This was an interesting documentary on the History channel yesterday and the entire scene played out to roughly what is happening in Malaysia today to certain bloggers. Only this was in the USA and happended 30 years ago to a prominent and influential musician.
John Lennon said, " We (The Beatles) are more popular than Jesus." And the sparks began to fly!!! The FBI opened a file on him!!
He then goes on to criticize the Nixon Administration for the Vietnam War and rallies great support based on his massive fan base. The FBI files get thicker!!!
The various efforts by the goverment to shut him up are very similar to what our goverment is doing right here and now too. Even the way peaceful protest were violently broken up had uncanny resembelances to BBC and Al Jazeera footages shot in our capital city some months ago.
So, is it going to take us 30 years to get our civil rights in order too?? And until then I guess we have to just "IMAGINE"...................
1 comment:
It was just typical cold war paranoia.
Same like here la, everyone who is not pro-BN is an anarchist hell bent on destroying the country.
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