Heralding a New Age
For non-Catholics out there, The Herald is a religious weekly publication meant for internal distribution (of course) at parishes in Malaysia. The content is predominantly about the Roman Catholic faith and revolves around news from around (usually matters regarding The Pope) the world and happenings in the Malaysian dioceses. Each issue made up of sections in English, Chinese, Tamil and Bahasa Indonesia (gotta love the terms "uskup agung" and "roh kudus"). If anyone noticed, The Herald was in the news recently. The permit was expiring and the publishers brought up the issue of using a certain "word" in print. Initially, the relevant ministry allowed it and subsequently, our political leader was praised as being liberal and wise in a newspaper editorial. However, just a few days after that, the order was rescinded as the "word" was said to be "proprietary" for some and might cause "confusion" mong the populace.So, should the previous praise be taken back? Well, I didn't see any editorial on that.
Comments
Could I copyright the word God as well? Maybe I could sell T-xhirts then.
Malay Bible? That in itself is frowned upon.
@Alex:
Separation of "Church" and "State" is quite impossible here and difficult enough, elsewhere (with the exception of communist countries, :P).
@AhB:
Who is right. Who is wrong.
@Savante:
I think you'll make more money with Lingam T-shirts. :P