i love this country as much as all of you do. when i wrote this piece i was really fed up and broken up with all the bullying and lack of compassion and magnanimity shown by the majority and/or the people in power. i see what i see and i hear what i hear and i understand what i understand.
i just wrote what i felt and it was brutally honest. i did not set out to mask my words in finer language or well thought out sentences. i realized that what i wrote was ugly but it was the truth. the truth has a nasty habit of making one feel uneasy because it brooks no nonsense. it is, a hard task master.
maybe some of you feel that the message could have been refined. but at what cost? it is what it is and i’m telling it like it is. the thing about Germany in the day’s of Hitler shenanigans was the notion of the “good German”… where there any? we know now there were. but at the point in time and/or immediately after the 2nd world war, the idea of a good German was thought to be illusory, i.e. if they were good why did they allow the atrocities to happen.
evil festers when good men do nothing.
as a parallel, as a Malaysian and a Muslim, i had implored and if i have to i’d go down on my knees and beg each and every Malaysian Muslim, to write about the protection of minorities, be it of ethnicity or creed and it’s importance to the diversity and dynamism of this country we all call Malaysia.
i feel powerless most of the time but i feel the strongest when i tap on my keyboard and with each keystroke, i feel like i reclaim my humanity and separate myself and my being from those who would do harm to others. i know i am different and i intend to show people that i am not bound by the constant drumming and programming of communal politics that have dulled this county’s economic and social competitiveness.
i want to excel and i do not see why Malaysian Muslims have to cower in fear of these acts of belligerence and intolerance just because they live in a society primarily fueled by prejudices and presumptions.
i am a Muslim, and religiously that makes me PART OF THE MAJORITY. knowing what my faith expects of me emboldens me to understand that we have to protect the rights of minorities. what is faith if it merely exists in a vacuum, devoid of diversity and differences. it is diversity and difference that celebrate God’s divinity… but who are we to dictate what is and what shall not come to pass, unless we have no qualms in usurping His divinity.
I am also a Malaysian, born of a Chinese mother and an Indian father, and that makes me PART OF THE MINORITY, but would it amaze you to know that i also apparently have the benefit of the bumiputera status? it is an albatross around my neck and i curse the day such a privilege was granted not on needs but on racial motivation. there may have been a time in our nation dark past that such an equalizer was needed for this young nation.
but this nation is now 52 years old and with the benefit of experience and contemplation of greater nations in our midst, we appear to choose not to rise above our own petty presumptions and narrow mindedness.
we are all rich and poor. we are all dark skinned and fair skinned. we are all different and the same. we are all brave and we are all weak. we are all of these things and we are Malaysians. whether we are of one ethnicity or another we are all bound by similar and core values that we seek from our faith and our brethren whoever they may be.
maybe the intolerance and bigotry happening with such frequency these days, show our tendency to be weak willed and cowardly. I know of no such person who is strong of heart and will, who would commit such acts of vile hatred and cowardice. it is through the literature of ages that such acts have been strongly condemned as being the acts of the weak.
so why does this BN government allow for such acts by the the majority to go unpunished or unchecked? is the BN government weak willed or cowardly? i stand embarrassed that such apathy exists.
Can it be so difficult to do the right thing? I just don't understand why Najib is trying to fool the Malaysians with his idiotic slogan without doing the right thing.
UMNO knows that their days are numbered and they are prepared to do anything to achieve their means. They have lost directions after Tunku Abdul Rahman was forced to step down as the PM.
We are so proud of to be liberated from the British rule but sad that we now being colonized by our own fellow Malaysians. After 53 years of Merdeka we still bicker over race and religion. Our Leaders always trumpet, singing to the whole world how we Malaysian of different race and religion can co-exit as one and claimed to be a role model. Shame on us.
Every stooge in UMNO including his deputy are surely anti 1Malaysia if my interpretation is right.
I think more than enough has been said, or rather cursed at, of the government’s mentality and the amount of bullshit that flows from their filthy mouths and small gray matters.They are beyond redemption, and even their god cannot help them.
The problem why we have these problems plaguing us is because we have taken things for granted. We allowed BN too much power. Lop sided and no Check & Balance! It’s about time ALL RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN to “VOTE FOR CHANGE”!!! The people deserved the best not second best. Our Nation is going down because of Nepotism, Corruption, Lies, Murderers, Racist, Rapist and etc…. The list will go on. Put A Stop To the Rot! Spread the News. We have been Screwed by BN, We have be “RAPED” by BN, We have been CONNED by BN, We have been Robbed by BN,and the list goes on…… Stop Racial discrimination! Stop Police Brutality, Stop Killing!!! Spread LOVE, CARING and Be One and Only True Malaysian.
Saya Anak Malaysia who is Colour Blind.
via email
i just wrote what i felt and it was brutally honest. i did not set out to mask my words in finer language or well thought out sentences. i realized that what i wrote was ugly but it was the truth. the truth has a nasty habit of making one feel uneasy because it brooks no nonsense. it is, a hard task master.
maybe some of you feel that the message could have been refined. but at what cost? it is what it is and i’m telling it like it is. the thing about Germany in the day’s of Hitler shenanigans was the notion of the “good German”… where there any? we know now there were. but at the point in time and/or immediately after the 2nd world war, the idea of a good German was thought to be illusory, i.e. if they were good why did they allow the atrocities to happen.
evil festers when good men do nothing.
as a parallel, as a Malaysian and a Muslim, i had implored and if i have to i’d go down on my knees and beg each and every Malaysian Muslim, to write about the protection of minorities, be it of ethnicity or creed and it’s importance to the diversity and dynamism of this country we all call Malaysia.
i feel powerless most of the time but i feel the strongest when i tap on my keyboard and with each keystroke, i feel like i reclaim my humanity and separate myself and my being from those who would do harm to others. i know i am different and i intend to show people that i am not bound by the constant drumming and programming of communal politics that have dulled this county’s economic and social competitiveness.
i want to excel and i do not see why Malaysian Muslims have to cower in fear of these acts of belligerence and intolerance just because they live in a society primarily fueled by prejudices and presumptions.
i am a Muslim, and religiously that makes me PART OF THE MAJORITY. knowing what my faith expects of me emboldens me to understand that we have to protect the rights of minorities. what is faith if it merely exists in a vacuum, devoid of diversity and differences. it is diversity and difference that celebrate God’s divinity… but who are we to dictate what is and what shall not come to pass, unless we have no qualms in usurping His divinity.
I am also a Malaysian, born of a Chinese mother and an Indian father, and that makes me PART OF THE MINORITY, but would it amaze you to know that i also apparently have the benefit of the bumiputera status? it is an albatross around my neck and i curse the day such a privilege was granted not on needs but on racial motivation. there may have been a time in our nation dark past that such an equalizer was needed for this young nation.
but this nation is now 52 years old and with the benefit of experience and contemplation of greater nations in our midst, we appear to choose not to rise above our own petty presumptions and narrow mindedness.
we are all rich and poor. we are all dark skinned and fair skinned. we are all different and the same. we are all brave and we are all weak. we are all of these things and we are Malaysians. whether we are of one ethnicity or another we are all bound by similar and core values that we seek from our faith and our brethren whoever they may be.
maybe the intolerance and bigotry happening with such frequency these days, show our tendency to be weak willed and cowardly. I know of no such person who is strong of heart and will, who would commit such acts of vile hatred and cowardice. it is through the literature of ages that such acts have been strongly condemned as being the acts of the weak.
so why does this BN government allow for such acts by the the majority to go unpunished or unchecked? is the BN government weak willed or cowardly? i stand embarrassed that such apathy exists.
Can it be so difficult to do the right thing? I just don't understand why Najib is trying to fool the Malaysians with his idiotic slogan without doing the right thing.
UMNO knows that their days are numbered and they are prepared to do anything to achieve their means. They have lost directions after Tunku Abdul Rahman was forced to step down as the PM.
We are so proud of to be liberated from the British rule but sad that we now being colonized by our own fellow Malaysians. After 53 years of Merdeka we still bicker over race and religion. Our Leaders always trumpet, singing to the whole world how we Malaysian of different race and religion can co-exit as one and claimed to be a role model. Shame on us.
Every stooge in UMNO including his deputy are surely anti 1Malaysia if my interpretation is right.
I think more than enough has been said, or rather cursed at, of the government’s mentality and the amount of bullshit that flows from their filthy mouths and small gray matters.They are beyond redemption, and even their god cannot help them.
The problem why we have these problems plaguing us is because we have taken things for granted. We allowed BN too much power. Lop sided and no Check & Balance! It’s about time ALL RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN to “VOTE FOR CHANGE”!!! The people deserved the best not second best. Our Nation is going down because of Nepotism, Corruption, Lies, Murderers, Racist, Rapist and etc…. The list will go on. Put A Stop To the Rot! Spread the News. We have been Screwed by BN, We have be “RAPED” by BN, We have been CONNED by BN, We have been Robbed by BN,and the list goes on…… Stop Racial discrimination! Stop Police Brutality, Stop Killing!!! Spread LOVE, CARING and Be One and Only True Malaysian.
Saya Anak Malaysia who is Colour Blind.
via email
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