The maturity, or lack of it, of some Malaysians

The maturity, or lack of it, of some Malaysians

"Furthermore, the ISA is a preventive law. It is no use punishing someone only after a crime has been committed. The government needs to detain a person to prevent that person from committing a crime even while he or she may just be thinking of committing a crime."

This statement made me recalled a movie featuring Tom Cruise: Minority Report. The morale of the story is: a person is not guilty before committing a crime, as he has the choice to not do it. Law, just like any weapons, is a double-edge sword. It can be used to safeguard peace and prosperity or punish individuals for personal interest. There is no fault in the ISA system itself. It would be a lot faster to catch an international terrorist via ISA rather than seeking an arrest warrant from the court.

Communism isn't a bad idea. The idea of a classless society, free from exploitation from the bourgeois (upper class group, or capitalist) is desirable. However many countries have distorted and misused the very concept of communism into something far from the utopia of Karl Marx. Soviet Union is a very good example. The state of North Korea is another modern example. Even China is rampant with corruption. 


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P.S. Posted after being urged by Mel, :p