I came across a mini report titled 'Some people tarnishing country's image' on the 20th Jan 2010 print edition of The Star. After reading the report, I can only shake my head in disbelief and at the same time laugh in amusement.
The report cited our (Malaysia) dear deputy home minister commenting that certain quarters are tanishing the country's image by claiming that the police had failed to ensure public safety.... He was replying to a recent online poll with 20,000 respondents claiming they felt unsafe! My funny bones were tickled when he said the poll was only reflective of 0.03% of the population!!
That was a very dumb comment i would have to say. I hope it was a slip of the tongue rather than he meaning what he said. If indeed he meant it that way, is he implying the other 99.97% of the population felt very safe?? Who is he trying to joke to...
Does it require a poll with the ENTIRE population to convince him?? I would say other than the 'law enforcers', most of us would tick the very same box as the 0.03% polled previously!
Logically speaking, isn't that how polls work? To take a sample population for testing? And given that its an online poll, the respondents would generally come from various geographical locations and from various walks of life, making the poll results as fair as possible.
The icing on the cake was him commenting that "crime rate here is not as bad as certain quaters claim, especially when compared to other countries." Is he comparing Malaysia with the likes of Zimbabwe and Angola?? Who is he kidding man...
A throw of the stone in the streets of Malaysia would more likely hit someone who has been a crime victim than not...
The national crime laboratory has identified 52 initiatives to tackle the national crime rate...I can only wonder how soon can these be implemented, and if we will notice ANY positive changes at all if they are ever implemented... maybe in the next 520 years...
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