Human Writes: Can we, the rakyat, step up and match the government’s surprising policy changes?

Lately, I’ve been feeling the pace of change. It’s as if the slow local train we were on – the one that barely seemed to progress and stuttered at every stop – has turned into a high-speed intercity bullet train. You’d expect a rapid change of pace with technology, but surely not government policy? But here I am, reading the news, and then re-reading the news again, incredulous, to check I’ve got it right. The demise of the death penalty? Decriminalisation of drugs? A sugar tax? These are issues that so many people – including me – have been ranting about for years.

Gosh, at this rate, I’ll have to find new causes to beat the drum for....