Kuala Lampur, May 21 -- A free society dances to the beat of civil disagreements. The presence of differences embodies, nay, advertises such a society.

However, a tedium-bent segment objects to free society's vibrancy. It is disruptive, in their estimation.

Better to silence people for their own good is their thinking. Acceptance and subservience maintain the path to peace. They also probably eschew rock and roll.

They prefer if Malaysia is less free. Far less free. It appears, unfortunately, hardly anyone stands up to them.

In their own minds, it is the freedom which fosters discontent and threatens fixed values.

It invites us to dissect the cacophony of voices inside the typical free society. And ask, are these detractors correct? ...