Malaysia is ranked 43rd in the 2011 Legatum Prosperity Index (www.prosperity.com), an index which measures wealth not usually by income though by altogether peculiarity of hold up as well.
To arrive during the particular ranking, Legatum assesses 110 countries, accounting for over 90 percent of the world's population, as well as is based upon 89 different variables, any of which has the demonstrated effect upon mercantile expansion or upon personal well-being.
The Index consists of eight sub-indexes, any of which represents the fundamental aspect of wealth - Economy, Entrepreneurship & Opportunity, Governance, Education, Health, Safety & Security, Personal Freedom, as well as Social Capital.
NOT MATURE FOR FREEDOM?
Whilst Malaysia ranks fairly good in most of the sub-indexes, it ranks 96 out of the 110 countries for Personal Freedom, usually the single notch above Zimbabwe as well as even countries mostly viewed as less giveaway similar to China, Saudi Arabia as well as Israel ranks aloft in this category. The trend over the last three years has additionally been upon the decline.
Perhaps an insight in to since we scored so low in personal leisure could be found in the comment done by Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, the Sec-Gen of UMNO, the defacto statute celebration of the republic over the past 54 years, to the organisation of independent general observers of the recent Bersih 3.0 protest as well as the Malaysian electoral system. Tengku Adnan questioned, "Are the people (Malaysians) mature for freedom?" Further, commenting upon domestic expansion in Indonesia, he! said: " One of the problems with Indonesia is which there is too most freedom."
This is reflective of the stream government's condescending perspective as well as perspective of personal freedom, which it is the problem as well as usually they can decide what as well as how most is suitable for the citizenry.
ASSAULTS ON FREEDOM
The miss of press freedom, which is the pass pillar of the full of health as well as tolerable democracy, is additionally found wanting with most mainstream media companies behaving as zero some-more than the statute coalition's mouthpiece as well as others practising self-censorship for fright of condemnation by the authority. The attempts to shutdown online alternative news portals by "unseen hands" using DDOS attacks during or before pass events similar to elections as well as protests have been becoming very predictable.
It is not usually the statute management who shows contempt for personal freedom. Sectors of the society, most in the form of NGOs, have mostly voiced concerns as well as protested against people as well as groups whose views, choices as well as orientations they do not share, calling for them to be banned, expelled, or even incarcerated. No doubt they have the right to remonstrate as well as to have well known their feud though to repudiate an additional their leisure is treading upon thin ice since the single day it would be their leisure which could be during stake. We should be equates to to agree to disagree. It was Voltaire who said, "I debate of what we say, though I will defend to the genocide your right to contend it".
LAWLESSNESS AND LICENTIOUSNESS
Why have been we so fearful of freedom? Some fright it since permitting leisure would mean which they would lose what they have been in the habit of to - the power, privileges, status as well as the right to plunder. These fears belong to the corrupt, for in the democracy! , those in energy have been usually there since the adults put them there, not to have energy for greedy self-preservation, nor status beyond which of an honoured menial entrusted to look after the house, as well as really not the right to pillage the wealth of the nation.
Others fright leisure since of the misconception which leisure equates to lawlessness as well as licentiousness. They stimulate fears in others by indicating to the West, the champion of democracy as well as freedom, highlighting viewed abuses of leisure - the abruptness of their governments, their passionate immorality, their financial excesses, the frequent protests as well as their socio-economic weaknesses. They omit the fact which these countries have been distant some-more modernized than us as well as most have been sketch the little of the most appropriate as well as brightest talents with their improved peculiarity of life. Sure, leisure has the risks though can we means not to have it?
TWO FREEDOMS
Charles Kingsley, the 19th century novelist wrote, "There have been dual freedoms - the false, where the male is giveaway to do what he likes; the true, where he is giveaway to do what he ought". He probably accepted which loyal leisure is not about delightful the own desires usually though additionally about consideration for others. In alternative words, for leisure to work, there has to be constraints as well as restraints where the practice of the personal leisure does not move mistreat to others or impinge them their freedom.
In the context of the nation, the leisure to speak, to think, to believe, to express, to assemble, to select as well as to join forces with contingency be religiously upheld. But to forestall it from being abused, there would be safeguards, guidelines, as well as laws to safeguard which in the exercise, the rights of others have been additionally protected.
For example, people have been giveaway to assemble peacefu! lly thou gh they contingency not repairs properties or means others to suffer. If which happens, there would be laws as well as penalties to understanding with any violations. But to forestall peaceful assemblies for fright of property damages or causing others to humour is to scapegoat what is critical for fright of the risks involved, is usually solid idiocy. It's similar to saying to the starving male we shouldn't eat since we competence die of food poisoning or to an additional which he should not inhale since the air competence be polluted. There is usually no valid excuse to repudiate the adults their leisure unless it is the intent to starve them to genocide so which we can remain in power.
IT'S OUR GOD-GIVEN RIGHT!
We need leisure similar to we need air. The need for leisure is firm up in the tellurian spirit as well as zero could forestall it from bursting onward as well as anticipating expression in life. To starve the republic of it is to asphyxiate the soul as well as repudiate it the full intensity as well as ultimately an practice in futility. The people will ultimately direct for it as well as get it, it's usually the make the difference of the cost involved.
The highly evolved ideals of leisure of expression, thoughts, faith, expression, peaceful assemblies, choice as well as organisation have been not usually enshrined in to the Federal Constitution in various forms though additionally the God-given right. For what is loyal ceremony as well as submission to God if it is not the right to select to offer sacrifices or tractability to His laws, or not to? Is God so uncertain as well as tiny which He contingency "force" people to conform Him as well as to ceremony Him? Thus for us to repudiate the person his leisure is to repudiate him what God had dictated for him. It is an assault upon his tellurian grace as well as an insult to his creator.
THE ROAD TO PROSPERITY
Coming! behind to the Legatum's Prosperity Index. They have found the strong correlation between personal leisure as well as mercantile wealth. To quote them, "Societies which strengthen polite rights as well as freedoms by democratisation, have been shown to experience increases in levels of compensation among their citizens. When citizens' personal liberties have been protected, the republic additionally enjoys aloft levels of mercantile growth. In short, the some-more moneyed nations have been the ones who welcome freedom." As John F. Kennedy said, "The most appropriate highway to swell is freedom's road."
At this theatre in the story as well as growth, Malaysia is similar to the young male which is entrance of age as well as eager to discover hold up as well as all the intensity though it is still straddled with the parent who still thinks which he is juvenile as well as unable to select wisely. The law is this. Malaysians have been ready as well as wish to have the contend in how this republic is managed as well as to suppress us is similar to revelation the young male not to grow up or verbalise up. It usually ain't going to happen. Whoever forms the supervision after the subsequent election needs to know which leisure is the non-negotiable aspiration of the sappy citizenry as well as we would omit it during your own peril.
"Liberty (freedom) has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The story of autocracy is the story of resistance." ~ Woodrow Wilson
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