Doing Away with Empty Rhetoric

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LIVING in the land of peace and plenty gives us an opportunity to think,

say and do many things that, to less fortunate souls, are luxuries. And

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Doing Away with Empty Rhetoric

since we have so much time to do so, we sometimes think, say and do things

that are not exactly productive.

Very often, we say something without thinking or without thinking hard

enough. Even when we put some serious thought into what we say, we do not

always carry it out. We have become synonymous with cakap tak serupa

bikin.

So, when some politicians recently complained about gated properties,

saying they are akin to apartheid, my gut reaction was to laugh it off. We

say and do many funny things in the name of good governance, transparency

and accountability.

Why should politicians as high up as ministers suddenly pounce on the

subject? My best guess is that they have nothing better to do. As the

saying goes, `an idle mind is the devil' s playground'.

So, the devils must be playing tricks on the idl...