Post GE13

We went, we voted and then we waited. For many of my friends and I, we were disappointed with the results and disturbed by the many incidents of phantom voters, late ballot boxes and blackouts. Not too mention the supposedly indelible ink that could easily be washed off.

Facebook was on fire with the many GE13-related comments. Around 1am on Sunday, a lot of people started to change their profile pictures to a black square in protest of the results and also a kind of pun to the blackouts that happened at a few counting centres. As I witnessed more and more people on Facebook changing their profile pics to the black square, it kinda reminded me of this scene from the Hunger Games movie:

This scene is where the residents of one of the districts show solidarity against the Capital dictatorship.

I thought we could move on now that the GE13 results are out but irresponsible comments by leaders of the ruling coalition threaten to flame racial tensions. Bringing up the race card is very hypocritical on their part since not too long ago, they were the advocates of the 1Malaysia concept. It's a very simplistic view which shows a lack of thought and maturity.

Thank goodness for the many people who are spreading messages of unity online. I guess at the end of the day, if we want to change something, we need to do it ourselves.