OK, so the guy's identifying with Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.Menegakkan kebenaran bukanlah satu tanggungjawab yang mudah. Ia memerlukan pengorbanan dan kegigihan.
Nelson Mandela misalnya mengorbankan kebebasannya selama 27 tahun demi membebaskan rakyat Afrika Selatan dari cengkaman “apartheid”.Mahatma Ghandi pula mengorbankan nyawanya untuk memastikan kemerdekaan India serta rakyatnya dapat hidup aman tanpa sempadan kasta dan agama. Perjuangan menegakkan keberanian ini memerlukan “keberanian”.
Mandela pernah berkata : “Saya mempelajari bahawa keberanian bukanlah bermakna tidak punya perasaan takut, tetapi Berjaya mengatasinya. Mereka yang berani bukanlah mereka yang tidak punya perasaan takut tetapi mereka yang mampu menakluki rasa takut itu. (I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. )....
....Memetik kata Martin Luther King Jr, kegelapan tidak akan mengatasi kegelapan. Kebencian tidak akan menghapuskan kebencian, hanya kasih sayang mampu mengubahnya. (Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.)
Let's see what these guys' struggles were, according to Wikipedia:
-a former President of South Africa, the first to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, who held office from 1994–99.
-an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of the African National Congress's armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe.
-convicted of sabotage, as well as other crimes committed and spent 27 years in prison.
-a celebrated elder statesman who continues to voice his opinion on topical issues.
-1993 Nobel Peace Prize winner.
- pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement.
- pioneer of satyagraha—resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon ahimsa or total non-violence—which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
- Honoured in India as the Father of the Nation
- Birthday on 2 October, is commemorated worldwide as the International Day of Non-Violence.
- led Indians in the Non-cooperation movement in 1922 and in protesting the British-imposed salt tax with the 400 km (249 mi) Dandi Salt March in 1930,
- imprisoned for many years, on numerous occasions, in both South Africa and India.
- sworn to speak the truth, and advocated that others do the same.
- killed on 30 January 1948 while having his nightly public walk on the grounds of the Birla Bhavan(Birla House) in New Delhi.
- an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement.
- led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president.
- famous "I Have a Dream" speech raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement.
- 1964 Nobel Peace Prize winner for work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means.
- assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.
Very impressive achievements and legacies. Now, let's look at our boy's struggle:
- Did not follow proper procedure to be appointed Menteri Besar of Perak on 6 Feb 2009.
- Giving BN a public relations nightmare to clean up BN's battered image.
- Desperately tries to stay in power in Perak by all means neccessary, except through a snap election.
- Dare not face the people of Perak in a snap election to obtain the mandate to lead a new government.
Somehow I don't see any similarity between him and any of the three people he mentioned.
Which leads to my question....
"What have you been smoking, Zambry?"
