abuzz
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
come UMNO's general assembly every year, people are abuzz with speculation of leaders / speakers on stage.. on their meaning, intonation, gestures, mind-set, innuendos, and the like.
regardless whether it's UMNO for the Malays, or MCA / Gerakan for the Chinese or MIC for the Indians, the fact remains the same... that it's the party for the race.
so does defending the rights, in uttering those words can also be seen as to ignite racial integrity in the race.. WRONG?
pro: FINE! keep talking about the same issue of rights the whole time but sitting on your butt all the same, and expecting things to work out your way. and dont forget the dramatical / theatrical effects while you're at it. after all, you have the stage and the chance to be aired on national televison.
con: FINE! so what if the other races are unhappy about what's being said or what actions has been taken?
so is it fine to instigate racial hatred?
the answer, in my mind is NO.
i've been toying with the idea since before 31.08.07 to write something about the soveriegnty of the country. of how our leaders of the pre and post-merdeka years build up the country by tackling the economy and social divide. and how i've always felt lucky since i was small (say 7 yrs old) that i am a malaysian (instead of other south-east asian countries). okay, so perhaps minus brunei.
but what has been done now?
why are we still not thinking along the lines of making malaysia for malaysians, instead of just standing and letting all opportunities of coming together in unity passes us by?
am i instigating something here?
No, am not.
i am just wishing that our leaders (for the time being) will have sense and decorum in instilling patriotism in the rakyat by making the rakyat realise that malaysia IS, for malaysians.
and also to take heed of statements regarding this, and not just throw the judiciary system away by letting it rot from within.
this, definitely... wont be achieved in an instant. so when's the mind-set gonna change?
not ever, i guess.
regardless whether it's UMNO for the Malays, or MCA / Gerakan for the Chinese or MIC for the Indians, the fact remains the same... that it's the party for the race.
so does defending the rights, in uttering those words can also be seen as to ignite racial integrity in the race.. WRONG?
pro: FINE! keep talking about the same issue of rights the whole time but sitting on your butt all the same, and expecting things to work out your way. and dont forget the dramatical / theatrical effects while you're at it. after all, you have the stage and the chance to be aired on national televison.
con: FINE! so what if the other races are unhappy about what's being said or what actions has been taken?
so is it fine to instigate racial hatred?
the answer, in my mind is NO.
i've been toying with the idea since before 31.08.07 to write something about the soveriegnty of the country. of how our leaders of the pre and post-merdeka years build up the country by tackling the economy and social divide. and how i've always felt lucky since i was small (say 7 yrs old) that i am a malaysian (instead of other south-east asian countries). okay, so perhaps minus brunei.
but what has been done now?
why are we still not thinking along the lines of making malaysia for malaysians, instead of just standing and letting all opportunities of coming together in unity passes us by?
am i instigating something here?
No, am not.
i am just wishing that our leaders (for the time being) will have sense and decorum in instilling patriotism in the rakyat by making the rakyat realise that malaysia IS, for malaysians.
and also to take heed of statements regarding this, and not just throw the judiciary system away by letting it rot from within.
this, definitely... wont be achieved in an instant. so when's the mind-set gonna change?
not ever, i guess.
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Labels: politics
posted by dee3 @ 15:18,
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setback... ye ke?
Monday, May 22, 2006
WHAT minor setback?
This entry is dedicated to my 20-cents worth of thought reflecting the recent Sarawak elections, in which 9 seats were lost to the opposition.
The news on both television and radio kept quoting the PM (or was it the Deputy PM?) to ‘investigate’ the causes and reasons why the 9 seats, in which primarily urban (Chinese) seats were lost.
In my humble opinion, the voters are smart.
The seats lost were mostly (if not all?) Chinese based.
Thus, the mentality of the voters would affect the winner.
The winner would have to work hard for the constituency and be kept on the edge of his seat to perform well (in order to be reelected the next polls).
There are no guarantees that any single party would win the seat contested, it’s never a sure win.
The last parliamentary elections, the ruling party won the Batu Lintang seat by 1000+ majority (that’s where I voted, by the way). Who would have thought they’d lose the State seat? And this is smart as well, right? They’re represented by the ruling party in the parliament, but they’re able to make a difference in the State DUN.
So it’s a swing, a pendulum.
And this is good. I mean, to a certain extent, it’s just one term. So I’m being liberal, but with a few seats, at the very least there’s some sort of check and balance system, right?
That is why I applaud the Backbenchers / shadow government in the UK. So ok, all I know about it is the impression I got from reading Jeffrey archer’s book when I was in my teens. Why? Cause the check and balance that can be achieved. The critiques will at least try to fix whatever it was they criticized in the first place (me being the optimist here).
That being said, to me, as a Sarawakian Malay, politics is dead.
The mechanism of Malay issues, of Malay fights are no longer there.
The spirit of it all. I don’t see it, neither do I feel it!
By stating all this, I am way over the line, way over my head. But what the heck, I’m feeling reckless tonight. The last I saw of ‘fight’ in the Sarawak political scene was when I was a kid in the 1987 elections which came about from the Ming-Court debacle.
I don’t belong in any political party.
I believe in voting.
It’s a hard-earned right which came with our Independence.
But politics? Seriously, to me it’s dead.
And why 20-cents worth of thought in this matter?
Heck, it’s definitely more than the usual 2-cents!
This entry is dedicated to my 20-cents worth of thought reflecting the recent Sarawak elections, in which 9 seats were lost to the opposition.
The news on both television and radio kept quoting the PM (or was it the Deputy PM?) to ‘investigate’ the causes and reasons why the 9 seats, in which primarily urban (Chinese) seats were lost.
In my humble opinion, the voters are smart.
The seats lost were mostly (if not all?) Chinese based.
Thus, the mentality of the voters would affect the winner.
The winner would have to work hard for the constituency and be kept on the edge of his seat to perform well (in order to be reelected the next polls).
There are no guarantees that any single party would win the seat contested, it’s never a sure win.
The last parliamentary elections, the ruling party won the Batu Lintang seat by 1000+ majority (that’s where I voted, by the way). Who would have thought they’d lose the State seat? And this is smart as well, right? They’re represented by the ruling party in the parliament, but they’re able to make a difference in the State DUN.
So it’s a swing, a pendulum.
And this is good. I mean, to a certain extent, it’s just one term. So I’m being liberal, but with a few seats, at the very least there’s some sort of check and balance system, right?
That is why I applaud the Backbenchers / shadow government in the UK. So ok, all I know about it is the impression I got from reading Jeffrey archer’s book when I was in my teens. Why? Cause the check and balance that can be achieved. The critiques will at least try to fix whatever it was they criticized in the first place (me being the optimist here).
That being said, to me, as a Sarawakian Malay, politics is dead.
The mechanism of Malay issues, of Malay fights are no longer there.
The spirit of it all. I don’t see it, neither do I feel it!
By stating all this, I am way over the line, way over my head. But what the heck, I’m feeling reckless tonight. The last I saw of ‘fight’ in the Sarawak political scene was when I was a kid in the 1987 elections which came about from the Ming-Court debacle.
I don’t belong in any political party.
I believe in voting.
It’s a hard-earned right which came with our Independence.
But politics? Seriously, to me it’s dead.
And why 20-cents worth of thought in this matter?
Heck, it’s definitely more than the usual 2-cents!
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Labels: politics
posted by dee3 @ 11:51,
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