Routine called me to get my daily dose of Project Petaling Street, a Malaysian blogtal. The zeitgeist at the particular moment I surfed the blogtal was AllMalaysian Blogger Project, a site run by The Star, in association with Genting.
Curious, I checked it out and found this:
What is it?
The AllMalaysian Bloggers Project (AMBP) is an undertaking of the folks behind the AllMalaysia.info website, all of whom believe strongly in the freedom of speech.
All good and dandy but:
Who is it for?
Malaysian bloggers. Your blog can be about anything – as long as it’s not subversive..
Define subversive. To whom?
I am tired of pretender. Freedom of speech, kononnya…
p/s — I have received information that AllMalaysian Blogger Project has changed the wording of the offending sentence. Now, roughly two days after I blogged about it, the word subversive is gone and replaced with unlawful:
Malaysian bloggers. Your blog can be about anything – as long as it’s not unlawful, pornographic or in, er, bad taste – but only those with a Malaysian slant will be considered for contest prizes.
But, but, but… Thomas Jefferson said:
I do not add ‘within the limits of the law’ because law is often but the tyrant’s will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.
Hehehe…