Mindful Mariner

Say NO to Religon!!

2011-12-06T22:44:00.006+08:00

It has been been highjacked by the evil ones and has become the opium of the people!!

Some quotes which ring true!

"Religion does three things quite effectively: Divides people, Controls people, Deludes people."

- Carlespie Mary Alice McKinney

Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer.

– Anonymous

It ain’t the parts of the Bible that I can’t understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.

– Mark Twain

When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion.

– Robert Pirsig

Animals do not have gods, they are smarter than that.

– Ronnie Snow

"A believer is a bird in a cage, a freethinker is an eagle parting the clouds with tireless wing."

- Robert Ingersoll, Individuality

"Organized religion: The world's largest pyramid scheme."

- Bernard Katz

"The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church."

- Ferdinand Magellan

"I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time."

- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

"We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing, all-powerful God, who creates faulty humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes."

- Gene Roddenberry

"An Atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An Atheist believes that deed must be done instead of a prayer said. An Atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty vanished, war eliminated."

Madalyn Murray O'Hair, founder of American Atheists.

"Out of convicted rapists, 57% admitted to reading pornography. 95% admitted to reading the Bible."

- Anon

"Man is the religious animal. He is the only religious animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religionseveral of them."

-Mark Twain (1835-1910) U.S. journalist, lecturer, author

"Christianity is so unbelievable and so contrary to everyday observation on its surface, that the only way in which people can maintain such an untenable set of beliefs is by constant reinforcement."

-Gordon Stein, Ph.D.

'The difference between being 'devout' and being 'nuts':

1. "I am Napoleon." Nobody else agrees. Youre nuts.
2. "This wafer is transubstantiated into the body of Christ.” Millions agree. You're devout.

-Thomas Szasz

"No gods, no masters."

-Margaret Sanger (1883-1966)

"A celibate clergy is an especially good idea because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism."

-Carl Sagan

Could a being create the fifty billion galaxies, each with two hundred billion stars, then rejoice in the smell of burning goat flesh?

-Ron Patterson

"A casual stroll through a lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything."

-Frederick Nietzsche (1844-1900)

"The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike."

-Delos B. McKown, Ph.D., U.S. professor, philosopher, author & former clergyman

"God"who is said to have created everything from nothing, and to have done so with no help from anyone is now completely helpless to do anything at all without the assistance of an army of clergymen and the charity of a flock of faithful followers.

-Rev. Donald Morgan

"The Belief that man is outfitted with an immortal soul, differing altogether from the engines which operate the lower animals, is ridiculously unjust to them. The difference between the smartest dog and the stupidest mansay a Tennessee Holy Rolleris really very small, and the difference between the decentest dog and the worst man is all in favor of the dog."

"Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy."

"Theology: The effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.'

-H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)

"Sire, I had no need of that hypothesis."
[when asked by Napoleon why he had not mentioned God in his "Mecanique Celeste"]

-Pierre Simon Marquis de Laplace (1749-1827) French astronomer, mathematician

"I tell christians, "If you had two children and one had to be bribed (heaven) and threatened (hell) to do what he was supposed to do, and the other one just did it because thats what he knew was the right thing to do, which would you consider the better person?"

-Greg Irwin, President of the Humanist Association of Canada

"It may be that ministers really think that their prayers do good, and it may be that frogs imagine that their croaking brings spring."

-Robert Ingersoll (1833-1899) U.S. military officer, attorney, orator

Science uncovers questions that may never be answered. Religion is based on answers that may never be questioned.

-Ken Harding

"If all the achievements of theologians were wiped out tomorrow, would anyone notice the smallest difference?"

-Richard Dawkins, Oxford biologist

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesnt go away.

-Philip K. Dick

Worship God. Its easier than thinking.

-Chapman Cohen (1868-1954)

"To put ones trust in God is only a way of saying that one will chance it."

-Samuel Butler (1835-1902)

"Truth does not have to be accepted on faith. Scientists do not hold hands every Sunday, singing, "Yes gravity is real! I will have faith! I will be strong! Amen."

-Dan Barker, former evangelist, author, critic

"It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people."

-Giordano Bruno

"Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.'

-Isaac Asimov

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever would believe in him would believe probably in anything."

-Anonymous

Televangelist: A charismatic good ol' boy with the power to perform miracles, such as transforming the donations of dirt-poor believers into a thirty-room mansion

-Anonymous

"Religion: A bad idea gone wrong."

-Anonymous

"Religion: Safer than a lobotomy, but just as effective."

-Anonymous

"Out of convicted rapists, 57 admitted to reading pornography. 95 admitted to reading the Bible."

"Theists think all gods but theirs are false. Atheists simply don't make an exception for the last one."

"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."

- Seneca the Younger

"I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other gods you will understand why I dismiss yours."

- Stephen F. Roberts

"One might be asked "How can you prove that a god does not exist?" One can only reply that it is scarcely necessary to disprove what has never been proved."

- David A. Spitz

"The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church."

- Ferdinand Magellan

"Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned."

-Author Unknown

"Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day; give him a religion, and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish."

- Author Unknown

"If god doesn't like the way I live, let him tell me, not you."

"Calling Atheism a religion is like calling bald a hair color."

-Don Hirschberg

"No subsequent study has ever shown any reproducible benefit of prayer.
Try your own: Hope in one hand and piss in the other. See which fills up first."

-From internet post

"An Atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church.

An Atheist believes that a deed must be done instead of a prayer said.

An Atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death.

He wants disease conquered, poverty vanquished, war eliminated.

He wants man to understand and love man."

"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours."

- Steven Roberts

"And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence."

- Bertrand Russell

"Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned."

'We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes.'

-Gene Roddenberr

"Without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion."

- Steven Weinberg

"Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a God superior to themselves. Most Gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child."

- Robert A. Heinlein

"I have examined all the known superstitions of the world, and I do not find in our particular superstition of Christianity one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology."

- Thomas Jefferson

'Which is it, is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's?'

- Friedrich Nietzsche

"Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish."

"Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one."

- Richard Dawkins

'The Government of the United States is in no sense founded on the Christian religion.' - John Adams, 2nd President of the United States

"You do not need the bible to justify love, but no better tool has been invented to justify hate."

- Richard A. Weatherwax

"They felt that science would be corrosive to religious belief and they were worried about it. Damn it, I think they were right. It is corrosive to religious belief and it's a good thing."

- Steven Weinberg

"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?"

- Epicurus

"It is not as in the Bible, that God created man in his own image. But, on the contrary, man created God in his own image."

- Ludwig Feuerbach

Dum tempus habemus, operemur bonum

While we have the time, let us do good

Cave ab homine unius libri

Beware of anyone who has just one book. (Latin Epigram)

United Malay National Organisation (UNMO) Malaysia is a circus

2011-12-06T22:07:00.010+08:00

UMNO
United Malay National Organisation
Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu

Ut sementem feceris, ita metes -

As you sow, so shall you reap. (Cicero)

On Plutocracy, War, Agression, Propanganda,

2011-11-26T18:51:00.008+08:00

Image Source Mob's Crib

PLUTOCRACY

1. Government by the wealthy

2. A controlling class of the wealthy

Examples of PLUTOCRACY

If only the wealthy can afford to run for public office, are we more a plutocracy than a democracy?
Corporate greed and a growing (add the name a country of your choice) plutocracy

OR examples from another Dictionary:

PLUTOCRACY

1) Form of government where control of the political system and its institutions lie in the hands of a bunch of rich arrogant arseholes. Typically characterized by corruption, shallowness, trifling, squabbling, and by sell outs, they ruin everything for everyone else.

2) Any organization that is run by one or more arrogant arseholes that are either ignorant of, or don't care, that they ignore benefits for everyone else.

QUOTES WORTH THINKING ABOUT:-

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt.

He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice.

This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once.

Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable an ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action!

It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder."

(Albert Einstein)

To initiate a war of aggression...is not only an international crime, it is the supreme
international crime, differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole.

-Nuremberg Tribunal

"I told the world that Iraq, contrary to your claims, did not have weapons of mass destruction," said Galloway. "I told the world, contrary to your claims, that Iraq had no connection to al-Qaeda. I told the world, contrary to your claims, that Iraq had no connection to the atrocity on 9/11 2001. I told the world, contrary to your claims, that the Iraqi people would resist a British and American invasion of their country and that the fall of Baghdad would not be the beginning of the end, but merely the end of the beginning. Senator, in everything I said about Iraq, I turned out to be right and you turned out to be wrong, and 100,000 people paid with their lives; 1600 of them American soldiers sent to their deaths on a pack of lies; 15,000 of them wounded, many of them disabled forever on a pack of lies."

-George Galloway, Respect MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, 05/17/05
before Senate hearing.

"Propaganda is persuading people to make up their minds while withholding some of the facts from them."

-Harold Evans

"Fundamentalism means never having to say 'I'm wrong.'"

As long as people believe in absurdities, they will continue to commit atrocities:

Voltaire

"Today democracy is a facade of plutocracy.
Because the peoples will not tolerate naked plutocracy, power is nominally turned over to them, while real power rests in the hands of the plutocrats. In democracies, whether republican or monarchical, the statesmen are marionettes, and the capitalists are the wire pullers: they dictate the political guidelines, they control the voters by buying public opinion, through business and social connections [they control] higher government officials ...

The plutocracy of today is more powerful than the aristocracy of the past, because nothing stands above it except the state, which is its tool and helper.":

Count Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi,
"Pan-european" publicist and political figure, in his book
Praktischer Idealismus ("Practical Idealism"),
Vienna, 1925.

"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance -- it is the illusion of knowledge.'

-Daniel J Boorstin:

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

- Albert Einstein

"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest"

- Diderot

Censorship, Gagging and the Repression of Thought

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A FEW QUOTES ON CENSORSHIP, GAGGING, THOUGHT CONTROL, LIES, REPRESSION OF THOUGHT & THINKING, PROPAGANDA & OTHER EVIL POLITICAL TOOLS

LET PEOPLE POWER MAKE THE CHANGE, kick out the Evil, the Corrupt, the Immoral, the Lie speakers, the Hypocrites, the Cheats, the Crony's and the nepotists......................... you know who they are!!!

"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Who will watch the watchers?"

- Juvenal

" If your library is not 'unsafe', it probably isn't doing its job."

- John Berry, Iii, Library Journal, October 1999

"Without free speech no search for truth is possible... no discovery of truth is useful... Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech. The abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the people, and entombs the hope of the race."

- Charles Bradlaugh

"There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. "

- Joseph Alexandrovitch Brodsky, 1991, Russian-American poet, b. St. Petersburg and exiled 1972 (1940-1996)

"Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people's idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage."

- Winston Churchill

"You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police. Yet in their hearts there is unspoken - unspeakable! - fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts! Words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home, all the more powerful because they are forbidden. These terrify them. A little mouse - a little tiny mouse! -of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic."

- Winston Churchill

"The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion..."

- Henry Steel Commager

"Burning is no answer."

- Camille Desmoulins' reply to Robespierre, January 7, 1794, on burning his newspaper, Le Vieux Cordelier

"If librarianship is the connecting of people to ideas and I believe that is the truestdefinition of what we do it is crucial to remember that we must keep and make available, not just good ideas and noble ideas, but bad ideas, silly ideas, and yes, even dangerous or wicked ideas."

- Graceanne A. Decandido

"Don't join the book burners. Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed."

- Dwight D. Eisenhower, speech at Dartmouth College, June 14, 1953

"Every burned book enlightens the world."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"This is slavery, not to speak one's thought."

- Euripides, Greek tragic poet (480 or 485 B.C. - 406 B.C)

"If the human body's obscene, complain to the manufacturer, not me."

- Larry Flynt

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759

"If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed."

- Benjamin Franklin, 1730

"Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. The source of better ideas is wisdom. The surest path to wisdom is a liberal education."

- Alfred Whitney Griswold, Essays on Education

"One man's vulgarity is another's lyric."

- John Marshall Harlan, Supreme Court justice, 1971

"Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings."

- Heinrich Heine

"I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions."

- Lillian Hellman, subpoenaed to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee, 1952

"To prohibit the reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves."

- Claude Adrien Helvetius, De l'Homme, Vol. I, sec. 4

"The sooner we all learn to make a decision between disapproval and censorship, the better off society will be... Censorship cannot get at the real evil, and it is an evil in itself."

- Granville Hicks (1901-1982)

"Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is the loftiest form of cowardice."

- Holbrook Jackson

"Did you ever hear anyone say 'That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might be very damaging to me'?"

- Joseph Henry Jackson

"Civil government cannot let any group ride roughshod over others simply because their consciences tell them to do so."

- Robert H. Jackson

"Children deprived of words become school dropouts; dropouts deprived of hope behave delinquently. Amateur censors blame delinquency on reading immoral books and magazines, when in fact, the inability to read anything is the basic trouble."

- Peter S. Jennison

"Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance."

- Lyndon Baines Johnson, February 11, 1964

"Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas. - Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove."

- Decimus Junius Juvenalis (Juvenal), Satires, II. 63. Roman rhetorician and satirical poet (1st to 2nd cent. A.D.)

"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Who will watch the watchers?"

-Juvenal

“We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts,foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people."

- John F. Kennedy

"The burning of an author's books, imprisonment for an opinion's sake, has always been the tribute that an ignorant age pays to the genius of its time."

- Joseph Lewis, Voltaire: The Incomparable Infidel, 1929

"Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but unlike charity, it should end there."

- Clare Booth Luce

"One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present."

- Golda Meir, Israeli political leader (1898-1978)

"And yet on the other hand unless warinesse be us'd, as good almost kill a Man as kill a good Book; who kills a Man kills a reasonable creature, Gods Image, but hee who destroyes a good Booke, kills reason it selfe, kills the Image of God, as it were in the eye."

-Milton, Areopagitica, 1644

"To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it."

- Michel de Montaigne, Essays, 1559

"You have not converted a man because you have silenced him."

- John Morley

"Senator Smoot (Republican, Ut.)
Is planning a ban on smut
Oh rooti-ti-toot for Smoot of Ut.
And his reverent occiput.
Smite. Smoot, smite for Ut.,
Grit your molars and do your dut.,
Gird up your l--ns,
Smite h-p and th-gh,
We'll all be Kansas
By and By."

- Ogden Nash, "Invocation," 1931

"Censorship of anything, at any time, in any place, on whatever pretense, has always been and always be the last resort of the boob and the bigot."

- Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, American playwright (1888-1953)

"All of us can think of a book... that we hope none of our children or any other children have taken off the shelf. But if I have the right to remove that book from the shelf - that work I abhor - then you also have exactly the same right and so does everyone else. And then we have no books left on the shelf for any of us."

-Katherine Paterson, American author of children's books (1932-)

"A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to."

- Dr. Laurence Peter, Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time. New York: Morrow, 1977, p. 97

"Free societies...are societies in motion, and with motion comes tension, dissent, friction. Free people strike sparks, and those sparks are the best evidence of freedom's existence."

- Salman Rushdie

"What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist."

- Salman Rushdie

"Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads."

-George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright and critic (1856-1950)

"All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently the first condition of progress is the removal of censorship."

-George Bernard Shaw, Preface to Mrs. Warren's Profession

"Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is the hallmark of an authoritarian regime..."

-Justice Potter Stewart, dissenting Ginzberg v. United States, 383 U.S. 463 (1966)

"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear."

- Harry S. Truman, message to Congress, August 8, 1950

"Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it."

- Mark Twain

"Adam was but human - this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent."

- Mark Twain

"All these people talk so eloquently about getting back to good old-fashioned values. Well, as an old poop I can remember back to when we had those old-fashioned values, and I say let's get back to the good old-fashioned First Amendment of the good old-fashioned Constitution of the United States -- and to hell with the censors! Give me knowledge or give me death!"

- Kurt Vonnegut, author

"The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book."

- Walt Whitman

"There is no such thing as a moral book or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. That is all."

- Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891

"The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame."

- Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891

"An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all."

- Oscar Wilde

"Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas. - Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove."

- Decimus Junius Juvenalis (Juvenal), Satires, II. 63. Roman rhetorician and satirical poet (1st to 2nd Cent. A.D.)

We Are the Many - Not the Few

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WE ARE THE MANY,
NOT THE FEW

OCCUPY YOUR RIGHTS

STAND UP FOR YOUR FREEDOMS

WE ARE THE MANY

THEY ARE THE FEW

Summum ius, summa iniuria

The extreme law is the greatest injustice. (Cicero)

A British Perpective .....................on Islamic Extremism and the UK Government

2011-02-20T20:03:00.005+08:00

THIS IS A GOOD READ & THE LADY'S SENTIMENTS ARE SOUND AND HONOURABLE

A British Housewife Speaks Out [ a must read ]

"Thought you might like to read this letter to the editor of a British national newspaper.
Ever noticed how some people just seem to know how to write a good letter?.

Here is a woman who should run for Prime Minister!

Written by a housewife, to her daily newspaper. This is one pissed off lady.

Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was it or was it not started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores in July 2002, and in New York on 11 Sept 2001, and have continually threatened to do so since?

Were people from all over the world, not brutally murdered that day in London , and in downtown Manhattan , and in a field in Pennsylvania ?

Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible, burning or crushing death that day, or didn't they?

And I'm supposed to care that a few Taliban were claiming to be tortured by a justice system of the nation they come from and are fighting against in a brutal insurgency.

I'll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repents for incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11 and 7/7.

I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start
caring about the Holy Bible, the mere belief of which is a crime
punishable by beheading in Afghanistan

I'll care when these thugs tell the world they are sorry for hacking off Nick Berg's head while Berg screamed through his gurgling slashed throat.

I'll care when the cowardly so-called 'insurgents' in Afghanistan come out and fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion by hiding in mosques and behind women and children.

I'll care when the mindless zealots who blow themselves up in search of Nirvana care about the innocent children within range of their suicide bombs.

I'll care when the British media stops pretending that their freedom of speech on stories is more important than the lives of the soldiers on the ground or their families waiting at home to hear about them when something happens.

In the meantime, when I hear a story about a British soldier roughing up an Insurgent terrorist to obtain information, know this:

I don't care.

When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told not to move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take this to he bank:

I don't care.

When I hear that a prisoner - who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat, and 'fed special food' that is paid for by my taxes - is complaining that his holy book is being 'mishandled,' you can absolutely believe in your heart of hearts:

I don't care.

And oh, by the way, I've noticed that sometimes it's spelled 'Koran' and other times 'Quran.'
Well, believe me!! you guessed it ......

I don't care!!

If you agree with this viewpoint, pass this on to all your E-mail friends. Sooner or later, it'll get to the people responsible for this ridiculous behaviour!

If you don't agree, then by all means hit the delete button. Should you choose the latter, then please don't complain when more atrocities committed by radical Muslims happen here in our great country! And may I add:

'Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world.

Our soldiers don't have that problem.'

I have another quote that I would like to add, AND.......I hope you forward all of this.

Only five defining forces have ever offered to die for you:

1. Jesus Christ

2. The British Soldier.

3. The Canadian Soldier.

4. The US Soldier, and

5. The Australian Soldier

One died for your soul, the other four for your freedom.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO PASS THIS ON, AS MANY SEEM TO FORGET ABOUT ALL OF THEM.
AMEN!"

I GIVE THIS LADY A STANDING OVATION, SHE HAS INDEED TICKED ALL THE BOXES

Isn't it interesting that so many people in the Western World feel this way, but not one of our politicians, who are supposed to represent us, ever have the guts to state the situation like it is ???

Deos enim religuos accepimus, Caesares dedimus

The gods were handed down to us, but we created the Caesars (i.e., the rulers) ourselves

REPEAL THE ISA AND ALL OTHER UNJUST LAWS IN MALAYSIA

2010-11-05T12:12:00.000+08:00

RESTORE DEMOCRACY TO MALAYSIA

REPEAL THE ISA AND FREE ALL THOSE DETAINED WITHOUT TRAIL

This remains on top until the ISA is repealed & all those imprisoned without trail in Malaysia are released!

Happy Diwali to ALL

2010-11-05T02:55:00.000+08:00

Let us all fervently hope:

That good will always prevail over evil

that light will replace darkness,

that transparencywill overturn unnecessary secrecy,

that the truth will overcom lies and hypocrisy,

and

that sincerity and honesty will eradicate ingrained bribery and corruption

Death-by-Bus Continues in Malaysia!

2010-10-30T12:00:00.002+08:00

Die like a frog (mati katak) in Malaysia, no one cares less

Some of the reasons are:-

No enforcement on roads & highways.
Corruption, Corruption, Corruption!
Lackadaisical authorities
Incompetence, stupidity
Cover-ups
Political influence and patronage
Poor road design and awful road-sign placement and multiple designs
Third world culture and mentality
Complaisance

Seven people, six of whom were teenagers, were killed and 39 others injured in a bus accident at Genting Sempah, outside of Kuala Lumpur.

The crash, happened at 7.50pm last night 29^th October 2010), said Selangor traffic chief Supt Che Hussein Omar.

“Seventeen were seriously injured while the remaining 22 suffered minor injuries,” he said. “Two people were thrown out from the bus.”

He added police were investigating the driver for reckless driving.

The co-driver said he was asleep when the crash happened.

“When I got up, the bus was rolling,” he added.

UPDATE

DRIVER HAD NO DRIVING LICENCE

BUS WAS IN POOR CONDITION (NOT ROADWORTHY??)

The driver who was driving the bus, that hit the roadside safety barrier and overturned several times at kilometre 38 of the Genting Sempah road on Friday, 29th October 2011, night, killing seven and injuring 39 others, did not have a driving licence.

In Baling, where the bus trip originated,families of the seven victims who were killed claimed that the bus was not the one promised by the bus company and said it was was not in good condition.

This is quite typical of the every day situation in today's Malaysia.

Corruption and bribery rule.
Money is seemingly king!
The dire consequences of actions are disregarded.
Safety is disregarded
Lives are regarded as cheap and are dispensable!

When well the people wake up and demand change?

May the seven innocent victims of this bus crash rest in peace.

And the extravagant pie-in-the-sky tourism minister wants to encourage tourists to hire self-drive cars!

How idiotic, even the locals get lost everyday!!!!!!

New Slogan for Ministry of Tourism:

Malaysia Truly a Great Place to Die in a Road Accident

Spend two weeks in Malaysia, hire a car.

You may either die, or perhaps you will spend your whole holiday trying to get out of Kuala Lumpur.................. enjoy going round in every decreasing circles, but be careful you may end up in your own anus!!!!

Salus populi suprema lex

The safety of the people is the supreme law. (Cicero)

Caeci caecos ducentes

Blind leading the blind

DANGER! PLEASE TAKE HEED - Do not Travel on Express Buses in Malaysia

2010-10-11T20:41:00.009+08:00

Yet another express bus crash resulting in a massive death toll and scores of injuries.

When will the carnage on Malaysia's roads end?

So all you people out there, locals and tourists alike, please think very carefully before choosing to travel by express bus in Malaysia.

Remember in Malaysia:

Talking is cheap
Lives are regarded as cheap, &
Corruption is still alive and thriving, but it is certainly killing the country and the people!

Twelve people were killed on the spot and more than 45 others were injured in a crash involving two buses, a van and three cars at Kilometre 223 of the North-South Highway near the Simpang Ampat toll plaza on Sunday, 10th October 2010.
The express bus crashed through the guardrail and ploughed into the five other vehicles heading in the opposition direction.

Police said the tragedy, at 18:40, happened when a bus heading towards Kuala Lumpur 'went out of control' and flipped over to the southbound side of the highway.

How on earth does a bus, or any other vehicle, 'go out of control' what an idiotic thing to say!

The red bus seems to have been speeding, that is the norm in Malaysia, although all buses are restricted by law to a maximum speed on highways of 90 km/hour, they can be seen at any time of any day moving at well over the maximum speed allowed for any vehicle on a Malaysian highway, which is 110 km/hour!

The is virtually zero enforcement of most laws, even though Malaysia has so many enforcement agencies.

The police and the road transport department are supposed to take care of enforcement on the roads and highways, but they do not appear to do their work very well.

In this case the police were reported as saying, as quoted in a news report:

'There was no evidence so far that the express bus involved in the fatal crash in Simpang Ampat on Sunday was speeding.'

SAC Abdul Aziz said 'police were still unsure of the exact cause'.

Just wait, there will soon be another fatal crash involving an express bus, and more and more ad infinitum, unless something is done to end the carnage on Malaysia's roads. Don't hold your breath folks!!

Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) president SM Idris was reported as saying that the authorities should investigate claims by some passengers that the bus was being driven very fast.

He said talks on public road safety were meaningless until enforcement and important policies on road safety were implemented.

"What happened to speed limiting devices on express buses, the automated enforcement system (AES) and proper management of commercial vehicle drivers?" he asked.

CAP said the authorities should stop pandering to the demands of transport companies and focus instead on saving lives.

WELL SAID MR. S M IDRIS!

ONLY WHEN ENDEMIC BRIBERY & CORRUPTION IS ERADICATED, WILL ALL THINGS GET BETTER IN MALAYSIA.

Ex nilhilo nihil fit

Nothing comes from nothing

Nemo sine vitio est

No one is without fault. (Seneca the Elder)

Nomina stultorum parietibus haerent

The names of foolish persons adhere to walls (Fools names and fools faces are often seen in public places.)

Say NO to book banning

2010-10-01T11:40:00.010+08:00

Yet another book
(politically unacceptable to UMNO?)
has been banned in Malaysia.

The latest banned book:
"The March To Putrajaya"
by Kim Quek

TO READ THE BOOK, all 375 pages, "The March To Putrajaya"
by Kim Quek ON-LINE, OR TO DOWNLOAD
the pdf version, please click
HERE

This is yet another nail in the coffin of freedom of speech and freedom of expression.

Even the freedom of thought is not encouraged in Malaysia!

What type of democratic system does Malaysia have?

It seems to more like a system stinking of dictatorial edicts, nepotism, feudalism, racism, which is run by pathetic, pigheaded, pompous, pie-in-the-sky politicians, who are a plague on Malaysia.

What is needed is more power to the people and free speech, freedom of expression, a free press and a truly democratic, open, unbiased and transparent system of governance.

These simple questions, and many more, need to be properly answered:

Why is Malaysia way far behind Singapore in every respect?
Where has all Malaysia's wealth gone to in the past half century?
Why is there still institutionalised racism in Malaysia?
Why do race and religion based political parties still thrive?
Why is religion so entwined with politics?
Why has corruption, from top to bottom, not been eradicated?

Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis

The times change, and we change with them. (John Owen)

Summum ius, summa iniuria

The extreme law is the greatest injustice. (Cicero)

Ubi concordia, ibi victoria

Where is the unity, there is the victory. (Publius Syrus)

Namewee, A Malaysian Folk Hero

2010-09-29T15:14:00.015+08:00

Source: MOB's CRIB
HERE

Wee Meng Chee (Namewee)

Chinese: 黄明志

Pinyin: Huáng Míng Zhì

For more YouTube videos by Namewee, click HERE

To see this video on YouTube by clicking HERE

Chinese / Bahasa Malaysia / English Language - approximate Translations

我還是我
Aku Tetap Aku
I am Who I am

我的名字叫明志這個自我介紹方式
Izinkan ku memperkenalkan diriku, nama saya ialah Namewee
My name is Namewee this is how I introduce myself

從小老師就認為我是想要惹事
Sejak kecil lagi, cikgu ingatkan ku seorang yang suka buat hal
My teachers always thought I was looking for trouble

我熱愛文字我討厭公式我不想面對考試
Aku suka menulis, aku benci formula dan ujian sekolah
I love literature but I hate the school system and all its exams

我更討厭你規定我的頭髮款式
Aku lagi tak suka jika sesiapa komen kat style rambut ku
I get annoyed when people comment on my hair style

我的思考方式沒有人能夠抑制
Pemikiran style aku, tiada orang boleh Ubahi
I was born with a mind that is beyond the control of others

大人都固執的怪我固執不懂事
Orang dewasa anggap aku ni degil dan tak matang
Adults always blamed me for being stubborn & naïve

我明白待人處事都有它的模式
Aku tahu memang ada pelbagai caranya berurusan
I realized our society has its way of life

但不代表全部人都要變成孔子
Tapi ia tak bermakna semua orang harus menjadi Konfusius
But that doesn’t mean all of us must become Confucius

十五歲那年初我染上音樂的毒
Pada umur 15 tahun, aku discover muzik
Age the of 15 I discovered the joy of music

我透過音符來降低我內心的無助
Nota nota membantu ku lalui masa yang tak berdaya
Through its notes I find ways to express my thoughts

我學習美術但依然無法省悟
Aku cuba belajari seni tetapi ia tak membantu
I tried picking up art but it could not hold my inner feelings

是孤獨創造梵谷還是梵谷創造孤獨
Adalah kesepian mencipta Van Gogh ataupun Van Gogh yang menciptakan kesepian?
Was loneliness created Van Gogh or Van Gogh created loneliness?

中學畢業後華人得自求多福
Tamat sekolah menengah, kebanyakkan orang cina mencari rezeki di luar Negara
Upon finishing high school Chinese must find ways to further their studies

揮揮衣袖我決定要到台灣留宿
Akhirnya, aku pun membuat keputusan untuk menginap di Taiwan
Faced with challenges I decided to pursue my education in Taiwan

爸爸媽媽不要擔心我不會辜負
Ayah, mak jangan risau. Ku takkan buat kamu kecewa
Don’t worry mum and dad I promise not to fail you

等我讀完書一定會回到歸屬
Habis belajar nanti, mesti saya balik ke Negara tercinta
I will return to my beloved home when I graduate

我會好好過我必須好好過
Ku akan hidup dengan baik
I will be fine I must stay strong

想家的時候我就打開電腦拼命創作
Apabila rindu kat keluarga, ku akan terus cipta lagu
When I lone for home I turn on my PC and started writing

牆壁上的大馬國旗是我的寄託
Bendera Malaysia yang gantung kat dinding menjadi inspirasi ku
My Malaysian flag on the wall keeping my spirit alive

床頭的那張全家福總是讓我振作
Gambar keluarga kat tepi katil tetap membuatkan ku lebih tabah
My family portrait beside my bed keeping my strong

一個人在外國要獨立生活
Seorang hidup di luar Negara, ku mesti lebih gagah
As a foreigner living in a strange country I had to learn to become independent

我做過很多工作我面對很多數落
Aku buat banyak kerja sambilan, ku hadap banyak gagalan
I took up many jobs to pay my bills and tuition fees

無論再辛苦還有音樂陪著我
Tak semestinya betapa susahnya, ku masih ditemani muzik
When times were tough at least I still had my music with me

我理想沒有變因為我還是我
Impian ku tidak berubah, kerana aku tetap aku
My dream did not change, I am still who I am

我有我自己的夢自己會走
Aku akan berusaha mencapai impian ku sendiri
I have my own dream I will keep going

就算再寂寞
Walaupun sunyi
Even it’s a lonely path

請原諒我的衝動我會好好過
Maafkan impuls aku, aku akan hidup dengan baik-baik
Please forgive me for being impulsive, I will be fine

(相信我還是我)
(percayalah, aku tetap aku)
Believe me I am still who I am

我不怕暴雨狂風將我淹沒
Aku tak takut hujan lebat membanjiri ku
I’m not afraid of heavy rain, (hindrances) it will not drown me

毅然往前走
Aku tetap akan berusaha
I will keep moving forward

就算旅途再癲頗我不能回頭
Wakaupun jalan ini agak sukar tapi aku tak akan putus asa
Even if it is a journey of no return I will not give up

(相信我還是我)
(Percayalah, aku tetap aku)
Believe me I am still who I am

2007 年那是個遲來的夏天
Tahun 2007, itu musim panas yang datang agak lewat
Summer came late in the year 2007

改編國歌事件讓我人生從此改變
Mengubah lagu negaraku membuatkan hidupan ku berubah
My life was forever changed with my national anthem song

透過網際網絡我闖了禍
Melalui internet, aku menghadapi masalah
I got into trouble through the cyberspace

但我堅持沒有犯錯有人說我叛國
Aku disalah fahami dan ada orang kata aku ni pengkhidnat negara
I was misunderstood and got accused of betraying my country

有人想幹掉我有人說不讓我回國
Ada yang tak bagi aku balik ke Negara, ada yang ingin bunuh aku
My life was threatened and I even was told I cannot come home

要我磕頭認錯政客趁機出頭
Saya dipaksa mengaku salah, orang kuat semua keluar menunjuk muka
I was pushed into the limelight by influential people trying to gain fame

媒體還配合炒作世界各地的記者call我
Pihak media dari seluruh dunia tak berhenti call saya
Media got into the action and suddenly international reporters started calling me

我必須學會沉著
Aku mesti tabah
I had to learn to stay calm
謠言越來越多讓人陷入惶恐
Gosip angin semakin banyak, membuatkan ku makin risau
Rumours started flowing and my heart started pounding

甚至還有人把偷渡路線圖 send給我
Saya juga terima peta haram tunjuk aku hilangkan diri
I even received maps with international escape routes

爸爸媽媽對不起不要難過
Ayah mak, ku minta maaf .. Janganlah kamu sedih
Sorry mum and dad please don’t be sad

牆壁上的國旗我從來沒有拆過
Bendera Malaysia di dinding tidak pernah saya turunkan
I have not taken down the flag hanging in my bedroom

我破了千萬點閱也上了各大版面
YouTube ku ditonton berjuta orang, gambarku juga dipampar dalam banyak surat khabar
My YouTube video broke records and my face made newspaper covers

有人喜歡有人討厭面臨輿論考驗
Ada orang suka dan ada orang benci. Aku mengahadapi ujian yang sukar ini
I got cheered and got booed, I must learn to face the music now

我的故事被文學家寫進了書
Kisah aku dicatat oleh penulis buku
My story was documented into a book

我的臉還被人畫成了卡通人物
Muka aku dilukis sebagai kartoon
My face even got drawn into cartoon characters

再多褒與貶都已經事過境遷
Banyak pujiaan dan hinaan ku alami, tapi ia bukan segalanya
I wished that all the fame and criticism would die down some day

畢業後的我決定勇敢面對誤解
Lepas ku tamatkan pengajian, aku membuat keputusan menghadapi semua salah faham
Upon graduation I decided to return to my beloved country

我用陸路交通跨越六個國度
Ku menggunakan jalan darat dan melepasi enam Negara untuk balik ke Negara cinta
With only land routes I walked across six countries to come home

拍攝紀錄沿途上的驚險和領悟
Ku merakamkan sepanjang jalan yang meliputi ketakutaan dan kesedaran
I even shot a documentary on my challenging journey

一步步很艱苦終於回到大馬領土
Ia satu perjalanan yang sukar tetapi akhirnya ku berjaya balik ke Negara tercinta
Thought every step was tough I finally came home to Malaysia

被拍照被訪問還被叫到警察總部
Pihak media tangkap gambar ku, ada temu duga dan aku juga dipanggil ke balai polis
I got called to police station and faced many media interviews

雖然你們都把我當成公眾人物
Walaupun banyak anggap ku sebagai orang famous
Even though most think of me as public personality

但我必須穩住要保持個人創作元素
Tapi aku mesti tabah, aku mesti tetap dengan ciptaan lagu ku
But I stayed true to myself to retain my creative art

我有我自己的夢自己會走
Aku akan berusaha mencapai impian ku sendiri
I have my own dream I will keep on going

就算再寂寞
Walaupun sunyi
Even it’s a lonely path

請原諒我的衝動我會好好過
Maafkan impuls aku, aku akan hidup dengan baik-baik
Please forgive me for being impulsive, I will be fine

(相信我還是我)
(Percayalah, aku tetap aku)
Believe me I am still who I am

我不怕暴雨狂風將我淹沒
Aku tak takut hujan lebat membanjiri ku
I’m not afraid of heavy rain, (hindrances) it will not drown me

毅然往前走
Aku tetap akan berusaha
I will keep moving forward

就算旅途再癲頗我不能回頭
Wakaupun jalan ini agak sukar tapi aku tak akan putus asa
Even if it is a journey of no return I will not give up

(相信我還是我)
(Percayalah, aku tetap aku)
Believe me I am still who I am

有人說我的作品荼毒青年思想
Ada orang marah hasil lagu ku mencemarkan fikiran remaja
People criticised my songs for poisoning the younger generation

有人說我的頭腦都在胡思亂想
Ada orang mengata otak ku memikirkan perkara yang bukan-bukan
Some said my mind is full of dirty thoughts

說我亂講說我是社會毒瘤發癢
Mengatakan aku ni merosakan moral masyarakat
That I have bad morals in the civil society

還怪我變成他兒子的偶像
Ada juga yang mengalahkan ku jadi idola kepada anaknya
Some just blamed me for becoming his son’s idol

面對攻擊我早就已經習慣
Aku dah biasa menghadapi semua halangan ini
I am used to facing difficult situations

保持沉默微笑是我最好的答案
Menjadi keheningan sambil senyum adalah jawapan yang ku bagi
Keeping silent is my best defence and response

裝模作樣從來就不是我的強項
Aku tak suka menjadi kikuk depan orang
Putting a fake face is never an option for me

但我出門逛逛卻要偽偽裝裝
Sekarang aku keluar, susah sangat boleh menjadi diri sendiri lagi
I can no longer be myself when I go out

我的email 每天都有人來訴苦
Tiap-tiap hari aku terima email dari orang lain tuk mengeluh
People write to me pleading for help everyday

但我愛莫能助因為我不是政府
Tapi aku tak berupaya kerana aku bukan pihak kerajaan
I just cannot do much because I am not the government

你們來我facebook 鼓勵我詆毀我
Ada yang mendorong ku di facebook dan ada juga yang menghina ku
Some come to my Facebook supporting and slandering me

我不刪除因為那是言論自由淨土
Aku tak delete komen-komen kerana ini adalah kebebasan bicara semua
I didn’t delete because it is their freedom of speech

我想要讓你聽見讓你看見
Aku nak bagi kau dengar, aku nak bagi kau Nampak
I want you to listen and I want you to see

我想說的話我的電影和我的音樂
Apa yang ingin ku ucapkan, filem ku, dan muzik ku
The messages I convey through my voice, my film and my music

徘徊尺度邊緣自由自在的暢所欲言
Adalah kebebasan bicara
Walking the fine line in freedom of speech

那是主流媒體永遠看不到的世界
Inilah tempat yang tidak boleh diperjuangkan oleh mainstream media
Which is something the mainstream media can never understand

我站在不同的的角度我不會停下腳步
Aku memandang dunia dari pelbagai sudut dan tidak akan berhentikan langkahku
I stand from a different point and I will not stop

這條思路是老天送給我的禮物
Jalan pemikiran saya adalah hadiah khas dari Tuhan
This path is a gift from God

你說我糊塗你甚至想要把我說服
Kau mengatakan aku bingung, malah kau ingin menyakinkan ku dengan ayatmu
You claimed that I am lost and want to brainwash me

對不起我還是我那就是我的態度
Minta maaf, aku tetap aku. Inilah sikap ku
Sorry, I am still who I am, and this is my attitude

在Kuala Lumpur 開始了新的生活
Aku memulakan kehidupan baru di Kuala Lumpur
I am starting new life in Kuala Lumpur

這裡人潮洶湧馬路坑坑洞洞
Terdapat ramai orang telah terkorban di jalan raya yang berlubang-lubang
It is crowded here and the roads are full of potholes

一不小心我可能會在這裡失控
Saya rasa ku juga mungkin akan hilang control di sini
If I’m not careful things may just get out of control

這條路很難走但我已經沒有回頭
Jalan ini agak sukar untuk berjalan, tetapi aku sudah tiada pilihan lain
The path is not easy but I do not have a choice any more

(我還是我我還是我)
(Aku tetap aku aku masih aku)
Because I am still who I am

我有我自己的夢自己會走
Aku akan berusaha mencapai impian ku sendiri
I have my own dream and I will go for it

就算再寂寞
Walaupun sunyi
Even it is a lone path

請原諒我的衝動我會好好過
Maafkan impuls aku, aku akan hidup dengan baik-baik
Please forgive me for being impulsive, I will be fine

(相信我還是我)
(Percayalah, aku tetap aku)
Believe me I am still who I am

我不怕暴雨狂風將我淹沒
Aku tak takut hujan lebat membanjiri ku
I’m not afraid the obstacles cos it will not drown me

毅然往前走
Aku tetap akan berusaha
I will keep moving forward

就算旅途再癲頗我不能回頭
Wakaupun jalan ini agak sukar tapi aku tak akan putus asa
Even if it is a journey of no return I will not give up

(相信我還是我)
(Percayalah, aku tetap aku)
Believe me I am still who I am

Meanwhile peeved Perkasa pseudo potentates protest, read news report by clicking HERE

HERE & if problems with the previous link due to blockage of Malaysia Today, please try HERE

Poster source Mob's Crib HERE

Per varios usus artem experientia fecit

Through different exercises practice has brought skill. (Manilius)

Tamdiu discendum est, quamdiu vivas

We should learn as long as we may live. (We live and learn.) (Seneca Philosophus)

Full marks to Benigno Aquino, BRAVO!

2010-09-27T15:01:00.009+08:00

Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III
born February 8, 1960)
also known as Noynoy Aquino or PNoy,
is the fifteenth and the current President of the Philippines.

President Benigno Aquino's stand regarding contraception, as reported by AFP today, 27th September 2010, deserves accolades for his stand against the RC Church in the Philippines.

Please read the news item below.

Unwanted pregnancies should always be prevented

The Roman Catholic Church needs to get real, the priorities need to be adjusted.

In most, if not all ,developing countries with a large RC population, the vast majority of people are very poor, the Philippines is a prime example.

One of the reasons for this poverty is the very large number of children born tnto poor families who are denied access to free family planing education and contraception.

In my humble opinion the governments and the people of all nations should stand up against all archaic, oppressive, demeaning and illogical religious teachings which are detrimental to their prosperity, welfare, good health and well-being.

The Roman Catholic is filthy rich whilst their followers are generally as poor as church mice, how shameful this is!

Especially in poor countries with a high birth rate, more instruction, material and moral encouragement and free, or very cheap, and easily accessible contraception methods are absolutely vital.

"MANILA - THE Philippine government will provide contraceptives to poor couples who request it despite strong opposition from the dominant Roman Catholic church, President Benigno Aquino said on Monday.

Speaking in a satellite television interview from the United States where he is on a seven-day visit, Mr Aquino stressed that the number of children a couple had was a matter of personal choice.

'The government is obligated to inform everybody of their responsibilities and their choices. At the end of the day, government might provide assistance to those who are without means if they want to employ a particular method,' he said.

'I believe the couple will be in the best position to determine what is best for the family, how to space (the births), what methods they can rely on and so forth,' said Mr Aquino at a 'town hall' style meeting with expatriate Filipinos.

'They face the responsibility for the children that they bring in and government is willing to assist them.' Mr Aquino, a 50-year-old bachelor and a practising Catholic, was responding to questions about how he planned to curb population growth in the face of opposition from the church.

The church wields considerable influence in the Philippines, where more than 80 per cent of the population are Catholics, and has used its clout in the past to attack officials who champion artificial methods of birth control." -- AFP

The humble condom, is a god-send for the poor.

Dira necessitas

The dire necessity. (Horace)

Dum tempus habemus, operemur bonum

While we have the time, let us do good

Save Malaysia

2010-09-24T23:15:00.005+08:00

, it appears that Malaysia already halfway to becoming a failed state!

YouTube

In order to get a better distribution, this excellent information needs to be dubbed or translated into Malay, Mandarin & the Chinese dialects and Tamil.

Quam terribilis est haec hora

How fearful is this hour

Cartoonist Arrested in Cartoonophobic Malaysia!

2010-09-24T19:19:00.016+08:00

Cartoon-0-Phobia, front cover

Zunar holding his book of cartoons,
he was reported as saying that police seized 70 copies of his latest book,
called 'Cartoon-O-Phobia',
at his home and are holding him
ahead of its scheduled launch on Friday evening.

"The raid at his office and his arrest only go to prove that the authorities are cartoon-phobic,' said Steven Gan, chief editor of online news portal Malaysiakini, the publisher of 'Cartoon-O-Phobia' and some of Mr Zunar's earlier books.

'This is an attack on freedom of expression, it again shows that the authorities have no sense of humour.' Mr Gan said the 80-page book had a caricature of Prime Minister Najib Razak's wife on the front cover and contained cartoons that touched on numerous controversial issues." -- AFP

Read the news in Singapore Straits Times HERE You can see some of the cartoons by clicking HERE

You can watch all the malaysiakini videos by clicking HERE

UPDATE:
Later news in the MCA (BN component political party) controlled Star newspaper reports that Zunar held under the Sedition Act, click HERE & also on 25th September HERE

Malaysiakini reports at about on 24th September 22:00 that:
"Police this evening arrested Malaysiakini cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque - better known as Zunar - under Section 28 ?sic of the Printing Presses and Publications Act."

CARTOON-O-PHOBIA LAUNCHED SUCCESSFULLY

Book launch a hit despite author's arrest

click HERE for news & look for video under malaysiakini TV / video

2nd UPDATE

Watch the video (HERE) showing how the police shunted Zunar around to several district police headquarters, starting off at Brickfields (sponsored by insurance company MAA, look at the sign!) before finally detaining him overnight at the KL International Airport Lock-up!

He is expected to be in court before a magistrate on Saturday 25th September 2010.

It sure is 1 Pathetically Funny Malaysia!!!!

3rd UPDATE: 25.09.2010

It has been reported that the police have managed to obtain a one day remand order from Sepang Magistrates' Court today (25.09.2010) to enable them to continue to hold political cartoonist Zunar in police custody for further questioning.

4th UPDATE: 25.09.2010

News reports state that:
Zunar, who was arrested on Friday under the Sedition Act, has been released on police bail from Sepang police station a few hours after police had obtained a one day remand order. Sepang police chief Supt. Zahedi Ayub confirmed the 18:30 release.

Meanwhile, Zunir has vowed to carry on with his work as a cartoonist and was reported as saying he will sue the police over his detention.

Divide et impera

Divide and rule

Ab actu ad posse valet illatio

From what has happened we may infer what will happen

Wishing Everyone a Joyful Mid-Autumn Moon Festival

2010-09-15T09:06:00.010+08:00

With tender affection and caring,
Sending sincere, kind blessings.
We're thousands of miles away,
Wishing you perfect harmony.
The Truth comes from afar—
Hoping you understand Truth.
We wish you good fortune and health.

Thoughts in the Silent Night
LiBai

The moonlight is shinning through the window,
And it makes me wonder if it is the frost on the ground,
Looking up to see the moon .....
Looking down I miss so much about my home town.

Wishing everyone a joyous and harmonious mid-Autumn Moon Festival

May the family spirit of brotherhood and friendship, fostered by colourful lanterns and delicious moon cakes; bring peace, happiness, harmony and fellowship to all people everywhere.

The joyful Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, which is the third and last festival for the living, is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth moon, that is around the time of the autumnal equinox. It is also regarded as the 'Harvest Festival'.

Many folks refer to it simply as the "Fifteenth of the Eighth Moon". The festival day always occurs sometime between the second week of September and the second week of October of the western Gregorian calender.

This year, 2010, the Mid-Autumn festival falls on 22^nd September.

Moon cakes, measuring about three inches in diameter and one and a half inches in height are a little like fruitcakes in taste and consistency, but with their brown crust they resemble meat pies.

These cakes were traditionally made with melon seeds, lotus seeds, almonds, minced meats, bean paste, orange peels and lard.

One or more golden yolk from a salted duck egg is often placed at the centre of each cake, and the golden brown crust is decorated with symbols of the festival.

The Shanghai moon cake, however is a different shape, it is almost spherical and a paler colour.

Traditionally, thirteen moon cakes are piled in a pyramid to symbolize the thirteen moons of a "complete year," that is, twelve moons plus one intercalary (additional, or interpolated) moon, which is added to balance the lunar and solar years.

Clouds gather in the sky,
The moon sings a song of the Motherland.
We bring a word of greeting—
How Have You Been?
Hoping you understand the Truth,
Wishing you good health!

MALAYSIA IS regarded as A FAILED STATE

2010-09-14T16:51:00.006+08:00

Lee Kuan Yew – "Malaysia could have enjoyed Singapore’s multi-racial system if not for the break up"

by Zaleh =Published on 14-09-2010 11:38 AM=

"Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of Singapore commented on the racial relations of Malaysia saying that if Singapore and Malaysia did not part ways back in 1965, the latter would have enjoyed the type of nationalism and multi-racism culture that are practised by Singapore. He was speaking at an interview with the New York Times recently where he mentioned that it was being ‘turfed out’ of Malaysia which formed the first regret of his career that spans many decades.” -------------------------------------------& etc.

Read the contents of the interview with the New York Times by clicking HERE

Lee Kuan Yew is reported to have said:

QUOTE
“Malaysia took the different line; Malaysians saw it as a Malay country, all others are lodgers, ‘orang tumpangan’, and they the Bumiputeras, sons of the soil, run the show. So the Sultans, the Chief Justice and judges, generals, police commissioner, the whole hierarchy is Malay,”
UNQUOTE

Read more by clicking HERE

Verbum sapienti satis est (verb. sap.)

A word to the wise is sufficient. Enough said

Vincit omnia veritas

Truth conquers all

Eid ul Fitr Greetings to Everyone

2010-09-08T11:15:00.006+08:00

Wishing everyone Selamat Hari Raya, Labaran Greetings, Eid ul fitr, Eid Mubarak greetings to one all.

According to the astronomical calender, the New Moon date is today, 8th September 2010, therefore the Eid (Hari Raya) should fall tomorrow 9th September 2010.

Not to forget that Rosh Hashanah ( ראש השנה‎ ), literally "head of the year", the Jewish New Year, also falls on 9th September 2010.

Happy Holidays to one & all!

A Recent Controversy in Super Sensitive Malaysia.

There was controversy (much ado about noting?) regarding a Malaysian TV3 clip wishing all viewers Eid Greetings in Malaysia, please see the news reports below.

For links to news report please click HERE & HERE

The full TV3 video clip is below

Dum tempus habemus, operemur bonum

While we have the time, let us do good

Inventas vitam iuvat excoluisse per artes

Let us improve life through science and art. (Vergil)

Vade in pace

Go in peace

'Bachabaze' [Playing with Boys] in Afghanistan

2010-09-08T11:12:00.005+08:00

Playing with Boys

So called, 'Muslim' men, exploiting the defenceless, the poor and the vulnerable, by using them as toys for sexual abuse!

Is this what rigid religious restrictions encourage people to do?

Bacha Bazi (Persian: بچه بازی literally "child’s play"), also known as bacchá ' (from the Persian bacche بچه‌ "child, young man, calf") is a practice recognized as sexual slavery and child prostitution.

Yet another Training Aircraft Crashes in Malaysia

2010-09-08T11:11:00.003+08:00

The logo of the Kuala Lumpur Flying Academy (KLIFA)
can be seen on the remains of the tail fin of the crashed aircraft

KLIFA is touted as:-

It seems to have been yet another case of a crash caused engine failure.

Will a thorough investigation be carried out?
Will the outcome be made public?
Will the investigation of all other crashes of training aircraft be made public?

Most likely the answer to the above three questions will be NO!

Will the status quo remain?
Will this type of tragic incident recur?

The answer to these two questions will, sadly, most likely be YES.

Accountability & transparency have, up to now, not been regarded by many as strong considerations in Malaysia.

Maintenance in Malaysia has always been very poor, to say the least!

The gist of what happened, is as follows:

The engine of a light aircraft (Liberty XL-2) had stalled in mid-air, which caused it to crashed at an oil palm estate near Kampung Sri Gunung Pulai leaving a teenage female trainee pilot dead and a flight examiner injured, according to various news reports.

Trainee pilot Dione Wong Yong Chin, 19, was killed on the spot in the crash at the Sri Pulai oil palm estate near Kulai, Johor, at about 09:20 on Tuesday 6th September 2010.
Kuala Lumpur International Flying Academy (Klifa) Sdn Bhd owns the ill-fated aircraft.

Flight examiner Captain Zaini Ramli, 38, of the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Malaysia, sustained severe injuries.

The aircraft had taken off from its 'base' at the Sultan Ismail International Airport in Senai, which lies about 5.4 nautical miles from the crash site, at about 09:00.

When contacted, Department of Civil Aviation Director General Azharuddin Abd Rahman who was contacted by the media, was reported as saying that the trainee pilot was sitting for her Private Pilot Licence (PPL) flying test and that Capt. Zaini was her flight examiner.

Sincere condolences to the family of the late Dione Wong Yong Chin, may she rest in peace.

News media reports: links:

06 Sept 2010

Malaysia

The Star

The Sun

NST

China

click HERE & HERE

07 September 2010

Malaysia

The Star

New Straits Times

Singapore

Straits Times

Mihi cura futuri

My concern is the future

Requiescat in pace (RIP)

May she rest in peace

The Kuala Lumpur of 2020 – Truly an Unbelievable Pipe Dream

2010-08-17T11:02:00.004+08:00

A 10 year Plan for a Greater Kuala Lumpur

Judge for yourself.

Political Pipe Dream* or Farcical Fantasy?

Read full story HERE & HERE

A 'pipe dream' is a fantastic hope, or plan, that is generally regarded as being nearly impossible to achieve, the term originated in the 19th Century, as an allusion to the dreams experienced by smokers of opium pipes.

Couldn't post this earlier,

I was laughing too much...................

I hope I am wrong, but in my humble opinion 2010 is far too near, the pipe dream will remain just that a dream!

Pigs may fly.

or is it

Is it pie in the sky!

Observation on Politicians

"There is nothing so bad that politics cannot make it worse."

"There is nothing that politicians like better than handing out benefits to be paid for by someone else."

"In politics, the truth is strictly optional and that also seems to be true in parts of the media."

"You have to have a sense of humour if you follow politics. Otherwise, the sheer fraudulence of it all will get you down."

"What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?"

"If politicians stopped meddling with things they didn’t understand, there would be a more drastic reduction in the size of government than anyone in either party advocates."

"Congressman Frank and Senator Dodd wanted the government to push financial institutions to lend to people they would not lend to otherwise, because of the risk of default. ... The idea that politicians can assess risks better than people who have spent their whole careers assessing risks should have been so obviously absurd that no one would take it seriously."

Thomas Sowell

Detention without trial in Malaysia

2010-08-02T21:21:00.008+08:00

Being ISA detainee ‘095’ for seven years

By Clara Chooi

August 01, 2010

Read about a former ISA detainees seven years of detention without trial in oppressive Malaysia.

Please click HERE

SAY NO TO INTERNAL SECURITY ACT, MALAYSIA

2010-08-01T15:19:00.002+08:00

'Malaysia intolerant of dissent'

2010-07-21T21:00:00.001+08:00

REUTERS reports that -

“Malaysia arrested nearly 1,000 anti-government protesters in 2009, signalling 'heightened intolerance', an influential and independent human rights group said on Wednesday. Political tensions rose in this South-east Asian country following record 2008 polls losses by the government now led by Prime Minister Najib Razak.” Tensions are still high and could rise further with the sodomy trial of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim resuming next month.

Read the full report by clicking HERE

“Power abuse by law enforcers on the uptrend: Suaram report

Abuse of power by the police and other law enforcement agencies was on the uptrend last year, according to Suara Rakyat Malaysia's (Suaram) civil and political rights report 2009. The report also highlighted the Government’s resistance to reform and greater compliance with human rights standards, along with a heightened intolerance towards dissent. Nine people were detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) and more than 1,000 people were still being held under the Emergency Ordinance and the Dangerous Drugs Act in 2009, the report said. It said according to the official government statistics, deaths in police custody continued to occur, with seven cases recorded. There were also 88 deaths caused by police shootings in 2009.............................................................”

Read this news report in The Star in full by clicking HERE

"Force always attracts men of low morality." -- Albert Einstein

"When will the world wake up and realize that most politicians, especially in the poorest countries of the world, are nothing more than glorified gangsters who view government as simply a fiercely-guarded monopoly on every form of compulsion and extortion to be perpetrated in a specific geographical area?
Why do you think the largest amounts of 'foreign aid' extracted from the gullible diplomats of wealthier countries wind up in those politicians' pockets or Swiss bank accounts, despite all the virtuous-sounding rhetoric?"
-Bert Rand

Un-Islamic Football Jerseys

2010-07-19T17:07:00.003+08:00

ENGLAND

KOSMO! a Malaysian tabloid rag popular amongst the Malay Language readers, which is well known for homing in on sensational news, recently carried a report about Muslims who wear football jerseys which display images of crosses, liquor brands and devils.

Johor Religious Council adviser Nooh Gadot reportedly said wearing such jerseys was forbidden in Islam.

“It is as if Muslims are worshipping and exalting the symbols of other religions. Islam does not compromise on this matter, regardless of whether it is worn for fun, fashion or sport,” he said.

Perak Mufti Harussani Zakaria was reported to have agreed with Nooh, saying, although Islam did not forbid its followers from participating in sports or dressing up, it has to be done within the boundaries of Islamic law.

Among the football teams whose crests carry images of the cross are England, Brazil, Portugal, Serbia, Barcelona and Norway, while Manchester United carries the “Red Devil” on its crest.

Malaysia seems to be becoming more like Iran with each passing week.

What next, goons going around spotting 'non-Islamic hair styles' and cutting the hair of transgressors?

BARCELONA

How utterly stupid and pathetic, have the religious authorities nothing better to do than concentrate on such trivia?

How about them getting stuck into reducing the high incidences of rape, incest, drug addition, anti-social behaviour, abandoning of new-born babies etc., all of which are, as is common knowledge and which has been extensively reported in Malaysian news media, more common amongst the Malays, who are Muslims, than among others in Malaysia?

Utterly Pathetic Stupidity!

Has Religion Made Useful Contributions to Civilization?

By Bertrand Russell

My own view on religion is that of Lucretius. I regard it as a disease born of fear and as a source of untold misery to the human race. I cannot, however, deny that it has made some contributions to civilization. It helped in early days to fix the calendar, and it caused Egyptian priests to chronicle eclipses with such care that in time they became able to predict them. These two services I am prepared to acknowledge, but I do not know of any others.

Click HERE to read more

Haris on Najib

2010-04-11T18:08:00.003+08:00

Synopsis of the conversation

The 3rd April 2010 marked the one-year anniversary of Najib Razak's PM-ship.

Since taking office, much (especially talking) has taken place under his watch: the propagation of the '1Malaysia' concept; the economic crisis and subsequent unveiling of the 'New Economic Model'; the rising tide of racial and religious tensions. In addition, many new, bewildering, and most probably meaningless, acronyms have appeared

Has the past year been kind to Malaysia's 6th Prime Minister?

Or, are the odds increasingly stacked against him?

What challenges and dangers lie ahead for the Najib administration, and for Malaysia?

Hear what Haris Ibrahim has to say about these matters and more.

CLICK below:

The Fairly Current Show

Well said Haris!

Haris Ibrahim is a lawyer, blogger, social activist and coordinator of the Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia project.

"The problem with political jokes is they get elected."

Henry Cate VII

MALAYSIA IS EXPENSIVE

2010-03-24T22:22:00.003+08:00

Strongest purchasing power on arrival.

"Here's the price of a basket of goods inc beers, water & meals, which costs £72.14 in the UK (Brighton), compiled by the -UK- Post Office at today's -24 March 2010- exchange rates (it can vary by city too - this was priced at tourist resorts):

Hungary (£37.40)
Bulgaria (£39.52)
Thailand (£42.31)
Spain (£45.26)
Bali (£52.51)
Kenya (£52.60)

Malaysia (£57.71)
Croatia (£63.46)
Greece (£64.02)
Egypt (£65.45)
USA (£75.70)
Turkey (£76.08)"

Source

So Malaysia is not so cheap even for holidaying British adult tourists.

However, even if they only earn the UK national minimum wage of £5.80 (RM 28.80) per hour, they are far better off than the vast majority of Malaysians.

For the locals it is so damned expensive in Malaysia because the wages are so low!!!

Magnas inter opes inops

Paupers in the midst of wealth

Entertaining, educational & f..king funny

2010-03-24T18:55:00.002+08:00

Watch the Effing Show.

Click HERE
or watch below

#3 closed doors, pendatang & the Perak fiasco

and

#2 Sodomy II, #canifu & PERKASA

& co

Ab absurdo

From the absurd (establishing the validity of your argument by pointing out the absurdity of your opponent's position)

MAHATHIR TO OPEN PERKASA ASSEMBLY!

2010-03-21T09:47:00.004+08:00

PERKASA president. Ibrahim Ali

Mahathir Mohamed

Mahathir Mohamad will open the inaugural assembly of controversial Malay nationalist group Pertubuhan Peribumi Perkasa Malaysia (PERKASA) at the end of March!

To read the story click HERE

and at PERKASA website HERE

Non sibi, sed patriae

Not for you, but for the fatherland

SOME EXAMPLES OF SHAMEFUL BEHAVOUR BY THE SEEMINGLY RELIGIOUS!

2010-03-20T20:48:00.004+08:00

ISLAM

SAUDI ARABIA

Amnesty International is calling on Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah to stop the execution of a Lebanese man sentenced to death for "sorcery."

According to Arab News, an English language Saudi daily newspaper, after the most recent verdict was issued, the judges in Medina issued a statement expressing that Sibat deserved to be executed for having continually practiced black magic on his show, adding that this sentence would deter others from practicing sorcery. Arab News reports that the case will now return to the appeals court in Mecca.

Read this news HERE

MALAYSIA

Extracts:

20 March 2010

Guests at the Penarik Inn here were flabbergasted by the actions of a group of men said to be from the state Religious Affairs Department (JHEAT) who conducted a raid yesterday morning.

Guests claimed they were rudely awakened at 2.25am by loud, incessant banging on their chalet doors…….

He said during the raid yesterday, a couple was taken away by the group and were only sent back at 6am after they proved that they were legally married.

"It was a harrowing experience for them. They checked out immediately and I don't know if they will ever stay at my chalet again."

St. Patrick's Day Greetings to Everyone, Sláinte

2010-03-17T13:12:00.004+08:00

1^st Irish Pub Joke

An Irish man shows up in a pub one day and orders three pints of Guinness. He takes sips from each glass until they are empty and calls the bartender for three more. The bartender says, 'Sure it's up to yourself, but wouldn't you rather I was bringing them one at a time? Then they'll be fresh and cold.'

'Nah...' your man says, ' I'm preferrin' that ye bring 'em three at a time. You see, me and me two brothers would meet at a pub and drink and have good times. Now one is in Australia, the other in Canada and I'm here. We agreed before we split up that we'd drink to each other's honour this way.'

'Well,' says the bartender, 'that's a grand thing to do, all right. I'll bring the pints as you ask.'

Well, time goes on and your man's peculiar habit is known and accepted by all the pub regulars. One day though, he comes in and orders only two pints. A hush falls over the pub. Naturally, everyone figures something happened to one of the brothers. A group of the regulars corner the bartender and finally persuade him to find out what happened. With a heavy heart, the bartender brings the two pints and says, 'Here's your pints... and let me offer my sincerest condolences. What happened?'

The Irish man looks extremely puzzled for a moment, and then starts laughing.

'Oh, no, no, no! 'Tis nothing like that. You see, I've given up drinking for Lent...'

2^nd Irish Pub Joke

An Irishman, an Englishman and a Scotsman go into a pub. Each orders a pint of Guinness. Just as the bartender hands them over, three flies buzz down and land-- one, two, three-- in each of the pints.

The Englishman looks disgusted, pushes his pint away and demands another... the Scotsman picks out the fly, shrugs, and takes a long swallow.

The Irishman reaches in to the glass, grabs the fly between his fingers and shakes him as hard as he can, shouting 'Spit it out, ya bloody bastard! Spit it out!'

3^rd Irish Pub Joke

An Irish man has been at a pub all night drinking. The bartender finally says that the bar is closed. So your man stands up to leave and falls flat on his face. He figures he'll crawl outside and get some fresh air and maybe that will sober him up.

Once outside he stands up but again falls flat on his face. He crawls home. Reaching the door he tries to stand up, and yet again, falls flat on his face. He crawls through the door and up the stairs. When he reaches his bed he summons the last of his strength and tries one final time to stand.

It's no use. He tumbles into bed and is soon sound asleep, only to awaken the next morning to the sound of his wife standing over him shouting.

'So... you've been out drinking again!'

'How did you know?' he asks, his head hung in shame.

'The pub called-- you left your damn wheelchair down there again!'

A Irish toast to everyone:

My friends are the best friends
Loyal, willing and able.
Now let’s get to drinking!
All glasses off the table!

Here's to a long life and a merry one.
A quick death and an easy one.
A pretty girl and an honest one.
A cold pint-- and another one!

Sláinte!

Nemo risum praebuit, qui ex se coepit

Nobody is laughed at, who laughs at himself.

THE ARMS RACE IN S E ASIA

2010-03-16T19:51:00.005+08:00

e.g. Scorpine Submarines

“15 Mar 2010

New SIPRI data on international arms transfers reflect arms race concerns

For immediate release (Stockholm) by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute [SIPRI]

Concerns about brewing ‘arms races’ in a number of regions of tension around the world are reflected in new data on international arms transfers published today by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The comprehensive annual update of the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database is accessible from today at www.sipri.org.

Combat aircraft accounted for 27 per cent of the volume of international arms transfers during 2005–2009. Orders and deliveries of these potentially destabilizing weapon systems have led to arms race concerns in the following regions of tension: the Middle East, North Africa, South America, South Asia and South East Asia.

‘SIPRI data show that resource-rich states have purchased a considerable quantity of expensive combat aircraft’, states Dr Paul Holtom, Director of the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme. ‘Neighbouring rivals have reacted to these acquisitions with orders of their own. One can question whether this is an appropriate allocation of resources in regions with high levels of poverty.’”

Extract……………………

“South East Asia

Transfers to South East Asia have increased dramatically between the periods 2000–2004 and 2005–2009. Indonesian, Singaporean and Malaysian arms imports have increased by 84 per cent, 146 per cent and 722 per cent respectively. Singapore is the first ASEAN member to be included in the SIPRI Top 10 arms importers since the end of the Vietnam War.

Acquisitions of long-range combat aircraft and warships by these states have influenced the procurement plans of neighbouring states. SIPRI Asia expert Siemon Wezeman notes that ‘In 2009, Viet Nam became the latest South East Asian state to order long-range combat aircraft and submarines. The current wave of South East Asian acquisitions could destabilize the region, jeopardizing decades of peace.’”

End of extract………………..

Note: Emphasis was added by me,

WOW!!!!

WHAT A LOT OF MONEY HAS BEEN ~~THROWN DOWN THE DRAIN, PISSED AGAINST THE WALL,~~ ~~WASTED~~ ~~SQUANDERED ON~~ USED ON IMPORTED ARMS IN MALAYSIA, A DRAMATIC INCREASE OF 722% between the periods 2000–2004 and 2005–2009.

UNFORTUNATELY, SO MANY FOLKS IN MALAYSIA ARE REALLY POOR AND PRICES, COMPAIRED TO AVERAGE INCOMES, ARE VERY VERY HIGH.

HOW WASTEFUL, HOW DISGUSTING , HOW SHAMEFUL AND HOW DISTRESSING!

Nomina stultorum parietibus haerent

- The names of foolish persons adhere to walls

(Fools names and fools faces are often seen in public places.)

Non omne quod licet honestum est

Not everything that is permitted is honest