Thursday, August 24, 2006

Travel Diary:London IV

One more thing that opened my eyes when i traveled in London is freedom. Freedom to talk, to express your opinion freely.
Speakers' Corner in London's Hyde Park,the most famous place for debates without any resistant. When i was there,one Middle Easterner was speaking on how Islam bring goods to his life, how it keeps himself from alcohol which is the cause of many social problems. Meanwhile his opponent kept on throwing some offensinve points towards him. In the other corner, people were debating about Blair and Bush administration regarding Iraq's problems, sounds of clapping and booing come one after one from the listener. Just feel free to participate when you do not agree with the speaker by asking question or joining the debates.
Can we do it in Malaysia?? The answer is definate..."No". Our government and maybe its people are not mature enough to handle the situation....there are too many sensitive area in our society. Somemore our own political leader are not brave enough to discuss some of the topic.
Find another funny thing outside the parliment building in London.Banners were along the roadside to protest Blair's government.Can i do this in Malaysia??

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