July 14, 2012
Perceptions as well as Deceptions: We have been not Fools
by Rom Nain(07-12-12)@www.malaysiakini.com
Our domestic leaders assumingly have a not-so-smart-ass response for all underneath a hazy Malaysian sun.Some a few who can review probably would have review which story about a French queen, Marie Antoinette, assumingly observant `Let them eat cake' upon learning which a French peasants had no bread.
Yes, maybe which is why a Home Minister, upon conference which a ISA detainees were upon a craving strike, twittered which it was a preference of a ISA detainees to reason a craving strike, usually as it was his preference to have lamb chops.
Not unequivocally sensitive of him, it could be argued. But then, conjunction was a French Queen who, story tells us, was later executed by guillotine. Yes, she had her head chopped off.
Many of a politicians, I think, share this misconception which they have been so damn smart as well as can deliver flippant comments, inane lines as well as get divided with it.
In a pre-Internet days, this probably would have been true. Then newspapers, radio as well as television were probably a usually sources of news. Hence, they could lie by their teeth, say nasty things about each being under, yes, a Malaysian sun, as well as get divided with it all.
Media self-censorship now an art form
Why? Because a imitation as well as promote media afterwards as now we! re owned as well as tranquil by them or their parties as well as would not dream of publishing or inform their stupid, insensitive comments. It would have been bad PR as well as certainly bad kismet for any suicidal editor who dared publish a comments.
Then though some-more so now media self-censorship has been raised to an art form.
However, a introduction of a Internet in to this country, as well as a rapid expansion over a past five years or so, have altered which a teeny-weeny bit.
So, much as a mainstream media might ignore critical issues such as a NFC scandal, a PFKZ disaster, a orchestrated violence upon BERSIH 3.0 and, of course, a financially-huge Scorpene debacle, these events as well as issues will no longer usually go away.
Instead, they continue to be investigated, headlined as well as exposed by the
Internet media that, over a relatively short duration of 10 to fifteen years, have combined nay, firmly entrenched themselves as serious players in this diversion of upon condition which images, meanings as well as explanations.
So, nonetheless quite a number of these jaguh kampung politicians as well as their bit partial ancillary actors in a civil (dis)service still have been clueless about how a Internet during times can frame them naked, there have been a few who, I believe, feel they need to outlay tonnes (perhaps of a money) upon giving their picture a positive makeover.
'You need to be cold with a kids'
They learn to use a amicable media. Unfortunately, an simpleton remains an idiot, whatever a communication record during hand. Hence, rubbish in, rubbish out.
They hire picture as well as public family consultants who, for a elegant sum, tell them that, notwithstanding a protruding belly as well! as a fa st-receding hairline, they need to be cold with a kids.
So, not carrying much in between their ears, they take Fredric Wertham's book pretension as their aim in life, small realising which Seduction of a Innocent was radically an attack upon comic books as well as not a manual for paedophiles.
They learn to change names as well as titles, meditative which you have been all as stupid as them for us to believe which a National Harmony Act would be so much some-more palatable than a Sedition Act which it is meant to replace.
They learn one-liners as well as even one-word retorts. Like a currently overused word `perception'. When what's actually upon their mind is deception. So, when even their darling mainstream rags inform which crimes might be upon a increase, they throw out problematic as well as assumingly unsuitable `statistics' which have been ostensible to infer otherwise. But do no such thing.
Then, they hurl out this by-now sleepy clich which `These fears have been all formed upon notice as well as which all is actually well'.But they dont think about two things during least.
First which there's still a some-more skeptical Internet media to say with. This notwithstanding their threats to nozzle even this media around amendments to a Evidence Act as well as a setting of a `social media council' to enable (state?) law of a Internet.
Second, they dont think about which a some-more they try to deceive us by putting all down to 'our' perceptions, 'our' illogical, irrational as well as ungrounded fears, a some-more they begin to receptive to advice like a boy who cried wolf.
Indeed, they dont think about which `perception' can work a other way as well; which you might indeed, you will perceive them as a bunch of liars, a group of deceivers, ! a cupboa rd of con artists.
And, really, truly, that's not a notice they can afford going in to a subsequent ubiquitous election.
ROM NAIN is a media analyst as well as academic who is sap of incompetent, reprobate leaders as well as their apologists as well as turn doctors in a media who try to get divided with attempted murder while professing to rub shoulders with God's angels.
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