Sun Tzu and the art of war PDF Print E-mail
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In 1998, when we first started using the Internet to fight Barisan Nasional, there were only 280,000 Internet subscribers against 8 million registered voters. Today, ten years on, there are almost 16 million Internet subscribers against 12 million registered voters.
Source: http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/21109/84/
NO HOLDS BARRED
Raja Petra Kamarudin
The Internet has been abuzz the last couple of days about the ‘accidental’ police report an NGO made against Malaysiakini. Those who had made the police report did not know the difference between Malaysiakini, The Malaysian Insider and Malaysia Today.
The following day, they ‘corrected’ the mistake and two more ‘Malay’ NGOs made a police report against Malaysia Today. While I am honoured that the news reports talk about Malaysiakini, The Malaysian Insider and Malaysia Today in the same breath, I have to correct this misperception and declare that Malaysia Today should not be compared to Malaysiakini or The Malaysian Insider.
Malaysiakini and The Malaysian Insider are proper or legitimate online newspapers or portals run by professional media personnel, most who have many years experience in the media industry. Malaysia Today, however, is not in that same league. We are not a proper or legitimate online newspaper. Neither are we run by professional media personnel. Malaysia Today is a ‘weapon’ that is meant to bring about political change in Malaysia.
We learned how useful the Internet can be back in 1998 when the Reformasi Movement first exploded onto the Malaysian political scene. More than 100 Reformasi websites mushroomed overnight to give Barisan Nasional a run for its money. Of course, then, most of these websites were aligned to Anwar Ibrahim and/or PAS. There were some that were aligned to DAP as well.
In 1998, however, there were only 280,000 Internet subscribers. But that was enough to sufficiently damage Barisan Nasional in the 1999 general election that was held about a year after the debut of Reformasi. No doubt the Internet was not the major contributor to the opposition victory in November 1999. But it did contribute enough, though in a small way, as to how Barisan Alternatif performed.
Then the opposition became complacent. Their 1999 ‘victory’ lulled them and put them to sleep. Not long after that DAP pulled out from Barisan Alternatif and that aggravated the problem. In the March 2004 general election, the voters demonstrated their disgust for the opposition coalition.
I have already talked about this matter so many times in the past so there is no need to go over all the issues and statistics again. The bottom line is: the opposition practically got wiped out.
Soon after that, Anwar Ibrahim was released from incarceration. There was jubilation all around. My wife, Marina, and I stood on the steps of the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya, quite amused at the chanting and cheering going on. My phone rang but I could not hear properly because of the noise. I handed the phone to Marina, who has better hearing than me. “It’s the BBC from London,” she told me as she handed me back the phone.
“Hold on,” I shouted into the phone. “It’s so noisy here. Let me move to a quieter place.”
Marina and I quickly walked to the side of the Palace of Justice where it was quieter and I spoke to the chap from the BBC.
“We heard Anwar has just been released. Can we get your statement?”
“Sure, but why me?” I asked.
“Well, you are the Director of the Free Anwar Campaign and you run the freeanwar dot com website. I suppose you are now out of a job since Anwar has just been released. What do you plan to do now?”
“I suppose you could put it that way,” I laughed. “I must be the only Director who got retrenched from his job because he is successful.”
The BBC chap laughed and asked, “So what do you intend to do now, now that you have been retrenched?”
“I am going to now focus fulltime on the new website I just started three weeks ago.”
“Oh, what is it called?”
“Malaysia Today. It’s at malaysia dash today dot net.”
“You said you started this website three weeks ago? Does this mean you anticipated that Anwar would be released?”
“Yes, I did. In fact, that was one of the first articles I wrote on Malaysia Today. I said that Anwar would be released with a two-one verdict and that the lady judge would be the sole dissenting voice.”
“How did you know? Do you own a crystal ball?”
“It’s my business to know. That is what I do. I find out what people don’t know or try to hide and publish the story, while crossing my fingers in the hope that I am right.”
“So what do you hope to achieve with your new website?”
“Let me put it this way. It took us six years to free Anwar from jail. But only Anwar is free. Malaysians are not yet free. And Malaysians will never be free until they can be allowed freedom of expression and freedom of choice. It may take us 60 more years to free Malaysians, I don’t know. I may even never see that happen in my lifetime. But that is the mission and vision of Malaysia Today, to free Malaysians by allowing them freedom of expression. Freeing Anwar was phase one. Phase two is to free Malaysians.”
“Thank you Raja Petra. And I wish you luck in your new endeavour. Can we call you again if we need anything further?”
“Sure, no problem. Bye.”
That was my ‘interview’ with the BBC on the steps of the Palace of Justice on the morning of 2 September 2004. Malaysia Today was then only 20 days old. But Malaysia Today was created with a vision and a mission. It is not, as the government said, a hobby of bored and unemployed housewives. Malaysia Today was created to gain back the territory that we lost in the March 2004 general election when Barisan Nasional performed its best ever in the history of Malaysian elections.
“What do you think we are going to see?” Marina asked me. “This is going to involved a hell of a lot of work. And you are going to suffer all sorts of hassle from the police. Is it going to be worth it?”
“Hun (we call each other Hun, which is short for honey, not hantu),” I told Marina. “Come the next election, in 2008 or 2009, Malaysia Today is going to be the weapon we use to hit Barisan Nasional where it hurts most. We are going to engage Barisan Nasional in the cyber-world and use hit and run guerrilla tactics. They will be running around in circles trying to duck our hit and run attacks but they will not be able to do anything about it. By then the Internet will be the most powerful ‘terrorist’ weapon in the elections. And we will be there, ready to take on Barisan Nasional in 2008 or 2009.”
Yes, in 1998, when we first started using the Internet to fight Barisan Nasional, there were only 280,000 Internet subscribers against 8 million registered voters. Today, ten years on, there are almost 16 million Internet subscribers against 12 million registered voters.
Over the last ten years, the number of registered voters increased only 50%. However, in that same period, the number of Internet subscribers increased 328.9% (according to the official statistics). Today, the Internet reaches 62.8% of the Malaysian population. Malaysia has more Internet subscribers than it has voters. (See the statistics below).
Yes, that was our plan back in 2004 when we launched Malaysia Today. No, Malaysia Today is not a newspaper. And it is not in the same league as Malaysiakini and The Malaysian Insider. Malaysia Today is a guerrilla outfit. We are cyber terrorists. Our job is to hit the government whenever and wherever we can. And if hit and run is what it takes, then hit and run is what it will have to be.
We almost succeeded in meeting our aspirations in March 2008. But, in our books, that is a job only half done. We have to finish the job. We have to complete what we started back in 1998. And the completion would be when Barisan Nasional has been brought down from its high horse and made to eat humble pie. We will consider to have met our objective when the government admits that it serves the people, and not the people who serve the government.
On a slight digression, when I was in Kamunting from September to November last year, Marina sent me loads of books to read and one of those books was The Art of War by Sun Tzu. It was a most interesting book and took me only a day to finish. I must say that book gave me new insight into guerrilla warfare.
The government calls the Barisan Rakyat Bloggers cyber terrorists. Actually, I had never thought of it that way. I suppose, under the circumstances, since we have been classified as cyber terrorists, then we have no choice but to act as one. And terrorists must master the art of hit and run.
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Internet World Statistics
Total world: 1,581,571,589
Asia Only: 650,361,843
Malaysia: 15,868,000 (62.8 % of the population) (user growth 2000-2008: 328.9 %)
Source: Internet World Stats
(http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm )
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The Art of War: Sūn Zǐ Bīng Fǎ
Chapter summary
1. Laying Plans explores the five key elements that define a successful outcome (the way, seasons, terrain, leadership, and management). By thinking, assessing and comparing these points you can calculate a victory, deviation from them will ensure failure. Remember that war is a very grave matter of state.
2. Waging War explains how to understand the economy of war and how success requires making the winning play, which in turn, requires limiting the cost of competition and conflict.
3. Attack by Stratagem defines the source of strength as unity, not size, and the five ingredients that you need to succeed in any war.
4. Tactical Dispositions explains the importance of defending existing positions until you can advance them and how you must recognise opportunities, not try to create them.
5. Energy explains the use of creativity and timing in building your momentum.
6. Weak Points & Strong explains how your opportunities come from the openings in the environment caused by the relative weakness of your enemy in a given area.
7. Manoeuvring explains the dangers of direct conflict and how to win those confrontations when they are forced upon you.
8. Variation in Tactics focuses on the need for flexibility in your responses. It explains how to respond to shifting circumstances successfully.
9. The Army on the March describes the different situations in which you find yourselves as you move into new enemy territories and how to respond to them. Much of it focuses on evaluating the intentions of others.
10. Terrain looks at the three general areas of resistance (distance, dangers, and barriers) and the six types of ground positions that arise from them. Each of these six field positions offers certain advantages and disadvantages.
11. The Nine Situations describe nine common situations (or stages) in a campaign, from scattering to deadly, and the specific focus you need to successfully navigate each of them.
12. The Attack by Fire explains the use of weapons generally and the use of the environment as a weapon specifically. It examines the five targets for attack, the five types of environmental attack, and the appropriate responses to such attack.
13. The Use of Spies focuses on the importance of developing good information sources, specifically the five types of sources and how to manage them.
Sun Tzu
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written by concernedinmalaysia, April 27, 2009 02:31:50
RPK your website may not be a newspaper but I read it more often than any newspaper and it has more substance and I believe truth than any other newspaper or media that is published throughout Malaysia.
I feel sick just seeing the headlines of the NST or the Star these days, this propaganda machines have no shame what so ever and the editors of those newspapers deserve the sleepless nights I'm sure they have for publishing the drivel they publish.
Thank god for you and your drive to tell Malaysia the truth about what is really happening.
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written by DatoSeri, April 27, 2009 02:52:26
I do not buy print MSM, do not watch tv3, and boycott products advertised on tv3 (i.e. Brands pati ayam).
RPK,
Stay safe and healthy. Thank you.
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written by pelanduk chuan, April 27, 2009 03:41:35
Talking about "The Art of War" , another MORE (Not equally) potent/powerful weapon is the I-Ching.
Not many Chinese scholars can master it,and so far none of the non-mandarin scholars can .
I can safely say, that include you. Otherwise mahathir wont dare to call you "my boy" (but, "my master")and najib has long been in your pocket (or jail) and Perak Crisis would have reversed overnight. That was used to much effect 1700yrs ago during the " Three Kingdom" era by Zhu GeLiang.
So , RPK this is another INTELLECTUAL challenge to you!!
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written by temanmu, April 27, 2009 03:58:53
RPK: Now that you are a fugitive, could you please post videos of you speaking - when there is a need for it, that is?
Osama did that; Thaksin had live satellite videos.
Besides having the personal touch, that would irritate the bn govt no end!
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written by myke, April 27, 2009 04:32:50
Staggering..!!! Internet has turn into a force by itself...It's a force for the good side in this case..against corruption, all ills and against something once considered weapons of mass destruction e.i. MSM.
Now people are more matured and well informed about what is going on, and this is where the evil bn who controls everything will not stand a chance when the time comes, their only way is to fall.
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written by JinJangJoe, April 27, 2009 04:32:59
Good Morning RPK,
Thanks, for MALAYSIA-TODAY, after started reading MALAYSIA-TODAY, I stopped buying the MAINSTREAM MASS-MEDIA, utter rubbish.
We wish you and your family many more blissful years of happy life. On the run, yet you sleep like a baby, that is the gift of the good hearted people, the Lord endoweth, unlike some people, poor mongolian soul keeps them awake all night.
Terrorist. Yes, only for the wicked. For the rest of us, you are EYE OPENER.
TAKE CARE MY DEAR TUANKU.
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written by myke, April 27, 2009 04:36:49
written by temanmu, April 27, 2009 03:58:53
RPK: Now that you are a fugitive, could you please post videos of you speaking - when there is a need for it, that is?
Osama did that; Thaksin had live satellite videos.
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Wish you had not equate RPK with those people, he is not in their category, RPK is being victimised by evil hands.
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written by LFLee, April 27, 2009 05:00:03
Dear RPK,
you always post new article late night/ super early. smilies/grin.gif
Are you in a different time zone ? smilies/grin.gif smilies/grin.gif smilies/grin.gif
Good to know you are in good shape!
As long as I see your posting, I know those bn bastards
still not able to catch you! that alone make me feel
happy for some time.
Stay healthy and don't let them catch you! smilies/grin.gif smilies/grin.gif smilies/grin.gif
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written by wongnoball, April 27, 2009 05:21:05
Keep up the Good Work, and unwritten last point of
The Art of War: Sūn Zǐ Bīng Fǎ
14. If Enemy have guns and your supporter have none, fight anonymously, unknown but Nevertheless continue little DISRUPTION to the regim Kejam Ganas Enemy of umno(Boycott Malaysia products). In time their Iron Wall will decay and crumble. To face them (the Police, judiciary, Election commission, Army) heads on is Foolish and Futile. Always survive another day so as to Celebrate the day of Total Obliteration of Regim kejam ganas umno. Meanwhile we carry little baggage in case we need to run faster away from enemy umno!!
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written by yapsir, April 27, 2009 06:17:08
Thanks YM RPK,It is because of Malaysia Today,many of my friendsand I begin to see a more "inner side"of whats going on in Malaysia.
Atleast we can talk about matters we agreed and disagreed at a "safe place".
I personaly must said my deep appreciation to your labours and sacrifices.
The changes have begin and it will take sometime to see the result.
We are must have this "Dream",and united together to let this "Dream"to grow into reality.
Take care,becareful.We need your insightful leadership.There are still many things we need to work on.
God bless.
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written by SamSan, April 27, 2009 06:53:21
Allah Allmighty is the true force behind Pete, just like Allah Allmighty was the true force behind Nelson Mandella, Yasser Arafat, Aung Yang Su Ki, Ghandhi and other freedom fighters who have shown us what courage and conviction can do to free the meek people from oppression. Allah Allmighty never looses the war, just like Nabi Muhammad never lost the war. Perhaps we can all loose one or two battles, but these lost battles is only meant to teach us and strengthen us for the bigger war. The War of Islam is now not on other religions, but on those leaders and goons who parade around as Mulsims leaders but in actual fact leech, sodomise and rape Allah Allmight's bounty that was meant for his meek sheeps. Islam which connotes justice,truth, humility and fairness will prevail soon. Let us all rally behind the true party of Prophet Muhhammad which is PAS.
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written by ahmadneil, April 27, 2009 06:53:24
If we sent letters to the top leadership,they just put it into the shredder.If we write anything that don't suits the gov't,they wouldn't publish it in their mouthpiece.If we hold any anti-gov't protest,they will not broadcast it on RTM.
So there is only one jalan to do it and that is post it on Malaysia-Today so they all read it and those stupid shitheads then go and lodge police report becos they don't like what they read.
Long live Malaysia-Today and the founder RPK is immortal!
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written by singam, April 27, 2009 07:11:35
Pete, without a doubt, your Malaysia-Today blog fed us with juicy information about what was going on in the Corridors of Power. By so doing, you revealed the depth of the treachery against the people of Malaysia. While you did dramatise events and sometimes stretched the truth, when some of your more outlandish revelations proved to in fact be quite accurate, your blog gained credibility and following.
Malaysia-Today also offered readers the never before opportunity to vent their frustrations. As to be expected, like a child with a new toy, some of the commentators went overboard with their venting and some of the venting almost got you into trouble. But then, some of your own statements got you into more trouble, so you can't complain too much. smilies/smiley.gif Nevertheless, this opportunity to vent must have had some trigger effect that allowed more and more people to face and recognise their frustrations. People who had pretended that things were hunky-dory now began to feel frustrated enough to risk wanting change.
I have no statistical basis for this but am guessing that the success of MT also triggered other political blogs to sprout. If this is true, MT can claim to be responsible for the sea change in cyberspace. The tremendous power of the Information Age was being brought to bear on the Malaysian political situation. The antics and dirty tricks of the bn were put to scrutiny and their politics was found wanting.
I don't know whether you had clearly foreseen all this coming to pass. I expect that you planned to continue the cyberbattle because you recognised information as the key ingredient in the battle against the entrenched forces. But, as in all legendary battles of good against evil, assistance often comes from unexpected sources. The momentum of your battle began to build up rather rapidly.
Even 6 months before the event, I don't imagine that anyone would have predicted the tsunami of March 2008. But event piled upon event, the laywers walked, Bersih massed and Hindraf marched, the inhumanity of the powers was laid bare, the people said "enough" and demanded change, the opposition parties cobbled together an electoral pact... and the 2/3 domination of the bn was demolished.
At that time, many had wished that the bn could have been defeated at Federal as well. But I don't think the opposition parties were in any state to rule. We may have ended up in chaos and the bn may have come back stronger than ever. Today, the bn may continue to wield the big stick, but I think they are weaker than they have ever been. Meanwhile, weak elements in the Barisan Rakyat have come to the surface and are being excised.
Malaysia is primed for regime change. And we have you to thank for that. Stay well, stay safe and continue to engineer this war. There may be many more battles to fight, or there may be just a few, but the people want change and, eventually, they will get change.
Onward Barisan Rakyat.
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written by clusco, April 27, 2009 07:13:17
RPK,
I often open Malaysia Today at my browser and leave it sometimes more than a week, I just refresh and read new topics.. Seem like here give me more information about Malaysia. Take care Pete.. Write more!!!
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written by Pakyeh, April 27, 2009 07:16:17
Hooray!!! Cyber Terrorrist to the gomen !!! We are Robin Hood, Zoro and Batman,Spiderman and V. Please watch that movie "V for Vendetta" and the Matrix.
Lets finght the "Devils Gomen".
Allahu Akhbar x 3 !!!
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written by mikewang, April 27, 2009 07:22:37
No. 36 Stratagem - run is the best stratagem.
Now we know why you going into hiding. smilies/smiley.gif
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written by Margeemar, April 27, 2009 07:46:35
The Internet is the greatest fear of the Evil bn/umno regime. Why do you think that 3-in-1 Information Minister rice yatim is threatening bloggers for. Thanks to RPK, MT, Haris, Sloone, Kickdefella, Zorro, Din Merican, Antares, 7th Rangers et al, the bn/umno propaganda machine, the MSM, has become ineffective...More http://margeemar.blogspot.com
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written by mypanida, April 27, 2009 07:51:47
Well, Yang Mulia RPK, your MalaysiaToday is my newspaper whether youlike it or not because the news it carries are worthy to be consumed and comprehended. For so long, those MSM have been belittling us the Rakyat by feeding us all those false truths but at long last, the people have proven that they are smarter that was thought.Nowadays, those MSM papers are fit for my cats' litter, yes, cats' shits...
You have opened the eyes of the Rakyat and hope you continue to do so.
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written by freerpk, April 27, 2009 08:07:18
Thank you RPK & take care. All Malaysians truly appreciate the blood sweat & tears that you have put in to tell us the truth that the common news portal in Malaysia don't tell us.
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written by GoMalaysian.Blogspot.Com, April 27, 2009 08:28:40
Cheers for a New Malaysia!
http://gomalaysian.blogspot.com/
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written by malaysianohope, April 27, 2009 08:41:16
Pete,
It's great news that you have decided to adopt Sun Tzu's Art of War in fighting the goons which you know is using draconian laws, Government machinery like pdrm, ag, judiciary, macc and bodek kakis like certain royalties, msm & civil service to fight you & us. But they forgot we have the Malaysian Voters & Internet on our side and that since you are MIA, gives them a humongous headache. Slowly but slowly we will prevail & when they are kaput hopefully by GE13 we will call everyone of these SCUMBAGS into account including chedet, C4 & his dotty.
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written by kenny, April 27, 2009 08:51:26
General! This is your private speaking: Of course Malaysia-Today is not in the same league as Malaysiakini and The Malaysian Insider. It's in a very special league of its own! Right from August 13, 2004 until today when its webmaster physically turns guerrilla fighting the war deep and wide. Salute Sir!!!
Pete --- This one's for you wherever you are...smilies/sad.gifBarry Manilow) -- I Shall Return! (replies General MacArthur)
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written by Rock, April 27, 2009 08:52:44
Remember, methods do not guarantee success. It needs determination and long lasting supports. Do not take for granted with numbers - popularity and popular supports are two different things but may compliment each other.
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written by PRman, April 27, 2009 09:01:49
The internet subscribers of 16 mil is a bit too high for Malaysia. Where can we cross check this figure? The last I heard about Streamyx subscribers is less than 2 mil.
However, if the 16 mil is a correct number, that would be great and easier for us to pass the right message to the voters!
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written by asguard, April 27, 2009 09:21:23
RPK... most of your articles have indeed change the way of malaysian thinking... like out of the box, thinking to be independence in judging an issue in own way, and it also help the public to get right info.. coz we will never get the true facts from maim stream media... they only published more craps day after day...
We hope that Malaysia today will be still around when Pakatan government assumes the throne in Putrajaya and all of the states in Malaysia in coming 13th General Elections... nothing is impossible if public has its way to contribute for a better future for the generations to come soon! Long Live HRH RPK!
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written by teo siew chin, April 27, 2009 09:28:12
yeah...i remember that Blog Troopers poster! smilies/grin.gif
notice there's a lot of new troopers now too.
word is spreading far and near of YM RPK's cause - AMAR MAARUF, NAHI MUNGKAR!
UPHOLD TRUTH, OPPOSE EVIL!
How can anyone even suggest stopping such an honourable cause or even jailing YM RPK?
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written by yeechut, April 27, 2009 09:29:38
Dear RPK,
The greatest power of the Internet is its capacity to create a web of people, as seen in the phenomenon of facebook and twitter.
This is a very powerful mean for mass motivation - civil disobedience for example. The technology is ready but we are not making full use of it yet. It will require an initial council of incorruptible people with impeccable integrity (like yourself), plus a bit of technical knowhow.
This should be the next strategic move. Malaysia Today readers has to progress from passive readers to become active participant in concrete civil actions on a moment-to-moment basis. If we can get this going, it is going to be really BIG and powerful...
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written by Mama Juwie, April 27, 2009 09:31:02
Step aside, Sun Tzu! Move over, General MacArthur! Make way, Che Guevara!
Behold, the Invincible and Invisible Raja Petra, the ultimate strategist that Malaysian cyber world has ever known (not even emperor mahathir could stop him). A display of finese and master class act in the internet realm unparalleled by none. He will take the bulls not by the horns, but aim straight for the ballz.
His sharpest weapon? Truth, because sheer truth cuts the deepest, uncovering layers of lies and propaganda like James Bond through lingerie. He leaves no stone unturned, mesmerizing the masses with unwritten stories hidden between the lines in the highly corrupted information machinery like TV3, RTM, Utusan and New Straits Times.
"He (Raja Petra) is The Man" (Barack Obama)
"Other bloggers may be monkeys, but this one is King Kong!" (Khairy Jamaluddin)
"The next best thing after the internet itself" (Bill Gates)
"There is no way, just no damn way that you can hide anything from him... Raja Petra will make short stories long and long stories short" (Najib Tun Razak)
Catch him if you can. You'll regret you ever started.
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written by Beezee_Beezee, April 27, 2009 09:43:46
Just wondering of the 12 Mil subscribers are voters. If so hopefully they will come out to votes PR during the 13PRU.
GOD Blesses Malaysia.....for the PR.
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written by malgal, April 27, 2009 09:57:45
wot a coincidence. yesterday we were pondering the armour of God at our sunday sermon. your timely article reminds me of
`the belt of truth', `breastplate of righteousness', `shoes of readiness' ...7 pieces in all. shall put these on at once.
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written by Urangsabah, April 27, 2009 10:00:54
I am a Sabahan, I use to read the MSM NST & The Star before March 8 2008, which cost RM1.80 in Kota Kinabalu and normally only available after 11 am daily. I aso used to see only TV 1, 2, 3, NTV 7. I have never seen TV 8 & 9 in Sabah.
Most of the news shown are promoting umnoed bn Goboment does for Malaysia. The MSM say all umnoed bn are angels and could do no wrong.
Nowadays, I only read the Non msm news..............
But I guess umnoed bn never realised the power of the internet, now with the internet all the cans of worm seem to be coming out.
Maybe for Sabah and Sarawak, where the due to the geographical situation, the internet revolution has not yet reach the rural folks, but sooner than later, it will and come the day, umnoed bn Sabah patronising ways with see the end of the umnoed bn.
As for the local Blood sucker umnoed bn folks, go on keep patronising Sabahan, come a day where u guys will feel the wrath of Sabahan just like the spirit of 1984.......
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written by hellosunshine, April 27, 2009 10:02:53
"We have to complete what we started back in 1998. And the completion would be when Barisan Nasional has been brought down from its high horse and made to eat humble pie."
RPK, your assignment, as you had chosen to accept it, was to terrorize the gomen of the day. Therefore, you have to continue your good work even when bn had fallen. PR needs checks and balances too. smilies/wink.gif
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written by truthvoice, April 27, 2009 10:10:13
This is a place where million of Malaysians unite and fight against the bn regime!
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written by miwaki, April 27, 2009 10:15:33
Never in the field of human conflict,were so much owed by so many to just one person.ie RPK.
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written by Everbright, April 27, 2009 10:16:27
When Susan Boyles sang "I dreamed a dream" on BGT, her performance stunned everyone and she became an overnight sensation as witnessed by the 100 Mn hits on youtube. Similarly, when MT reveals a political truth, a "star" is born in our hearts. I must confess that I am a MT addict. I chose to be. In Pete we trust. His writings are the Gold Standard for proper journalism. Keep up the excellent work and give us more as we have been starved and manipulated by the bn propaganda machine all these years. I subsribe to Malaysiakini but I am willing to pay ten times that amount to fund MT.
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written by johntyc, April 27, 2009 10:49:27
Malaysia Today is not a newspaper? Oh, I didn't realize that! But your news, blog/article whatever you call it seems convincing enough.
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written by chiongguo, April 27, 2009 10:50:06
The chinese world view had always been about harmony. They recognised that oftentimes this harmony can be severely disrupted thro' the activities and greed of man. The art of war is not an art to defeat the enemy but an art to bring back peace and harmony to society. Key to understanding this can be found in a number of its aphorism.
If we keep our focus on the final goal of bringing about the precious state of peace and harmony we will be better guided than a set of dead aphorisms subjected to our interpretations to suit our current plan and/or agenda.
May peace and love prevail.
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written by rpremkumar2u, April 27, 2009 10:54:25
When the Art of War combines with Science of War, then our levels of awareness can be raised. I have never read the Art of War but still there is no denying that survival itself on a sub-conscious level, imbibes the principles laid therein. The Art of War is also present in our very cells! To recognize this fact is illuminating. To nourish the existing phenomenon we incorporate the Science of War. Alas, as in many other destructive capacity, we have to a large extent, exposed ourselves to action which causes in-balance. Let's take a queer example, when Nah!Cheap took to his walkabout ala mesra rakyat, at Pudu Raya, he took a drink from one of the stalls.. seemed so humble right? But then it might appear to those easily alarmed, that he exposed himself to a high risk. Equally not many know that Nah!Cheap though born with a silver spoon, chooses to appease his taste buds by consuming his local favorites, rojak mamak being one of them. His driver used to buy it from one roadside hawker who plied next to the Bangsar Shopping Complex. So just by looking at his figure and that of his Fat Spouse, one can surmise that both will be in for an interesting time with wellness challenges. I take my malt and my tobacco in the manner that I do, differently from others. I want my nicotine fix sans tar. I fix my malt in the manner it brings immense delight to me and those who are foolish to partake from my vat of poison. They are incredibly shocked too that Science can be baffling. I made a decision, a conscious one, that this website will be my sanctuary stuck to the decision. Hence I have never regretted to be ears .. err.. eyes to what is being espoused here. I learn so much from the various contributors that I regard everyone of them peers. Thanks Pete.
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written by gycgocnt, April 27, 2009 10:59:29
After RPK use Malaysia Today to give pressure to government for the freeing of Anwar, and now we should help him with free all Malaysian mind. Actually Malaysiakini, Malaysia Today and Malaysia Insider have share a common principle, that's We Are Always Standing With Underdogs!
If we can succeed in changing the Federal Government for the first time in our history, Malaysiakini, Malaysia Today and Malaysia Insider should stand still for check and balance for the future government. The job will never end, and this job might pass to our future generation once a day, just the different job but with the same ideology.
Ten years ago, Malaysia Today and Malaysiakini fighting for the releasing of Anwar. Luckily both of them save a future leader for us.....
Now, we are going to help all Pro-Opposition blogger or online news to make sure this leader (Anwar Ibrahim) become the Leader of all Malaysia--That's the Prime Minister Post for him!
And in the future, maybe we can't see the day, but surely we can pass the job to provide "Check and Balance" for the sake of our beautiful country!
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written by renoir, April 27, 2009 11:23:45
Pelanduk chuan wrote:
>MORE (Not equally) potent/powerful weapon is the I-Ching.]]
During the 1930s the I-Ching was used by the Japanese militarists to evaluate their war strategy. Two opposing groups had their ideas on how to conduct their military campaign: 1)First occupy China, and then the rest of Asia, and 2)get the Western colonies first and then aim at China. Repeatedly, the I-Ching answer was that option number one would end in failure, but the stronger military faction headed by Tojo refused to accept the conclusion and injected their own interpretations. Of course, this group also played safe by sending the Imperial Troops - the elite of Japan's military - for their China conquest. They failed as Japan's military best were bogged down by the CCP's guerilla warfare which owed a lot to the ideas of - here's the great irony - Sun Tzu!!! Meanwhile their desperate attacks on Pearl Harbor sealed their fate as American military might was brought to bear on the over-expanded Empire of the Rising Sun.
LChuah
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written by justinlian, April 27, 2009 11:28:40
Dear RPK,
Read a few more times and you will find something you need most.
The Art of War gives you alot of other ways.
Try Twist and turn.
All the best and keep safe.
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written by hiro, April 27, 2009 11:37:51
Hmm, not sure if I like the sound of cyber terrorists, coz you know what the government can do when you call yourself that. ISA. Why not cyber guerillas or cyber commandos?
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written by Farida, April 27, 2009 11:38:31
RPK,
I guess the PM's immediate directive after reading your article (Oh, I'm sure he does read MT each day, though it gives him indigestion) was for his entire cabinet and umno to buy The Art of War and read and digest it and report back what they think your next move will be. Ha ha.
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written by defendermalaysia, April 27, 2009 11:40:46
Dear RPK,
It is good to hear that you are safe and sound. I remember that 3 years ago i get the web address of MT while talking to a person queing in the immigration dept. He spoke about mongolian lady murder case and told me to get more info in the MT. since then onwards, I spread the news about MT to almost every friend and custormers. all of them has sing praises of you. Keep it up and please take care of yourself.
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written by Rozlan, April 27, 2009 12:06:31
One of Sun Tzu principle " attack their weakest point,avoid their strong one".well it fit the guerilla tactics
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written by Xerxes, April 27, 2009 12:07:39
Ha! I guessed right. I had written the following in your earlier blog "What will irritate them most"
"written by Xerxes, April 26, 2009 10:27:17
Hoo! You are devious! Putrajaya must be tearing their hairs out at the moment. Have you read Sun Tzi's Art of War? If not go get a copy. There are more tricks in there you can use. Get them frothing at their mouths and tear out their balls in frustration. "
Somehow I had that strange feeling you were practising Sun Tzi's Art of War. There is another Chinese strategem that you should practise. It advises that when all else fails, run and fight again another day. And that,I am happy to note is exactly what you are doing now. A dead hero is no use to anyone.
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written by ahmadneil, April 27, 2009 12:10:27
Dear Pete,
So now they those ba8tards knows that if they put you in Kamunting,they will be scare that you will die in kamunting.So now they can see that you are better off outside.You can write 3 or more postings a day and you are doing us a good favour.Keep writing until this corrupt gov't falls into the monsoon drain and get drown.
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written by Sincere Reader, April 27, 2009 13:17:36
Dear RPK,
Before i started reading MT i had no idea what was going on behind political scene or the misdeed done by our government. MT gave me lots of insight and knowledge unlike mainstream media which only covers lots of bullshit half correct news.
It is also with great sadness that people like you are being punished. I wish you all the best. Please continue this fight in the Cyberspace.
They can call it what they want but inside the hearts of many TRUE Malaysians you are truly a hero.
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written by lab76820, April 27, 2009 13:33:43
Greetings Uncle Pete,
Glad to see the continuity of ur postings.
Please do take good care of yourself especially ur health - you need that for the long run. Till then, God Bless u & ur loved ones.
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written by junjun40, April 27, 2009 13:49:01
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written by temanmu, April 27, 2009 03:58:53
RPK: Now that you are a fugitive, could you please post videos of you speaking - when there is a need for it, that is?
Osama did that; Thaksin had live satellite videos.
Besides having the personal touch, that would irritate the bn govt no end!
...That right, RPK Sir. Use the video and Youtube to elevate readership of M2day.org.
I would be happy to contribute financially towards this.
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written by Jit Dharma, April 27, 2009 14:08:54
Nobody believes their blinking lies and propaganda any
more. Everything they ever did was done first and foremost
with the intention of increasing their power.It is the logic
of one party rule. Win total power then justify holding on
to it.Complete control is the goal. This if really feudalism
in disguise. With the politicians replacing the aristocracy.
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written by ibabonma, April 27, 2009 14:44:33
If you read Malaysia Today you will have company feeding you with information on current public discourses being chat about at Surau, mosque, coffee shop/mamak stalls, cybercafes, eateries outlets such as Kentucky, Mac D, coffee houses etc.
You will be well informed as to what is Altantunya, C4, mamak Kutty, mamak Pangkor, bodohwi, najis the back banger, big dotty @ bomoh betina, the handsome RPK botak, umno bodoh, Sultan bodoh, umno lanun, Menteri takut bini (yb rice) etc.
One thing for sure, while frequenting these places, claiming that you are an umno member is strictly forbidden and/or taboo, or else the other customers will give you an irritating starry look thinking that you are from outer space!
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written by justinlian, April 27, 2009 16:06:39
Ibabonma,
It is true what you have written, well say.
Without this handsome botak, I dont think people will ever know so many things going around.
Hope handsome botak will become more handsome.
Keep it up, RPK
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written by Ben, April 27, 2009 16:19:46
You da man! Gimme more RPK, more RPK, till the morning comes.
Here's Bob Dylan's song for Johanna and RPK,
aint it just like the night to play tricks when you’re trying to be so quiet?
we sit here, stranded, though we all do our best to deny it
and Louise holds a handful of rain, tempting you to defy it
lights flicker from the opposite loft
in this room the heat pipes just cough
the country music station plays soft
but there’s nothing, really nothing to turn off
just Louise and her lover so entwined
and these visions of Johanna that conquer my mind
in the empty lot where the ladies play blind man’s bluff with the key chain
and the all-night girls they whisper of escapades out on the D train
we can hear the night watchman take his flahslight out,
and ask if its himself or them who should be insane
but Louise she’s allright, she‘s just near
she’s delicate, she seems like the mirror
but she just makes it all too concise and too clear
that Johanna’s not here
the ghost of electricity howls in the bones of her face
where these visions of johanna have now taken my place
little boy lost, he takes himself so seriously
he brags of his misery, he likes to live dangerously
and when bringing her name up he speaks of her farewell kiss to me
he’s sure got a lot of gall
to be so useless and all
muttering small talk at the wall
while I’m in the hall
how can I explain it’s so hard to get on
and these visions of Johanna they kept me up past the dawn
inside the musuems Infinity’s going up on trial
voices echo “this is what salvation must be like after awhile”
but Mona Lisa must have had the highway blues, you can tell by the way she smiles
see the primitive wallflower freeze
and the jellyfaced women all sneeze
hear the one with the moustache say, “jeez,
I can’t find my knees!”
jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule
but these visions of Johanna they make it all seem so cruel
the peddler now speaks to the countess who’s pretending to care for him
saying “name me someone that’s not a parasite and I’ll go out and say a prayer for him.”
but like Louise always says, ”You can’t look at much can you man, as she herself
she prepares for him
and Madonna she still has not showed
you see this empty cage now corrode
where her cape of the stage once had flowed
the fiddler he now steps to the road
he writes “everythings been returned which was owed”
on the back of a fish truck that loads
while my conscience explodes
the harmonicas play the skeleton keys in the rain
and these visions of Johanna are now all that remain.
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written by Navigator, April 27, 2009 16:42:35
Dear RPK,
It was the internet that made me realize that there are fair-minded and enlightened Malays in our midst. Before that, I thought every Malay was like the umnoputras, with forked tongues.
Because of internet, I have more respect for Malays and can even strike up a genuine friendship with them.
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written by Milo, April 27, 2009 16:42:54
bn Art of War
1. The way - umnoway or highway
2. Seasons - Create feel good factor every election season
3. Terrain - Gerrymandering for terrain control
4. Leadership - Lead by bad example
5. Management - Management by racial division
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written by Rozlan, April 27, 2009 16:54:06
RPK,
Sorry,I doubted your numbers of 16 millions of internet subscribers in Malaysia.Internet penetration is around 20% of the population.Anyway it is growing fast.We hope to get around 50% internet penetration in 3-5 yrs time..
Whatever it is,the braodband growing will not favor bn..
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written by Beng, April 27, 2009 17:38:28
YB Raja Petra,
Pls stay safe. We get more articles from you when you are out of Kemunting; not when you are inside.
We need a leader like you.
God bless you always
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