Social contract II

I read on Utusan Malaysia July 4, 2008 that a group of fifteen, so called NGOs have lodged their police report against Malaysian Bar Council for organisng the Social Contract forum on June 28, 2008.

I've written "so called NGOs" because the group was made up of, among others, the Silat Gayung Patani Association. Doesn't their association name itself qualify them to be known as a sports association, not NGOs.

Interestingly enough, during the press conference to promote this event, I asked Mr Lim Chee Wee, the Bar Council Sec-Gen about objections from various quarters to which he responded, "Come, participate and engage". Unfortunately those groups objecting to the forum never made the effort to participate and engage with the speakers and the rest of the audience and yet they have the audacity to dmeonstrate their unhappiness through improper channels.