Spin Doc, Spin - What the fuck?

‘More crimes last year, but fewer violent ones’

Reading the local dailies only make me more frustrated. As if it’s not enough that the government controlled newspapers are bias-reporting each and every news – they do it so bad it makes a white-lie telling four year old win an oscar. I mean, come on. If you’re gonna shift the truth, do it professionally. Lie with bigger balls!

‘More crimes but fewer violent ones.’ What the fuck is that suppose to mean? A crime is a crime. It’s bad for the community, economy, everything and everyone, except well, the perpetrator. Less than three months after my sister got robbed in front of my house, her best friend got robbed in front of her house. Crime is increasing. There is no sweeter way to report it to the rakyat. You can’t possibly sugar coat a headline like that. Even if you happen to quote the top cop, as a sane and socially responsible journalist, you shouldn’t be writing headlines like that. Well, TheStar managed to do it lah. It’s like me saying, I can go amok slashing people with a parang outside of a crowded Mawi concert, but in my defense, I say, “but nobody died.” What the fuck.

While we’re at the same topic of increased crime rate, let’s juxtapose two of these news article.
Another girl goes missing in Taman Medan area.
Election fever gets hotter.

How is it possible, that the police force does not learn to keep closer watch at crime prone areas after what happen to Nurin? I mean, god bless Nurin, but she was suppose to be a very sad clear sign that the police force isn’t doing enough to protect our community, let alone our children. Then the second article reports that all police personnel’s leave are frozen come the impending election period. What the fuck? Does this means, once in every four years, the rakyat’s safety can be neglected just so the police forces can mount their water cannon tank, waiting so eagerly to spray anyone in range? The police force obviously carry very high importance of this election period, more than usual. Shouldn’t they be vigilant regardless of season?

Oh no no no, election season, rakyat will grow fur and howl at the moon and go crazy. We must protect the lame idea and excuse for our government from the howiling rakyat with wolfsbane-laced water cannons until after the election.

What the fuck?

Oh, and by the way, the person who thought of this revolting idea should be shot dead. Or at least placed in an asylum. Away from any human willing to listen and nod in agreement with his idea. An airport, port, jetty and the sorts function as an entry or exit point of a country, island or state. Only as the point of entry/exit. Nothing more, nothing less. In the news article, it wrote, “These include a shopping campaign, tele-match, open-day safari, a KLIA run, a photo exhibition and a golf tournament.” Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but I have come to know that animals are usually easily spooked by loud noises. What more, loud noises accompanied by huge unidentified flying object hovering over them every other minute. So if this guy thinks that an ‘open-day safari‘ will be an attraction, it would be. Attraction for flies and maggots and freaks who are into dead or spooked out animals that just stare into nothingness. Because that is what’s gonna happen.

The ‘KLIA run‘ idea is not too bad I have to agree. Just that because KLIA is no longer ten minutes from civilisation (i.e. Subang airport), the run would have to be a professional one. Professional run as in for champion marathon runners from South Africa. Makciks and pakciks thinking to bring their kids in bicycle and strollers need not apply. Because KLIA is fucking far away from anything. Finally, if MAS, AirAsia and other countries aircraft companies are fine with golf balls flying into their aircraft’s engine turbine every Sunday morning (or occasionally weekday morning lah, y’know, for the corporate bigshots and politicians), then fine, go ahead with the golf tournament. If you can fine a clear grass field. Oh wait, got plenty what, next to the take off ramp. Just ask the caddie to remove the annoying distracting blinking lights stuck on the floor. Put it back after you got your eagle or birdie or terminology.

Man, this is why I’m no longer reading the dailies. Instead, I read online articles and blogs and indie news to get my fix of what’s going on around the country. I find my intelligence insulted whenever I read the local newspapers (except for the comic section lah), moreover, I find that the journalists and writers insult their own intelligence for thinking that they’ve got the readers fooled. Seriously, what the fuck?

Posted by Grey on January 10th, 2008 | Filed in monologue, rantrantrant |

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