Preternatural goblokness*
Malaysians advised against being immersed in Facebook, Twitter. Our Information, Communications and Culture Minister Rais Yatim was quoted saying:
“They are just selling Facebook, Twitter, L-Band and various other services, even through space, as a product but we do not do such business. We accept all this in a state of cultural shock,” he said.
Um. I have no fucking clue what the means. His cryptic, swaying train of thought is as WTF-inducing as a certain former Alaskan Governor. This fler is more than a katak bawah tempurung, it’s a deaf and blind katak under a tempurung buried under six feet of manure.
I think everything that can be said about this nitwit has already been said. The paper reported the backlash, and on Twitter was where the fun was. So search the hash tag #yorais for hours of enjoyment.
One final comment: I don’t know if he says this because he’s stupid or he thinks the rakyat is stupid. They stood flabbergasted after having their seat majority slashed and bloggers were voted in to public office in the last general election. The continual dismissal of the capabilities of new media to disseminate information will be their downfall. But let’s not give them any ideas…
*I used this phrase offhandedly on Facebook one time. It rolled off the tongue so well that I’m gonna keep it. “Preternatural goblokness” ® ©
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on Thursday, January 21st, 2010 at 1:37 am and filed under On Being Malaysian.
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January 21st, 2010 at 4:05 am
Are you surprised? He doesn’t even want us to use the English language! (check this out if you havent already : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts_87zEZFqk)