Anti-kleptocracy

So...I did actually drop by at the anti-kleptocracy rally to have a look at what was going on...and I really don't know what to say about it. Well, I guess I can say my shit which is not going to me make me popular with my non-existent readership so here goes.

Okay...I honestly didn't know what to expect here. It is my first time checking out the rally after all and I guess I did expect some anti-Umno and anti-BN rhetoric but...all of it being just that? To be fair, I arrived there at 6 pm and left at 8.30 pm so there might have been more to it but having just anti-establishment speeches was just tedious.

There were plenty of dancing though. I guess it's to alleviate the constant BN bashing and the dancing and traditional music were pleasing and suited the unity theme. But...maybe I just expected more than that.

Of course, it's not election season yet and so they can't do some actual campaigning but I really expected something meatier other than let's rally the crowd and tap into the people's tribal instincts to get them to vote for us.

On the plus side, for the 2.5 hours I was there, there weren't any traffic trouble...so I guess the police were wrong on that part.  Take that however you want it and that's just me talking about my own expectations of the rally. If you wanted more Umno and BN bashing, good for you but it wasn't for me.

Edit 1: Oh and Pakatan, I call bullshit on the whole 25k people turning up at the rally. I was there and it didn't remotely look like 25k people at all. Half the field wasn't even used when I was there.

Edit 2: Also. what's up with the Guy Fawkes mask? I saw quite a few of those and I'm thinking, "They do know that Guy Fawkes is a terrorist who tried to bomb the Parliament right? Or did they only watch the movie and thought that Hugo Weaving was so cool in that one?"