Slowly but surely, the burden of three blogs is beginning to weigh down heavily upon me. It's not that I've nothing to wrote; it's just getting to write them. It's especially trying with a sports blog. Almost every day there's something new which means more blog updates. However, all things considered, I'm adamant in keeping all three alive. Matter of pride, perhaps.
Read somewhere (probably newspapers) some 9,000 university students were planning to organise a demonstration to voice their disapproval of certain races entering their institution. There are two incidences which spring to mind: the Little Rock Nine, and George Wallace's vigil at the University of Alabama. Anyone remotely familiar with these two monumental events will tell you they happened during the period of desegregation in the US, in the 50s and 60s. Yes, that's right, decades back when racial supremacy and racism were not exactly frowned upon. Fast forward 40 years, and the mere insinuation of racism is enough to make the offending party a social pariah.
But not here, not in Malaysia. For that's where these 9,000 'bravehearts' are making their stand. A stand worthy of the 'noble causes' espoused by the Nazis when they brought to life the Nuremberg Laws, and the Ku Klux Klan in the Deep South, and the apartheid-lovers in the National Party. Yes, these 9,000 ought to be held in the highest esteem, for they are the last vestiges of racial supremacy and deep-set racism, principles long determined as enemies of humanity, justice and equality. It's just a damn pity though; between all 9,000 of them, they can't string together a correct sentence in English.
Fly the shamelessly-named Jalur Gemilang? Nah, pass me the swastika instead.
Read somewhere (probably newspapers) some 9,000 university students were planning to organise a demonstration to voice their disapproval of certain races entering their institution. There are two incidences which spring to mind: the Little Rock Nine, and George Wallace's vigil at the University of Alabama. Anyone remotely familiar with these two monumental events will tell you they happened during the period of desegregation in the US, in the 50s and 60s. Yes, that's right, decades back when racial supremacy and racism were not exactly frowned upon. Fast forward 40 years, and the mere insinuation of racism is enough to make the offending party a social pariah.
But not here, not in Malaysia. For that's where these 9,000 'bravehearts' are making their stand. A stand worthy of the 'noble causes' espoused by the Nazis when they brought to life the Nuremberg Laws, and the Ku Klux Klan in the Deep South, and the apartheid-lovers in the National Party. Yes, these 9,000 ought to be held in the highest esteem, for they are the last vestiges of racial supremacy and deep-set racism, principles long determined as enemies of humanity, justice and equality. It's just a damn pity though; between all 9,000 of them, they can't string together a correct sentence in English.
Fly the shamelessly-named Jalur Gemilang? Nah, pass me the swastika instead.
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