You Rais me up
To anyone not Malaysian, the #yorais tag must be pretty confusing. What with more important news at hand, like Cadbury’s handover to Kraft.
It started with this news article, where Malaysia’s Information Communication and Culture Minister (aka Censorship goon), Rais Yatim, basically said Malaysians shouldn’t get too into the whole internet business, especially in regards to twitter and facebook. ‘Cause it’s shady western stuff.
He also tells Malaysians not to make fun of non-net savvy people. Which we blatantly ignore.
Two tweets that best summed up the Rais issue:
When Prometheus stole fire from gods to give it to mortals, #yorais said to give it back. It’s evil. We don’t use dat kind of technology.
-akukelabu
Rais provides an unfounded & silly reason for people to turn their backs on something potentially useful/fun. This tweet also keeps to the “Yo mama’s so old” format.
OMG! I think the fire last night was Rais Yatim trying to send a message to his friends! kantoi! #yorais
- @leviasher
Not only suggesting that Rais has other clueless old-fogie friends, but it also references the fire in Tun Sambanthan. The fire in which the news thanks social media for the headsup. Flying in the face of Rais’ Amishness. Kantoi!
And one last tweet that’s tumblr related:
He so ancient he think Tumblr is how his kids bring water to school. #yorais
-@altimet
For more silliness, just search the #yorais hashtag or Spinzer’s blog.
Your text that would incite a light
Imagine this: Malaysian Muslims are getting butthurt because a Christian publication is referring to God as “Allah”. That’s like a Windows Vista user getting angry at a Windows XP user for using the name of The Lord, Bill Gates.
I assume the newspapers are blowing this out of proportion, as even old man PAS @ Nik Aziz feels the issue is meh, more MLIA than FML. But when a person has the mindset that “my God can beat up your God”, being reminded that you may be praying to the very same god may seem frightening.
My take on the situation? Put your money on Ganesha, this mofo has the head of an elephant and four hands. Count ‘em: four hands. Hell, even with four hands tied behind his back, I bet the G-man could beat down Buddha with his trunk alone.
I’d say more, but apparently, the Malaysian Gov is keeping an eye out for loose lipped blogs that try to stir things up with their inflammatory writ. Spoil sports!
