Why Malaysia’s ministers are blogophobic
March 30th, 2007 § 4 Comments
The Star’s senior journalist Veera Pandiyan has weighed in with yet another opinion piece in the mainstream media on the Malaysian status quo’s demonization of blogs. Among his observations are the latest shocker from Zainuddin Maidin (below), who was known as a fairly reasonable and perceptive man until he became a minister.
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So why do otherwise reasonable human beings in Malaysia begin to see blogs as evil incarnate when they ascend to power? Perhaps clues to the explanation lie in this pervious posting by Unspun.
‘Cause they’re too old for the new technology.
C’mon, blog is for the new generation, I doubt they know how to use keyboard or not.
Or simply because they’re afraid that their secrets/dark side would be revealed online.
To some extent, I suspect some ministers do fear new technology. This is something thry don’t understand and they may look silly making some wrong comments about it.
Ironically, this is what has happened when the ministers talk about bloggers and blogging. Their fear of blogs is almost transparent!
But the comment that the ministers are too old for the new technology is not necessarily true. It is the mindset. They are not receptive to new technology and end up fearing it.
How then can they qualify to lead a nation?
Its just hard to control and if they can’t control it they fear it as well they should..Ignorance is their route to power
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