Hassan the baboon is a blogger, or rather, he has a blog (Check it out yourself - Nose4news). In his blog he writes fictional news as a joke. So there is no truth in what he writes, all lies in fact, for comedy purpose. Pure made up news. As a joke. To make people laugh. He writes the news in his blog, in his pure fictional news blog, as a joke. For fun. To make people forget whatever problems that they may have for a while. So yeah, his news blog is one big joke blog. Not real news. Fictional. Fake news. Not real. Not the truth. All lies, just to make his readers happy.
I keep stressing what he writes is a joke, not the truth, because it is important. You see, some people have problems understanding that. His banner for the blog clearly states ‘The truth is out there (not in here)’. ‘True lies. Total horsecrap. Absolute fiction. So don’t sue me. Ain’t got no money anyways’. For some reason, some people do not understand that. They think the news he writes are all true.
The banner even has a picture of Pinocchio with the long nose, just to make it absolutely clear that the news in that blog are total lies. Still, many people think it’s true. They take it seriously. Even though the content of the news could not be more obvious that it is a joke, some people just don’t get it. Sigh, that’s okay I guess. If they don’t get it, they just won’t get it. What can we do, it’s not their fault that they are not blessed with any sense of humour. Poor people.
So not getting the joke is okay. However, what makes it not okay is accusing him of bad intent with his writing. Accusing him of malicious intent. “Writing/spreading inappropriate material with the intent to hurt”, that’s what he is being investigated for right now. Yup, he is officially being investigated under the section 233 of the Multimedia Act (I’m quoting Hassan Skodeng here, so if section 233 Multimedia Act doesn’t exist, blame him. He’s a big fat liar after all, so you can never be too sure). Just because a joke he made, which he clearly stated as a joke just to make people laugh and without any bad intention, some sensitive people made an official report against him. So now he is in trouble.
The fake news that got him into trouble is about TNB suing WWF on Earth Hour. He has deleted that sensitive piece of fake news (IT IS A JOKE!) from his blog. I wish I can show here that fake news, but the baboon in his blog made a request to other people not to post that fake news anywhere, and delete it if it is already posted. So to respect his request, I’m not going to tell more about the content of that fake news. Just go to his blog, read his other work and you can pretty much know the content of the said fake news. TNB, WWF, Earth Hour…..well surely you’ll get it.
As I understand it, although it is a JOKE, TNB failed to see the funny side of it. Even after this came out in The Star online dated March 28, where it clearly stated that it is a JOKE, and that the baboon apologized for “making his fake news appear too real”. Even after Hassan Skodeng repeatedly stated in his blog that it is just a joke by answering the angry comments from the people who thought the news was real or has bad intention. Even after all that, TNB still lodged a report against the poor baboon.
Well, what can I say?
I can say a lot actually. I am very disappointed with all this. I just cannot believe that this is happening.
I cannot believe how some people cannot see the joke in it.
I cannot believe how some people do not think it’s funny.
But like I said, that is fine. Some people just do not have any sense of humour. It’s not their fault I guess.
But, I really cannot believe how some people can still be angry after they were told that it is only a joke.
I really cannot believe how some people can accuse the writer of writing it with bad intention.
And…
I really, really, cannot believe TNB actually made a report against Hassan. I mean, what in the world are they thinking?
If TNB came out and say ‘Well we understand that it is just a joke. We support Earth Hour”, then TNB will come out from this with better and bigger reputation. It is a perfect opportunity for them to strengthen their image. Instead, they made a report against Hassan. Why? Because they thought what he wrote tarnished their image? Well I can say this, because they made that report, to the readers and fans of Nose4news, TNB is ‘not so bright’. In the end, they are tarnishing their own image. Good job! (Click here and read the comments for that posting, and you will realised I’m being extremely nice when I say ‘not so bright’).
I just cannot understand TNB’s point of view. Don’t tell me they don’t know what Hassan wrote about them in that piece of fake news is only a joke. Surely TNB is smart enough to understand this. As one of the biggest company in our country, they must have brilliant people running it. How can these people not see that there is no bad intent in what Hassan wrote? So to me that only leaves two possibilities.
One, someone in TNB has a personal grudge against primates. Maybe that someone is staying/stayed in Kuala Selangor and the notorious Kuala Selangor lotong always mess up that someone’s garbage, thrash that someone’s car and steal that someone’s yummy mangos. So when that someone realized Hassan Skodeng is actually a baboon, that someone smells blood. A baboon is not exactly a lotong but this is a great opportunity to get even. This is as close as it gets. And here we are..
Two, TNB thinks Malaysians are too stupid. That Malaysians actually believe TNB is suing WWF because of Earth Hour. Well like I said, some people did believe the story actually. When they read it the first time, they believed it because Hassan writes his fake news really well and he writes them just like how a real news is written. But then, Hassan stated in the comments column for that fake news that it is only a joke. That TNB is not suing WWF. Then, as I stated above, Star Online ran this story on their website, clearly stating that it is only a joke. (See the news, click here). Hassan even came out with 3 postings in his blog about this incident, again stating that it is only a JOKE. Unfortunately according to TNB, Malaysians are just too haplessly stupid, none of those can make them understand what is really going on, and here we are..
So, which one is it, possibility 1 or 2? Hmm, I just thought of another possibility, a third one. Maybe, just maybe, it is true that TNB is not happy with WWF's Earth Hour. That is why they were really riled up about what Hassan wrote. That make sense!
Or, maybe it is true what they said, TNB is 'not so bright'. Maybe understanding jokes is outside TNB’s capability. Loosening up is impossible for TNB. Maybe TNB really feels that the red ass baboon is really out to get them. And again, here we are... Scary isn't it, when we have people like this supplying electricity to the whole country.
So which one? I’ll let you decide for yourself.
The reason I’m very disappointed with all this is because Hassan is a good writer. He writes really well, he writes really funny and intelligent stuff. For some reason we do not realise that. We cannot appreciate his work. In fact we are shutting him down. Now I don’t know this baboon. All I know about him is his blog, Nose4News. He might be a devil outside his blog, he might be a real angel, I wouldn’t know. But what I do know, I like his writing, I like his blog, I like his work and he didn’t do anything wrong. He certainly should be allowed to continue writing.
We should encourage more people like Hassan, not stopping them. There are lots of bad things being said about Malaysian, about our intellectual level, the narrow mindedness. Sadly, this whole incident shows just that, the narrow mindedness, and it is hard to understand let alone to defend TNB in this.
Currently he is taking a ‘break’ from writing because of this case. He doesn’t say when he will be back. I’m guessing it depends on whether or not he manages to get out from this trouble. Bummer! I hope they won’t charge him with anything because I don’t think he did anything wrong and I love his work. When people talk about comedy gold, his work is pure comedy gold. So it will be a great pity if he is not allowed to continue writing for his blog.
To Hassan Skodeng, all the best. I hope you will get out from this unscratched. And I hope your sucking up to MCMC people will work so you can return soon, doing what you do best, making people laugh. Good luck..
To TNB, I'd like to echo a sentiment from one of the fans of Hassan Skodeng. 'If only I have alternative to TNB, I would surely boycott it. But since it's a monopoly, I guess they can do what they want and be what they want, no matter how ridiculous'.
Cheers! (Please don't sue me)
ps - Wanted to do this earlier but forgot, check out my favorite Hassan Skodeng work. It's hillarious. Sabah & Sarawak to be relocated
