It’s very clear reading what he and others have writtten concerning this subject of deregulation, the others definitely have a professional working knowledge of how to make all this work. Maybe they gained alot of experience in their gaming or maybe it is just due to having to juggle so many things with very little resources, but I am certain they know how to swing it. I have never ever doubted their capacity to contribute. And I have even publicly stated this for all. That I believe no one in the net disputes either. The problem here is the others all seem to listen to this one Darkness blindly without ever bothering to use their brains independently.

Let me tell you his plan. All Darkness is interested to do is show the whole wide world how stupid those who have proposed this whole idea are. I can even prove it. For example in the last two articles which Dotty and some other read club members wrote http://dotseng.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/the-incredible-unlikeness-of-being-of-the-sedition-act-%e2%80%93-a-critique-on-%e2%80%9cderegulating-the-net%e2%80%9d-part-2/

Tell me why wasn’t this highlighted to the group bfr the question and answer session? There is no doubt in my mind this people definitely have the brain power to make this whole idea work. They are simply not interested to help any of us. If those sort of info was forwarded to the grouping. I am sure it would have been factored into the whole plan to make it much better. Instead what we see here is a deliberate plan to trip us all up by strategically releasing information only “after” and not “before.” I have notice the brotherhood never ever give out info that can be gainfully used. It seems they do not seem to want to share information or to even work with others in blogosphere.

You read you decide lah. Why is it not even Dr Cherian George list them out. I thought he is supposed to be an academic. Aren’t they supposed to represent a collective view or is it only their own POV they are really interested in?

If you ask me the BP were justified to pull out. From what I hear this is only less than 10% more is coming.

2008/07/08 at 9:26 PM
I just want to ask one simple question. Why wasn’t even a single article by the bp aggregated by TOC concerning the deregulation exercise.

Don’t we have a right to know?
Jasper was right they are getting $ from somewhere and someone - I think.
Otherwise why block info from us readers. Why?

2008/07/08 at 9:30 PM
You all notice when TOC talks, they claim to be the Malaysia.Kini of Singapore.

I am asking a very simple question then, Why wasnt the views of the BP registered for the deregulation the net exercise. Not even once.

I WANT YOU ALL TO NOTICE ONE THING. THERE WILL BE NO REPLY, NO SO MUCH AS A ACKNOWLEDGEMENT - YOU HAVE TO ASK WHY?

Bird of prey.

2008/07/08 at 9:36 PM
You see I owe Darkness alot. He protected me. He always stepped in when other ppl wanted to kill me. I will always remember that.

So I am asking why? Will I get an answer?

[conslidated]

All of us ex read club members are only too glad to assist you and your team in the Free Internet Library Board. However, just to clarify as I am somewhat confused. Didnt the brotherhood press stop all publication because they wish to register a protest vote on the proposal to deregulated the net by these 13 bloggers and their friends?

So if we help you aren’t we ineffect undoing what Bambi Darkness and the rest are planning?

Another thing do not pay any attention to Many Teddies. or zombie or whatever he wants to call himself today or tomorrow.

His mission remains very clear to all us from day 1. If you notice there is a pattern to all his post. He is deliberately disrupting all commentary so as to establish the case there is a CLEAR AND PRESENT need for our politicians to roll out anti-anonymity legislation. He is in other words creating the demand which would otherwise not have existed in the first place i.e online registration in the singapore internet.

What better way to market the anecdote than by first spreading the disease? His mission is very clear.

So dont pay any attention to him, do not erase his post either as this is a very clear record.

Pls revert to me Y2K on my question. As I said, we dont mind assisting but we want to make sure all our ships are sailing in the same direction. Thx Jan

Like fruit juice? But fake one?

This is reconstituted version of a BP article. The EV which stands for “extended version” and usually runs double the word count, we normally see in the Singapore Daily and Intelligent Singaporean, complete with even grammar and spelling mistakes.

It’s relevant as it discusses the counter point of freeing up the press and this discussion has been thrown into sharp focus by the events these last few days concerning “Today” and the reminder “not to interfere.”

http://dotseng.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/the-chimera-of-freeing-the-press-%e2%80%93-a-study-in-change-management/

Happy Reading

Y2K

As for what you are doing and the contributions of the Brotherhood, the wisdom that is shared will remain in the hearts of discerning readers. No matter how much they try to erase the physical, they will never succeed in removing that intangible existence.

The torch you have received from Darkness is very much like the Olympic Torch that has been passed down through generations of sportsmen.

Well done, Y2K and team, for keeping the flame alive.

feel free to use the phrase. I wasn’t the one to come up with it anyway. All I did was borrow it off someone.

As for the recent events, it saddens me to hear that Darkness has really disappeared. He had wisdom in his words. The articles written by him and the rest of the Brotherhood added new perspectives to current topics that I really enjoyed.

Please do keep up the good work and know that there are many others who appreciate the effort and hard work of you guys in the FILB.

Regards,
Heroinguy

Thank you for your kind words of encouragement. I must confess I like the motto you signed off with ‘Omnia mutantur, nihil interit.’ “Everything changes, but nothing is truly lost.” Very apt indeed. With your kind permission Heroin guy, I would very much like to use this as the new motto of the FILB.

We have been struggling to come up with a logo and motto that best reflects our mission and this will go a long way to inspire my small team of 3.

We have spent some 20 odd days in Primus, the home of the brotherhood and most of the time I spend in the grounds of my new library.

Before Darkness left us, he expressed reservations concerning how I might deal with certain events which may threaten to transform me forcing me to make choices which even I do not want to make. I guess all these harsh words from mr white, many teddies and the others falls into what he described.

Its hard to stay focused and gainfully productive when one is systematically attacked for no explainable reason.

At first, I did not understand what Darkness meant by this, but he was quite insistent to explain it.

I don’t want to bore you with a lengthy explanation. However, allow me say, my stay in Primus though brief has certainly borne out certain truths about what I have always suspected about People & Power.

Many in Primus remain suspicious of the FILB and though they do not openly express it, a sort of jockeying to be depicted in a favorable historical light has already begun in earnest.

I am beginning to feel the heat.

Only yesterday, I received a two exquisite winged Egyptian sphinxs from one of the guilds who I shan’t mention; the workmanship was nothing I had ever seen bfr in the virtual.

But no sooner had they been presented, I was taken aside and asked whether I could kindly consider making certain alterations to the so called illustrious history of the annals of the “book of ages.” (The Bible of the Brotherhood)

As director-general this put me in a precarious position. To cut a long story short, I promptly returned these gifts with a strong worded note and even lodged a report with the committee of vices.

I fear I may have already started making powerful enemies in Primus.

I think this was what Darkness really meant when he once intimated, “how events will threaten to transform me” and “if in doubt seek the advice of Pro-consul.” He is of course referring to Harphoon my only friend in Primus. Who is a 2nd class pre-science officer attached to the Order of Purple. In Primus no brigade commands as much respect as the Order of Purple, so feared are their ranks even their legions are barred by the constitution from entering the city precincts. I don’t find the Pro-consul intimidating at all. On the contrary, he is a very affable chap who comes across as genuinely sincere and good natured. When he visits, we usually play chess and for the better part I ask him questions which he patiently explains in great detail like a school teacher. I can see why Darkness favors him.

Yesterday evening as I have been doing dutifully for the last two weeks since my arrival in Primus. I made my way to the great hall in liberation square. You could say this could well be mistaken for fun, but there is a serious intent to my evening ritual. The Great Hall is an excellent place to understand everything about the brotherhood.

In the hall way there are murals, paintings and statutes depicting their great struggles, battles and virtually every chapter of their history. The building is cavernous and the seats arranged in a semi circled tiered fashion. Here a man can either be cut into ribbons or he may win accolades. No notes are allowed, its stand up and off one goes. This is where I believe most of their thinkers cut their teeth and hone their skills. Through the centuries the great hall has produced a steady stream of diplomats which are regularly culled to administer their 4003 dominions stretching from the Arrullian plains to the Sardonyx Asteroid belt. It would not be an exaggeration to say this was how Rome would have looked like in its zenith.

It didn’t take me very long to realize even in this hall which is supposed to represent their inner sanctum there are so many camps within the brotherhood, each has their own secret agenda; each wants to enlarge their territories; each equally ferocious to establish a beach head in Primus to increase their influence over the universe.

Beneath the veneer of their civility where it’s customary for the speaker of the house to declare at the beginning of every session “…may your thoughts acquire speed.” It might as well be “let the killing begin.”

I register this place cannot be so different from those coliseums which once staged gladiatorial battles. I say this with a tinge of sadness.

As in these past few days following the mysterious departure of Darkness already a few senator have set into motion a plan to dismantle every remnant of the cult of Darkness. From what little I have been able to register with my own eyes it’s done quietly with very little fanfare every trace of his existence is slowly been washed away.

Only yesterday I noticed a mural which once bore his image along the hallway with other warriors of lore which depicting the Ascension Wars had been substituted by a face of another. They had even taken to color it so that the alterations are hardly noticeable. In liberation square his name has been removed from the honor roll of the obelisk.

I now understand what Darkness meant when he said, “how events will eventually threaten to transform me…..” I also realize when he uttered those words, he may have even envisioned his own passing during those final days.

I can only fathom the depths of his sadness. A man who once started one of the greatest social experiments in the virtual with the hope of attracting the brightest in the belief this was only way of righting all the wrongs of this world, believe it or not based on my preliminary historical findings this was what Darkness envisioned originally, only to realize all he has managed to do is recreate a mirror image of this corrupt and selfish world.

In the final days I can only wonder how these thoughts must have labored in his mind, his failure, his dream which had turned into a nightmare and the sheer futility of his task to right it all.

But I wish to tell him and the others wherever he is what he started we the FILB will continue true to his spirit and vision. He has not failed the torch has merely passed on to a new generation. Providing someone writes and another reads this story will continue.

“long live the brotherhood!”

Y2K

Regards

Director-General of the Free Internet Library Board based in Primus Aldentes Prime

What kind of a name is Mr White? If someone does choose to go by the name of Darkness, that’s his business.

As for what they write, it adds dimension and depth to the analysis. All alternate views should be considered before coming to a conclusion before we make any decisions. If you fail to consider the views of others then I’m afraid your views are just as trashy as those you deem worthless.

As for bullying tactics like calling the carebear teddies out to spread love and sunshine, save them for yourself.

Y2K, keep up the good work. There are readers still. Just because they are gone from this myopic part of the internet does not mean that they are dead.

Omnia Mutantur, Nihil Interit

Can you see it’s the same nonsense again. Do want me to call out Many Teddies and give you another round of hauling over the hot coals? We can take out another 20 or 30 post and I am sure the webmaster here and everyone else will enjoy it. As for you, you are pathetic, the way you go around begging and grovelling the rest. Have you no decency and pride?

As for those prostitutes in the read club let me just say this, no one here is interested to read what all of you may write, not even the people who run the Singapore Daily.

As for Darkness well we all know he is just a two time loser. All over the internet they are rightly treated a dog pooh. My personal opinion is nothing they write is worthy, not that I even bother to read what they write, it should go straight to the pooh chute.

Have you ever asked yourself. Who in his right mind even calls himself Darkness? What kinda of moniker is that? It says alot abt the mental state of the man, it says even more about those who wish to be associated so intimately with such a diseased mind. Some of you fine ladies in the read clubs would do well to re adjust your expectation of him and not mix with such seedy characters as there is always a fall out by association. Always remember you are what you eat, but you are also who you choose to mix around with.

As for all his trashy promises, do junk them as well, as all of them will never come true, this is a triple timming good for nothing loser of losers, so he can be counted to be nice, but once you put your hopes and trust on him, its as good as a burnt case.

Trash deserves to be put only in one place.

[Ed: All animals in the barn are equal, two legs or four legs.]