This book caused a bit of an uproar among my colleagues a few months back when it first came out. A lawyer friend recommended this book to me, and it didn’t take me long to buy and read it.
It retailed at RM 38.00 at the Popular Bookstore, but is worth much more for various reasons. I wanted to jot down some thoughts chapter by chapter, since I thought this was worth doing, but I think it would be better if people bought the book and read it, then come up with their own judgements about his arguments.
Firstly, a note on copyright: should the publisher wish that I remove the picture, I will do so.
Secondly, I think I can only make general comments on the substance of the book, rather than examine some of the arguments closely since that would be contrary to the ’spirit’ of the book; it’s not an academic treatise, and I don’t think it pretends to be one. [more..]
