked up administration? What could he possibly do with these demands? He could read it of course, support it, carve it into marble and hang it outside the palace but that's it. Why did Bersih not go to someone with a more direct involvement in the administration, say the Prime Minister himself? Folly? The fact that you have not tried is already a testament to your unwillingness to explore other option, instead you want to go through with the one which would generate as much discontent as possible.

The current government is shit, I agree. Spending the Rakyat's money as if it were milk poured into a huge bowl of cereal, I understand the need to be angry. I am angry. I am pissed the fuck off when I heard that a facebook page needs to be maintained at a cost of about one million Ringgit. I'm pissed the fuck off when I heard a fucking ring costs 73 million Ringgit. I'm pissed the fuck off when I heard that a proposed MRT project would cost 50 fucking billion Ringgit when the Trans Siberian link only costs 3 billion (Citation needed). Look, I myself am not sure about the facts but listening about this scares the shit out of me. However, and this is important, it does not stand to reason for any to bypass all the ethical and moral barriers just because of all this fuckupperies the present government. People are angry, they fear for the future, but there has always been a guideline to overcome these problems.

I heard (and am not entirely sure of this) that Bersih aims to follow the footsteps of the Egyptian revolution. I cannot hold back but ask this: Are you motherfucking insane? The Egyptians won, yes, but at a cost so high that we won't be able to pay. Not only were there countless casualties, their economy is fucked up beyond relief. There's a price for hard fought peace, and often, it is not one that we are prepared to pay.

Now there's this whole anti-Bersih thing. Not only do I find this extremely offensive, it's an insult to every single Malaysian out there. What happened to being tolerant and patient? What happened to keeping calm and analysing the whole situation? Or am I the one who is being delusional in believing that my fellow countrymen could do that? Fuck you Perkasa. Fuck you for being so fucking fragile and scared of change.

People are at the moment, delirious. There's a voice in everybody's head asking what is to happen to the country if this is what the government is like. I myself have been asking the question countless of times and I'm in Egypt for fuck's sakes. If I were in Malaysia, I'd probably start constructing a goddamn killing machine and go on a rampage. That's why I looked at the way Barisan National handled the rally as an embarrassment. They allowed themselves as the ruling party to be provoked, they allowed their ego to top their rationality and sadly, that brought much chaos. They did not think about the consequences of their actions but instead, they held dear the phrase 'To live during the moment.'.

They should have allowed the rally to go on. That's what I honestly think the best way is. If they had, the memorandum would be sent to the King (I'm still in doubt over the effectiveness of this.) everyone would have gone home and that's it. They would have prevented the loss of resources by dispatching the FRU, they would have stopped unnecessary violence and most important of all, is that they could at least have been praised by the media. Now, there's thousands of videos and what not condemning my fucking country and making the lot of us look as if we're a goddamn bunch of unruly barbarians.

What's worse is the by-product of the rally. Hatred goes without saying, racism, the seeds of a major catastrophe being sown into the minds of our generation; the generation that is supposed to take over the reins of leadership. I have personally seen on facebook how photos have been spread by obvious racists with condescending remarks and people react to it by showing how shallow they really are. They allowed themselves to ignore the brain they have and be swayed by what they see without factual evidence. So I ask, when will this stop? Do we need another 13th of May to finally realised what fuck ups we are? I hope not.

It's funny. Yellow and Red (and Blue, if you consider the police force) going at each others' throat when nobody stopped to see that all these are the colours of our flag. Our Jalur Gemilang. It's been far too long for one without the proper knowledge to talk, so I'll stop. Just my two fucking cents.