December 11, 2011
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The Zen of Protest
by Dr.Wong Chin Huat (12-10-11)
To begin with, you do not need the poster or the ensign to stage the protest. This is however what the Police commonly understand to be necessary to protest.
They believe by seizing placards or banners, they can better the criticism since the summary of the criticism will not be clear. But since do we need the poster or the ensign as the visible aid to get the summary out to the public?
First, your summary is not simple sufficient or not popularly known. If it is straightforward or already well-known, we unequivocally do not need it to be created upon placard, ensign or anything. It can be the flower, the dwindle or anything not seen melancholy for normal people.
In my criticism opposite the Perak coup given February 6, 2009, black is the visible aid. It is the mourning colour for the genocide of democracy in Perak as well as potentially in Malaysia. When we see the sea of black, we know it is the criticism opposite 1BLACKMalaysia, the dark of Najib's 1Malaysia.
But, how do people know about this message? You need some partnership from the alternative party. In my case, we didn't get much media coverage initially though the Police kindly lent us the palm by impediment me for 3 days.
Second, if we unequivocally need the created message, write in upon your t-shirt, scarves, balloons or
something not seen as disrupting the every day routine.Always ensure whic! h the au thorities will have the tough time justifying since they contingency take away your visible aid. In my case, interlude me from wearing black will meant we have to first frame me off.
For the latest "Malaysians can though military permit" protests during KLCC, we will have to explain since parents have been not authorised to bring balloons with messages. It can't be 'balloons can be used as dangerous weapons to attack others', right?
Voice
Many protesters feel which protests have been deficient until they hear some leaders giving speeches. But since do we unequivocally need the debate really?I am not opposite speeches though speeches have been unequivocally not necessary to protest. If the authorities believe which they can stop the criticism by interlude your speeches, then criticism though the speech.
You do not unequivocally need the debate from the leaders to the participants if everybody knows since they have been there as well as does not need cues of motivation.
Speeches have been mostly indispensable only to convey the summary to the on-looking bystanders, the media as well as hopefully the wider public. But since contingency such summary be verbal? What is the criticism summary essentially? A criticism summary unequivocally just needs to be the pointer of anomaly. In journalistic terms, it is to be newsworthy by being 'odd as well as unusual'.
If everybody speaks, the sudden silence is sufficient to consecrate the protest. If everybody eats, not eating is protest. If everybody walks, station still is protest.
In 2010, we hold two silent protests in KLCC. In the criticism opposite censorship in newspapers, we simply read newspapers upside down. When 20 people did so, it's the scene.
In an additional criticism opposite ! politica lly-motivated sacking of radio DJ Jamaluddin Ibrahim, we simply wore facemasks to drive home the message: 1MutedMalaysia.
And if we unequivocally similar to sound effect, we do not need the open speech. You can sing songs or recite poems which can be frequency seen as disruptive by most people.
Venue
What about venue? Are there any venues necessary to protest?
The Peaceful Assembly Bill outlaws gatherings inside of 50m radius of twelve categories of taboo areas together with military station, schools, place of worships, hospital, motor fuel station as well as sight station.
The government's logic is to pull protesters into closed stadiums so which protests cannot be seen by alternative members of the public.
While we contingency kill the check which is an assault to our inherent freedom as well as an insult to our intelligence, let us additionally recognize the double back holes.There have been most places upon top of the twelve categories of taboo areas which have been not blocked from the public's view. Parks have been not prohibited. Shopping malls, restaurants as well as cinemas have been not.
If the big throng suddenly turns out in the same costume, aren't this the protest? That's just what we have been we do in KLCC for the past two weeks. Hence, for this week, Christmas trees in the KLCC can be our undiluted backdrop.
The reason since venue is traditionally seen as necessary is since protests have been organized as single-purpose activities. When protests have been embedded into alternative activities, protests cannot be banned though having alternative activities disrupted.
So, if we want to ban 'protesting' yellow customers from selling in the KLCC, we can't do it though harming c! ommercia l operation in the KLCC itself. So, we see, protests won't harm business, though breach of commercial operation would.
Now, applying the 'embedding' modus operandi, even procession open in motion cannot be banned. All we need is to get the organisation of people occupying the manager upon LRT, the manager or the ferry, as well as we will be we do an open in motion!
Everyone can protest, anytime, anywhere in Malaysia
So, what is necessary in protest? It's the will to register your dissatisfaction. All it takes is you. It
can take any form your imagination as well as creativity take you.
Tony Fernandes says, "now everybody can fly". We say, "now everybody can protest."And similar to the AAM auto rescue team, criticism can happen Anytime, Anywhere in Malaysia. Remember, one becomes worker not when labour is imposed upon him/her, though when labour is imposed upon him/her though any protest. So, feel free to protest, as well as criticism to feel free.
Wong Chin Huat sees the "Malaysians can though military permit" protests during KLCC as metaphorically the open lecture upon freedom of assembly. He thanks the KLCC management, the confidence group as well as the counsels for their unwitting purpose as training assistants.
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