There is a very modern philosophy which presumes that all things new are better. Unlike wine, which gets better with age – or civility which improves values over time with maturity – there is this uncanny but pragmatic logic that all things modern are better, always. Nothing could be further from the truth.       

Just like the Merdeka Stadium once was a target of “piratising thieves”, it appears that the Malaysian Parliament is now on the radar screen of some yet other pirates.