Friday, September 11, 2009

DEBATE 007 – TH SUPPORTS EMBEDDED JOURNALIST IN TIME OF WAR

DEBATE 007 – TH SUPPORTS EMBEDDED JOURNALIST IN TIME OF WAR
Friday. September 11, 2009


PM – MC G (OG)
Said that supports mean protection. Proposed that embedded journalist needed equal protection as of the soldiers because of the importance of their role in giving out information.

LO – AIN (OO)
Countered that embedded journalists are not needed because of the fact that it is unnecessary to take that risk. Secondly, she argued that people do not need to know about what happen during the war. They only need to know the outcome.

DPM – OJAN (OG)
Talk about how important protection is towards those in need.

DLO – PAEI (OO)
Talked about unnecessary media’s role in battlefield.

MEMBER GOVT – JENNY (CG)
I rebutted that any journalist regardless of what field they are in, took the risk everyday to gather information. Then, I extended the debate in terms of public support whereby without the support of the public, it is impossible for a war to be won. I also differentiate information gathered during the war and post-war information. Secondly, I talked about the value behind sending an embedded journalist to war as it gives an impression towards the public that the government is not keeping secrets of whatever happen during the war. Lastly, I talked about the effect of not sending journalist, that the government will lose support from the public, there’s no volunteers and sponsors.

MEMBER OPT – STIFLER (CO)
Stifler talked about how these journalists are abusing the information they had.

GW – Q (CG)
Q differentiate between the information that are abused during the war and after the war. He argued that regardless of when the information is taken into account, there are always rooms for abuse.

OW – JO (CO)
She talked about how it is morally wrong to give out wrong information to the public.

FEEDBACK (by ZHARIF AND MAKETAB)
The opening government lost because of the wrong idea that they brought forward. Journalists are already protected equally by the soldiers. The closing opposition got third because their extension was not clear. Opening opposition got second because of Ain’s template speech. We won because we touch on the real issue of the debate. The issue in the debate for the side of Government is firstly security of the journalist whereby if they are embedded under the military force then they would likely be more protected. Secondly, having a journalist among soldier would give the soldier a humanized perspective whereby it makes them feel human again after killing people. For the opposition, sending journalist is a burden for the military in order to protect them that they will be morally down if the journalist died under their protection. Secondly, it is a waste of public fund for sending someone over to in the end wrote a biased reporting.

OBSERVERS (MOHAMAD, AERIE, THRONG, MAI AND AHMED)

RANKING
OG – 4TH, OO – 2ND,
CG – 1ST, CO – 3RD
~YEAY~ I GOT FIRST!!!!!

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Second Chance

09-09-09
6:45am











If love is red, then I’m color-blind.
If love is a lesson to learn, then I’m the worst student.

And if love is physics, I’ll never graduate.

I have learnt that love is a confusing method to break a heart.

I have been told that love is an experiment to avoid.

But I have found the stronger side of me through falling out of love.

Love can never be seen through naked eyes.

It cannot be understood but can only be felt.
And if you love someone, you are so damn lucky.

I don’t believe in happily ever after.

I don’t believe in second chance.

Once it’s over, there’s no turning back.

But if I took one more step forward.

My whole principle crashes backward.

So I’d rather not be moved.

I’d rather not be given the second chance.

Because love is not red in color.

It is not a subject nor is it a degree course.

But if you’re in love, then you are lucky.

For if you fall out of love then you are not subjected to second chance.

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Alone With the Moon Tonight

Ramadhan 15 - Sept 5, 2009


I watched the full moon tonight in a midst of nowhere
I can almost touch it from the reflection in the water spot
Here, the moon still shines so beautiful
With no smoke from the factories
With green trees all over it creating such a scenery
With the sound of streaming rivers and singing frogs
This is a night like no other
I feel so intact with the nature
I can imagine the moon as if it was made of velvet
That I can touch it, hug it and kiss it
It would have been love
But tonight, I’m all alone
There’s no one out there to share this moment with me
Saddening, that something beautiful will only be cherished by a lonesome like me

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

DEBATE 005 – THBT CANNING UNDER SYARIAH LAW SHOULD BE ABOLISH

Friday. August 28, 2009


PM – STIFLER (OG)
Proposed that canning is redundant and no longer serve the purpose of deterrent. Stated that canning is not align with the content of religion and that the role of punishment is to teach what is right and what is wrong and that by simply punishing, the people won’t truly understands the actual reasoning. Lastly, he stated that physical harm induces fear, not faith.

LO – RAF (OO)
Clarified that canning under syariah law was actually meant for humiliation as a form of deterrent instead of physical harm. She also stated that the Quran states what’s right and wrong. She also said that this is the best form of deterrent as it proved to have decreased the percentage of offenses against religion.

DPM – MC G (OG)
McG came in and said that punishment without education is meaningless and therefore believes that the government should teach the people who committed offenses about faith in religion.

DLO – Q (OO)
Q later on came in with no points but simply rebuttals. However, the best idea from Q is that even if a person do not understand the religion, as long as that person live in Malaysia, and is a muslim, he/she is still subjected to the syariah law in Malaysia therefore regardless of whether education is needed, no one is above the law.

MEMBER GOVT – AERIE
Aerie believes that law evolves from time to time and therefore canning is no longer relevant in this modern world. He also believes that without canning, there is an opportunity for the law to reform as to not simply refer to redundant reference. He also believes that if canning is for the humiliation purpose, then there are a lot of other ways to shame people such as media involvement which would work better.

MEMBER OPT – JO
She believes that the society will accept something as right or wrong the imposition of law.

GW – THRONG
Throng distinguish the syariah and civil law whereby syariah law is only applicable to Muslim and not other religions. He also talked about acceptance of law which could have different interpretation by different subjects. He also said that the government has the accountability as of how the country is beng judged and that by abolishing canning, people perceptions towards the Muslim community would be changed.

OW – MAI
She talked about the justification of canning. She also compares education and physical harm and which is more effective.

FEEDBACK (by PAIE, WANI, ZHARIF, JENNY AND AIN)
This motion should actually analyze the practice of canning under Syariah Law in Malaysia. There is a need to analyze on the different in canning practices under syariah law and civil law whereas under civil law, the whipping is hard, hurtful and definitely extreme while under syariah law, he whipping is merely the same as school students gotten whipped for coming late to school etc. The issue lead this debate is the arbitrary concept of whipping for syariah law which only suppose to practices punishment that is stated by the Quran and whipping is not one of them which explains when looking through the different school of thoughts in Islam where different beliefs existed. Lastly, it is the issue of the image of Muslim country when applying canning viewed by other countries. This is due to the misunderstanding that the canning performed in Malaysia is the same as the Arabs country. Example addressed in the debate is the Kartika case who is a nurse who consumes alcohol and will be canned under syariah law.

OBSERVERS (MOHAMAD, AHMED)

MOST PROBABLE RANKING
OG – 4TH, OO – 2ND, CG – 1ST, CO – 3RD