Oh, fragile freedom, we will shield thee
November 17, 2008
I had my hands full at the PJ Anti-ISA vigil last night and did not have the chance to pull out the camera and click away, so I have no photos to offer you as proof of the wonderful evening that it was.
For fuller accounts of the evening, drop by at delCapo , The Whisperer , peng’s thots , Sivin Kit’s Garden , Steest and anilnetto.
Thanks to PJ city councillors Richard Yeoh, Derek Fernandez, C.K. Tan, Cynthia Gabriel, Robert Tan and Michael Soon who were at the vigil yesterday evening. We are proud to have councillors who have shown gumption in walking the talk of the Selangor state government and its people to call for the repeal of the ISA and the release of all detainees. I assure you that my friends and I will not waiver in this endeavour. We hope that you, too, will stay the course and walk with us.
Special mention must be made of councillor Richard Yeoh
Councillor Richard Yeoh - courtesy of Malaysiakini
who lent his name to the application for the police permit and had to put up with a difficult fella : me!
Datuk Bandar Roslan Sakiman, wish you had been there last night. You would have witnessed first hand that your acceding to the use of the MBPJ grounds last night was not abused by the rakyat who attended. Thank you, Datuk. Hope to see you there this coming Sunday.
Yang Berkhidmat Dr Zulkifli Ahmad called me after we closed last night to apologise for not making it as he was still stuck in Kuala Selangor. Has promised to try and make it this coming Sunday.
YB Teresa, Loh Gwo Burne, Charles Santiago, your presence was appreciated. We hope to see you and the rest of your colleagues, including our Menteri Besar, join us at future vigils.
I’ve not had a weekend, so I will end this with a short quote and leave you with a photo that I nicked from delCapo of the sweetest anti-ISA vigiler to-date. The photo ought to serve as a reminder to us of the many, many beautiful reasons why we must continue to defend all that is good about our beloved country :
‘In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility – I welcome it’ – John F. Kennedy
See you all this coming Sunday. Please bring your family and friends.
November 17, 2008 at 9:28 pm
pssstt… it’s “waver” not “waiver”. cutest member of the rally!
November 17, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Thanks to you too Haris for leadership exercised with responsibility.
Hope to see the MB and the State Exco next Sunday.
Cheers
November 17, 2008 at 9:48 pm
hye liberalisme people.. how r u?
u and ur liberalisme people, human law-maker spinner, zion agent, will got what we subject as Call a spade a spade. Maybe u got diamond only. If u got balls please debate with deminegara. Watchout. There will a lot of people under influence of kijangmas. The hero is coming.
Oh, pseudonymised one,
Would that be a public debate?
November 17, 2008 at 9:51 pm
i don’t think u got a balls. Even my comments never get publlished.
November 17, 2008 at 9:51 pm
[...] The People’s Parliament [...]
November 17, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Hoping to be there on the weekend, and at the PJ vigil, if all goes to plan!
November 17, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Haris and gang,
Someone uploaded a video with images of the BERSIH rally and HINDRAF with background music “Sing a song of freedom”. You can view the video plus lyrics at Sing a song of freedom for Malaysia.
I was wondering, if you are running out of speakers to give speech at the candlelight vigils, how about getting a guitarist and singer to sing that song of freedom and get the crowd to follow along. It will break the monotony of speeches every night. I would sponsor to print the lyrics for the crowd if you agree.
Peter,
Please get the guitarist and the singer as well.
November 17, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Harris, all praise must go to the parents of the “sweetest anti-vigiler” I feel ashamed when I saw this photo, ashamed for not being there
November 17, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Thanks for the link. It’s always a nice part of the vigil when we get to mingle with people like you. Your commitment is inspiring.
November 17, 2008 at 10:38 pm
[...] more : San Jiun, Anilnetto, Haris Ibrahim, Del Capo, Sivin Kit, The Whisperer, Steest, Tags: Anti ISA, candle vigil, ISA, malaysia [...]
November 18, 2008 at 12:28 am
LET THERE BE FREEDOM THROUGHOUT GOD’S KINGDOM
‘Sing the simple song of freedom’ (Song)
Loud and clear throughout God’s kingdom
Without any need for bloody martyrdom
Now that we are no longer under fiefdom
(C) Samuel Goh Kim Eng – 171108
http://MotivationInMotion.blogspot.com
Mon. 17th Nov. 2008.
November 18, 2008 at 1:17 am
Kudos for keeping the flame burning, bro.
November 18, 2008 at 2:41 am
>Oh, pseudonymised one,
Would that be a public debate]]
Haris, as it is you’ve too much on your hands to waste time with the likes of deminegara. I, on the other hand, can spare perhaps a couple of hours to humor him. Let me take him on.
How about it, “pseudonymised one”? Should be a walkover for you or your hero, I think, as I’ve only the most basic education – academically or professionally.
Come to think of it, I’m not even sure what’s a pseudonym – something to do with sounds perhaps, like empty vessels make the most noise?
LChuah
November 18, 2008 at 3:34 am
Haris , howdee
I see you are tirelessly going around doing many good helpful and inspiring things for all aaBM to be free from all sorts of
pesky and pointless loonies over there who have nothing better to do with their time than to go around 
creating all sorts of pointlessly pesky and energy-wasting hassles for the long-suffering, hard-working and overly tolerant and good-natured Rakyat!
And that “Sing A Song Of Freedom” is a great song! It is a great liberating song of freedom and also of light which is sung by the exceptionally great
Sir Dynamite Singing Knight aka Sir Cliff Richard, Knight of the UK Realm.
Did you know that the song was banned in bad
evil apartheid South Africa in the seventies but nevertheless 
the song of freedom and light and peace and goodwill won in the end and it can now be played happily there everywhere in freedom by all South Africans together.
So the same good catalytic effect might happen there too in dear Malaysia who is now very undemocratically and sadly shackled into an almost-apartheidness by the patently bad and very false “Ketuanan Melayu concept” which has been spun and twisted from the darknes into reality by mad but mostly self-serving loonies like our man SHA, the very sorry excuse for an AG and the bad stewardship based unaccounatble governance of the UMNO-BN Government.
So come on everybody, let’s kick the hell out of all pointless stupidity and time-wasting politickings and light up those candles for peace and justice and sing a song of freedom!
WE SAY YEAH! & NO TO ISA!
AND HARIS FOR AG & RPK FOR IGP! & GO FOR DSAI FOR PM & LKS FOR DPM!
PS: Protect Your Health & Safety & Economic Wealth. BAN MAD BAD SHA & UMNO-BN NOW INSTEAD OF GOOD HINDRAF!
November 18, 2008 at 4:46 am
[...] there is a photo of some cute, YOUNG gal wearing a “I am with RPK” t-shirt at some anti-ISA rally. I really doubt that young child even knows what RPK writes and where Mongolia is and what is C4, [...]
November 18, 2008 at 11:23 am
If only we had generals who had balls of steel,with nobody running the country in the next few days, someone should switch off the autopilot switch and take control.
November 18, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Here’s a video, Part 1 of 6 of the PJ Vigil.
Comments by RPK, Bernard Khoo and a couple of senior citizens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGNU3sWKCGI
Stay tuned for the rest in the process of being uploaded.
Feel free to share, no permission required.
Much love and God bless.
November 19, 2008 at 11:58 am
heh,
how come my comment went missing?
received it ?
????????????????????????
November 19, 2008 at 12:16 pm
This HARIS is too much ,
must have bin my comment which i struggled with my sleepy eyes in the wee hours of the morning,
around 2.30am,
please check ?
tkterimakasih,
Nothing, mate