Bagan Pinang by-election produced one of the most disappointing result, it's a big blow to our fragile democracy. Every where people are real scare of speaking up because they are scare of losing their job or their livelihood. I can only guess that people are actually know what is going on in this country but are just do not have the courage to speak up. This reminds me of Sophia Scholl - the member of the resistance group in Nazi Germany. And now I reproduce some of the writing about her from Wikipedia.
On February 21, 1943, Scholl was recorded as saying "Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just do not dare express themselves as we did."
Sophia Magdalena Scholl (9 May 1921 – 22 February 1943) was active within the White Rose non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany. She was convicted of high treason after having been found distributing anti-war leaflets at the University of Munich with her brother Hans. As a result, they were both executed by guillotine.
Her last words were "How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause. Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go, but what does my death matter, if through us thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?"
Please go to the site to read more about her. A very inspiring story.
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