Grand Theft Auto to be banned?

Recently in the papers, some guy from some consumer association from Penang wrote in to say that Malaysia should ban Grand Theft Auto. According to him, GTA encourages violence, people killing people for the fun of it; degrades moral so people who played the game have the urge to have more sex. Apparently, one murder case in Thailand was linked to the game and in the writer's eyes, all should be well if the game is to be banned in this country. Basically is about "BAN THIS FILTH!!!" kind of thing. Its funny when they complain about the game but never played it themselves. Its so annoying when they start preaching about it when they never ever touched the game.

But I am sorry, I played GTA before and I thought it was kinda fun and entertaining. I certainly did not go killing people i do not like. Nor did I not go fuck fornicate around after playing the game. Best part is, I know other people who play the game and its still the same old sane person and definately not mental.

I seriously wonder why video games are taking the heat, of course the TV got hit first but i digress. If video games are to be banned if they contain violence/some sex that would literally mean most of the games out there, heck the only games on the market at that time will be children games... and thats not a rosy future to look forward to.

Other than that, think about it, piracy is already rampant, banning games is not a way to solve that problem either, it is going to drive piracy higher. At that time, whatever that happens, do not blame the consumers for using Bittorrent and RapidShare and some free games website (you get the idea) to download the those banned games. Them (Banners?) are the one to blame.

Since we are talking about banning video games, let's see might as wells ban them cigarettes, they cause health problems, some people who smoke' em have the delusion of coolness, why not ban them too? I am already enjoying playing this banning game. Lets ban the internet, since its addictive and a perfect waste of some peoples time like mine or maybe because it has tonnes of pornography that destroys a person moral, that will save the world from global warming since people have no reason to turn on the PC and oh, it will oh-so-save-people's-moral. Hmm let's see, Might as well ban' em movies since some of the involve violence and sex amongst other vices. I could go on but for your sanity and mine, better not.

No smoking, obviously not incense

This goes to the dimwits who deserve it.

This sign, which is plastered all over any indoor air-conditioned area almost everywhere on earth and some geniuses just can't grasp the meaning of it.

Seriously, what the hell does it look like to you? a tyre? an exhaust pipe with smoke coming out? random shapes? What are the chances of people not understand simple english, like No Smoking? Is it an alien language? Is it some squiggly lines that form some sort of shape(s)?

Maybe it means no smoking of tires? no smoking of maybe incense?

Puffing up in front of me in front of that sign only makes you well... an idiot. Not man/macho/cool (delete as appropriate), but an idiot who does not understand simple English or the ability to decipher a simple pictogram. And I am quite sure that there are more people out there with me here...

Its such a simple sign and nobody gives a damn about it. This is seriously, going to be the end of the world, nuff said.

Dogs + idiots = ?

Is it me or its just that some people are idiots? I mean really, everytime I walk Samantha, they will surely be some boys who will start taunting and/or try to get the dog's attention. Its a simple thing really, that they do not understand. Call the dog, you get his/her attention, the dog will investigate and then act appropriately. Its fine when the dog is on leash, but what if its some stray dog who is bored and wants to play? or just a stray who wants to bite the annoying idiot?

For example, i bring me German Shepard to the field for her daily walks. Almost everyday, i meet the same annoying git that tells me how to do stuff. For example, i brought her to a shady area (hot day) so we can enjoy the outdoors. When I say we, I meant me. But I digress, the smartass comes a tell me that they were playing there and can me and Sam go somewhere else, its all fine except for one thing, the field is huge, i was just standing under the tree with Sam on a leash, them kids weren't even playing near us in the first place, so i shot back, why don't you go there and play then since you suggested it to me. Another day came, same prick (ok, fine...I think its the same person) came to me and said, do not let your dog defecate on the field as we wanna play football... then came the Best Line of The Year. My friends dad is working in MBMB... I almost shouted at him at the point... just because i have a dog on my hands does not mean i am irresponsible. They are like hundreds of dogs... and I have only one.

Another gripe is, there are a few dogs in my taman, they are generally friendly to those who stays in the area and are more cautious towards others who don't. That's fine in all aspects, except for one thing. They are called Underage License-less Helmet-less Motorcycling Idiots of a race i am not allowed to speak of, but of course, i am not racist, its just them i see them do it all the time. Best part is, they don't even live in the area, ok fine, they live a few jalans away in their low(er) cost homes. Not that i am loaded or anything but I digress. They will mount their underpowered cub-chais and have fun their way. Which isto ride at (relatively) high speed and let them stray dogs chase them while shouting loudly at each other. Repeat procedure for a few times. Its a formula which works, for them. "Entertaining" to them, not to us or anyone who lives along the same road. What if they fall? Now you gotta be bonkers to help them, they deserve it, after what they done, which is something stupid. But then, thats just inhumanen besides, the whole world is watching.

What i can say, if they do fall and the dogs do bite them or something, they will be a ton of hoohah and a load of crap. Long story short, dogs = bad. But then the dog was provoked in the first place. But then blaming the dog is easier than blaming their beloved son who evidently lack brains, or good parenting. Or more spectacularly, both. Not that I am evil, but I really do want to see them fall of them bikes and let them have it, the taste of their own medicine. As I am writing this post, they performed their (almost) daily ritual of cheating death sorry, Injury.

Malaysia Boleh, maybe not....

Open the papers these few days and I challenge you not to get sick and bored about the things some of our politicians are capable of. No really, first Hindraf, then this Lingam fella. What were they thinking when they are committing stupid acts after stupid acts. But lets just focus on the latter. Recently in the papers He stated that the person in the video "looks like him, sounds like him", come on, a 5 year old can recognize him just by watching the video. Surely he does not have an evil twin brother, that looks like him and sounds like him? then just today in the papers "i was just bragging to whoever is on the phone..." Sure........

But anyway, the whole point of this rant is about Malaysia and our mentality. When something wrong happens and somehow they are involved and in deep shit, then the roller coaster of lame excuses and lame ways to get they and themselves out of the problems they created in the first place starts. They start blaming everybody but themselves and they will instruct an army of people just to investigate what went wrong. Thats why, when our Health Minister, sorry now ex Health Minister resigned from his post due to his so called sex scandal, I have immense respect for him. What he did was wrong i should clarify myself, but to actually admit what he did takes courage. For him to do that makes me proud to be a Malaysian, that someone in the higher echelons has the courage, dignity and responsibility to admit his mistakes and resigned after encountering heavy resistance by some people who are 'moral' and have forgotten all the things he have done while holding his post. and again R.E.S.P.E.C.T to him.

Other problems with our mentality includes our weird obsession with petty things that are happening around us but we just decide to ignore the more important stuff. For example we agonize about our so called moral decline while we have mat rempits/minah terrorizing the roads. We moan and groan about a popular pop star taking off his shirt (its called stripping here...) and wasting time pondering about what should they do to (punish) him. It has come to this stage I that when a meteor is going to hit Malaysia, we still can ponder bout our morals...

So maybe, maybe this mentality is instilled into us by schools in the first place. This is a real event where a friend of mine, a student of Munshi Abdullah decided to delete his blog because of the "controversial" content he had in it. http://heavensdeed.blogspot.com/ Its not controversial, Hes just a student just voicing out his opinion about his school, yes there were harsh words and stuff. Who dosent get mad at some things at times? All of us do. And its not all negative about the school. He did shower praises/love to his teacher due to their dedication and teaching abilities. But no, with typical Malaysian grace, they had a disiplinary board meeting discussing about the blog and what they should do to protect the "schools name". If the school name is so perfect why bother? its just a lame excuse used because they cannot take criticism. Why can't they improve after the blog? I am sure some people have the same feeling, but does not mean if they do not blog they have nothing to say. Blogs never caused harm, politics do.

Motorcycle ban?

Our gov suddenly decided, to ban superbikes on expressways. This controversial topic created alot of fuss between the superbike owners. But why superbikes? They go fast, unlike cubchais. They actually have lights that work, unlike cubchais. People riding on superbikes causes less accidents compared to riders to the underpowered cubchais. So it really makes me wonder why the government want to ban superbikes anyway. People who say motorcycles are a cheap way to travel and to maintain is the Sunday School version.

In reality, Motorcyclist, break the law. They dont follow the highway code, nor they follow all the things we learn in driving school. They cross the road even if someone else has right of way and they beat the traffic light in DROVES.... They just shoot out from a junction and best part is they are going the wrong way, and they shoot you dirty looks. Izzit just me or they just don't value their life by riding in the dark literally? Do they get the kicks out from riding without any kind of light? Best part is they wear black and they don't put on a reflective jacket. It's already dark enough and they still do it, you cant blame people who install Xenon lights in their cars.

Is communication so important that they have to chat while riding? Is that so important to them until they exchange foot rests on each other cubchais? Bottomline, they are a nuicence and they are the ones that should be banned not superbikes.