"KePIMPinan Melalui Tauladan" ~ Who Said That? (repost)

So who's been selling out the country?
Human rights activists? Those who demand clean and fair elections? Those working towards greater accountability, openness, social justice and democracy? 

Or the diehard Mahathirists in our midst?

[I found this old cartoon from 1986 or 1987 which was submitted for a political cartoon competition sponsored by Aliran. One of them won first prize. I believe it was the one reproduced below...]

[First posted 16 October 2012]

"Busynessmen, they drink my wine; plowmen dig my earth..."

ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER (by Bob Dylan, 1967)

There must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief
There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief
Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth
None of them along the line know what any of it is worth

No reason to get excited, the thief he kindly spoke
There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke
But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late

All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
While all the women came and went, their footservants too

Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl
Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl