Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said those involved in the 'cow head' protest in Shah Alam last week cannot be blamed for the controversy."

Oh, really, sir? Then who should we blame instead? The people who proposed the relocation of the Hindu temple?

The innocent residents of Shah Alam? The poor, mutilated cow head? Or somehow, God knows why, Pakatan Rakyat?

It's just as good as saying, ‘Don't blame the murderer for the murder.' Yeah, blame the victim instead!

He said the protesters "had no intention at all to bring the severed cow's head and invoke racial sentiments or cause tension".

Right! Somehow, these culprits forgot that the cow is considered sacred to the Indian community. And so, they butchered a cow, dragged its head to the protest, spat, and stepped on it.

You see, you can't blame them because it so happened, the price of cows went down significantly just one day before their protest.

Isn't a cheap and huge animal just perfectly convenient for a religious protest as such? Draws attention to their demands efficiently, eh?

He further defended the protesters, saying that they just wanted their voices to be heard.

"All they wanted to do was to voice their unhappiness because of the unwillingness of the state government to consider their request.

"However it was unfortunate that the protest was given negative publicity because it was linked to religious and racial sentiments," he said.

So now, according to our Mr Wise Guy home minister, the media is to be blamed for painting this issue black.

The media is responsible for inciting hatred and creating racial tensions due to their tendency to exaggerate things. When the media reports facts, it's called negative publicity.

No wonder we never get any decent news through mainstream media. They are all filtered and carved to your pleasure for positive publicity.

"So if it can be resolved quickly and both sides understand each other, why (should) they be penalised?" asked Hishammuddin.

Although the protestors reportedly did not have a permit, the minister said "the protest was not big and they (organisers) were very respectful of the Selangor sultan".

"They even limited the number of people to only 10. In fact if they wanted to have a bigger protest they could have, but they were conscious (of the impact)."

The impact of any protest doesn't lie in the number of people involved but rather the nature and implementation of the protest itself.

If they were really conscious of the impact, this cow head protest wouldn't have happened.

The very reason this protest is fatal and damaging to our country is how it was done. Period.

"Even the Hindus are not passionate about the relocation of the temple to the area," he claimed.

On a personal note, Hishammuddin felt the protest "in this day and age should be accepted in this world, as the people want their voices to be heard".

The police, he added, will investigate the incident to identify who brought the cow's head to the protest, in addition to conducting their usual probe because "no one is above the law"

Investigate? Is that all they can do, given their capacity of power? The police acted swiftly and instantly whenever there were protests. Peaceful ones, mind you.

Where were the tear gas and batons we were all waiting to see in the cow head protest?

Hishamuddin, you are a disgrace. You are the reason why 1Malaysia will always remain a dream far too big for the dreamer.