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“Remember, you're an informant now. That means responsibilities, like conspiracy and confidentiality, but also privileges...”

- The Lives of Others (German film)

COMMENT | I have no idea why the MCMC is questioning two Facebook administrators for possibly inciting public disorder when this should be under police jurisdiction with the MCMC playing a supporting role.

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While I understand why certain groups are livid with what these admins have done, the real issue here is how the religious and political establishment is enabling a society of snitches.

Now, when I say snitches, I do not mean whistleblowers who for whatever reasons, are exposing corporate or political malfeasances but rather the average Joe Rakyat engaging in behaviour against the “other” for mala fide purposes.

What these admins were doing was encouraging citizens to document and publish state-sanctioned behaviour. In this case, it was “illegal” Hindu temples.

Now of course what is illegal would be difficult to determine but the point of these types of groupthink is to destroy social cohesiveness for an ultimate agenda.

What they were doing was encouraging like-minded citizens to enable the destruction of places of worship without regard for the feelings of their fellow citizens.

Not only is this malicious but it also creates...


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