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What a political start for the year 2008!

The start of 2008 for the Malaysian political arena was some what unique this time around. Arguably, the biggest news in politics is the resignation of the now ex-health minister. If you keep up with the news, the resignation was due to a sex DVD in which he was caught in the act in some hotel.

Much speculation has been drawn on this political assination. Clearly, someone, somewhere really wanted to get him out of the political scene. Surprisingly, the people involved were able to hide 4 cameras in the hotel room. Anyway, I am not going to speculate on it further!

Issue here is about the violation of people's privacy. Looking at what he did at a marriage point of view, one may say he was wrong. Then again, it is not our prerogative to judge him because that judgement should be passed by his family members.

What I found disturbing was the reaction of the general public at large. Was it really necessary for people to react with such anger and dissatisfaction? Personally, I have seen many other men do worse things than that. I have seen wonderful families destroyed because of one party or the other having an affair elsewhere - but no one cares. So, just because he is or rather he was a politician, it warranted the public at large to lash out at him as if he had commited a federal crime?

I believe it is high time for the public to look up the meaning of the word 'hypocrisy'.

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