GE13 our Wake Up Call

"Once upon a time you were sharply intolerant. You were constantly in a rush. And you were constantly short of time. And now you have time with interest.
Formerly you never forgave anyone. You judged people without mercy. And you praise people with equal lack of moderation. And now an understanding mildness has become the basis of your uncategorical judgements. You have come to realize your own weakness-= and you therefore understand the weakness of others. And be astonished at another's strength. And wish to possess it yourself.
...In the intoxication of youthful success I had felt myself to be infallible, and I was therefore cruel. In the surfeit of power I was a murderer and an oppressor. In my most evil moments I was convinced that I was doing good, and I was well supplied with systematic arguments. And it was only when I lay there on rotting prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings of good. Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, not between classes, not between political parties wither--but right through every human heart--and through all human hearts. This line shifts. Inside us, it oscillates with the years. And even within hearts overwhelmed by evil, one small bridgehead of good is retained. And even in the best of hearts, there remains...an unuprooted small corner of evil.
Since then I have come to understand the truth of all the religions of the world: They struggle with the evil inside a human being (inside every human being0. It is impossible to expel evil from the world in its entirety, but it is possible to constrict it within each person."
                                                                           Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,
                                                                           "Gulag Archipelago"
It is a blessing that not all of us have to spent time in the Gulag or the Siberian prison camps in order to be awakened to our human follies, our self aggrandizement, our sense of self worship and servitude. Malaysian politicians should read these words expressed by a man who toppled the Soviet Union and Communism by sheer power of the 'spirit of the pen'. Malaysian politicians are mostly opportunist and thrill seekers who have the means and the expense to be involved in what is deemed as  the most lucrative business, that of being in power. Everyone wants to get on the bandwagon and most are in the fray of the elections for the name and and the perks that comes with but few are genuinely awakened to the real needs of the people in general and fewer still are capable of delivering the promises made in the heat of the General Election. There is none to blame but those of us who vote, we vote unconsciously based on what is being fed to us day in day out through the Medias and the Internet. We are still in our sleep dreaming that it is all facts of life that we have to wade through in our dream state, hoping that none of this will turn into a nightmare; our wake up call.
Most of my friends in the coffee shops and the pondoks by the sea have not the vaguest idea who they are voting except for the party they represent.
"Aku undi Barisan la...hmm. Pulau Pinang aku kena undi Gerakan, Cina la kot."
" Aku undi PAS la, tak pon indi Pakatan, DUN di tempat aku pon aku ta'tau sapa!"
"Mesti la Undi DAP1 Penang tak dak pilihan dah DAP punya!"
Sorry if I dint translate but suffice to say most dont know what or who they cast their votes for and these are those who do discuss the matter at the very least, while the rest I am sure takes the stand where ignorant is bliss, " Cakap hal politik ni boleh jadi gila!".
I take solace in the fact most Malay Muslims in this country are pious men and women, yes, a great many are not but they still maintain a strong sense of conscience however when it comes to doing the wrong thing; the fear of God is still within each and every mind of a Muslim irregardless of their quality of religiousity. For so long as the religion is not threatened, most Malays will accept the result of the upcoming GE to them being a Muslim is paramount to being a Malay. Thus you see the religious issue being constantly evoked when all else fails; this is evil. When man's faith is being used against him in ignorance and with malicious intent it is evil manifesting and those who raise religious issues in the GE should be barred from becoming a member of the Malaysian Cabinet or any political station because these are those who are without conscience and often enough Godless. They lack the will to do the greater good and exploit the greater good for their self serving agendas; Nothing agitate, irritate and infuriate the people more than when their faith or religion is being questioned, that goes for all the religions in this country.