Random Reflexions

These are truly turbulent times. Something in the very core of this nation, in the guts of this country, is stirring. It feels like this nation is going through a metamorphosis much like a caterpillar would, squirming and wiggling in its last moments, as it awaits the inevitable beautiful butterfly to emerge and fly off free. Yes, we are going through such powerful, permanent and inspiring changes.

What kind of change?

It is important to understand that we are not just voting for a change of power or are merely changing the person in control at the helm of this country. No. The vote to change has little to do with a person but absolutely everything to do with the people, with Dhivehin. Let it be understood by everyone, by our compatriots, friends and family, that we are changing the very neurons in our brains, freeing them from the shackles of lies and deceit of Gayoom and liberating our conscience from three long decades of darkness.

Let us tell everyone that on the morning of 11th November we will be breathing fresh Dhivehi air the likes of which we used to breath before we plunged into the dark, constricting abyss 30 years ago. Let us emerge from the cocoon of depravity and tyranny and breath the fulfilling and deep breath of freedom. And with that deep breath let us promise, on that auspicious morning, to pick up the pieces of decades of broken promises, of shattered lives, and start the slow and rewarding process of making this beautiful country the property of Dhivehin again.

An insult to human intellect

It disturbs me that those who support the dictatorship of Gayoom resort to hiding behind the concept of democracy to justify their delusion. I am exercising my democratic right, they say. I'll have those of us who think along these lines know that it is one thing to ascribe to the great time-honored ideologies behind democracy and another thing to be ignorant fools. It is not just my democratic duty but my very nature as a human to stop you from insulting the supreme intellect of humanity and making a mockery out of the great institution of democracy itself.

It is an insult on the Dhivehin that suffered physical torture the likes of which we cannot possibly fathom. It is an insult to all Dhivehin that you can lie in your tiny room that you share with two other families and not see the irony of your own situation. It is an insult on the families of those who died under the bloodied hands of Gayoom that you can cheer on without blinking an eyelid. It is an insult to me and Dhivehin, my dear deluded compatriot, that you can call yourself a responsible member of Dhivehi society.

So it is my duty as citizen of this nation to be angry, sickened and appalled by the very sight of Gayoom and his supporters. How do you weight 30 years of deceit, corruption and lies of Gayoom against someone who has absolutely no such history is beyond my mental abilities.

Let us tell our undecided friends something today. Tell them that we live in one of the tiniest nations in the world. Our population is merely 300,000. In comparison Hitachi employs over 350,000, McDonalds over 440,000, Indian Railways limited over 1.2 million and the corporate giant Wal-mart has 2.1 million employees. Million! The entire population of Dhivehi Raaje is peanuts compared to the employee base of these giants. And we think we're so big and complicated a place to manage that it requires an old fool with 30 years of experience in oppression and corruption to do the job?

Gently pat them and tell them to wake up.

Thankfully, there is great consolation to be had in the fact that during the past four years Dhivehin have already changed. Humans are by nature seekers of goodness and security. It is in our nature not to approach a slithering serpent. It is in our nature to avert danger by learning from past experiences. This is why I tell you that it is an insult on human intellect to see Dhivehin wide-eyed and in awe of a sick and dangerous man. In broad daylight these people are approaching the serpent.

Disappointments

But what is truly mind boggling is that so-called educated and learned people like minister Nasheed can digest lies and clown around in front of the old fool like a little school boy trying to please his headmaster. Is he exercising his democratic right or being a complete asshole I wonder? It baffles me to think what he could possibly gain from outrightly insulting 60% of the electorate and insulting those who have suffered at the hands of Gayoom under his watch! Enlightened and educated people see the weight of mounting evidence such as the Auditor General's reports or just a glance at history and do what is morally right. But Mr. Nasheed et. al. are below basic human morality and integrity. How else do we explain this?

At some point in his blogging life, to avert accusations from another blogger that Hill and Knowlton was behind his blog, he pointed at one of my own blog posts in which I said that I was proud to have inspired many into blogging among them Mr. Nasheed. Is not it strange that given the opportunity to do so from a high post and status in public service Mr. Nasheed has now failed to conversely inspire me or other ordinary citizens and failed to demonstrate that he takes public interest and the interest of all Dhivehin seriously?

If anything I am appalled to be left in shock at the sudden transformation of who I thought was a brilliant and patriotic son of Dhivehi Raaje. But jealousy and envy towards his friends Dr. Saeed, Dr. Shaheed and Anni and Ibra is overpowering and has reduced this brilliant man to a state of a bickering and yelping lapdog of a senile wrinkly old man.

In any case I am insulted and disappointed today to have inspired such a foolish man and proud to have not being inspired by him. If I had been, I'd probably be seen drooling and clapping at DRP rallies as lie after preposterous lie is fabricated for the benefit of a murderous dictator and his family. But why have I always been on the side of truth? Why have I never once voted for Gayoom? Why has my family and every close friend of mine and tens of thousands of people stood for the truth and against this regime? Why have we simply had enough?

A cursory glance at the front line of a DRP rally will reveal two things: a band of semi-educated fools and thugs - cronies of a failed system. In a recently rally held in Kulhudhuffushi, what appeared to be a deranged Dhivehi woman screamed in support for Gayoom saying "We will never sell our vote to anyone else but Gayoom!". Truth has strange ways of showing its pretty face, does it not?

The fact is that this regime has inspired people to rebel and come out and fight for equal justice. The fact is the majority of Dhivehin want change. And the fact is that we are in the final stages of our metamorphosis into a people's Dhivehi Raaje and there is no stopping.

I am voting for change

And today I am voting you out and opting for change by voting for Mohamed Nasheed "Anni" - the arch nemesis of Gayoom, the champion of freedom and hero of all Dhivehin.

Let truth prevail and the voice of liberation be heard. Let the fight begin!

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1842)