The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi gave an excellent Christmas message when he called on Malaysians to move forward and put the country’s interest before any “narrowly-defined demands” as “over the past few months, narrow-mindedness and intolerance propounded by a small group has served to test our faith in each other”.
Ask the over two million Christians in Malaysia celebrating Christmas today whether they agree with the Prime Minister’s sentiments and I have no doubt that there will be a thumping unanimous “Yes”.
Ask them to cite a recent example of “narrow-mindedness and intolerance propounded by a small group” which had undermined the national interest with their “narrowly-defined demands”, I also have no doubt of a thumping unanimity of response by the Christians in the country – the narrow-minded decision by the Deputy Internal Security Minister,. Datuk Johari Baharum to disallow the renewal of the Bahasa section of the HERALD, the Catholic weekly and to ban the use of the word “Allah” by non-Muslim Malaysians and non-Muslim faiths.
Abdullah’s Christmas message this year has served to illustrate in a most vivid fashion the losing battle for the soul of the Prime Minister to convince him to walk the talk to project Malaysia as a world model for inter-faith understanding, goodwill and harmony.
It is clear that the writer of the Prime Minister’s Christmas message does not belong to the the Putrajajya fourth-storey “movers and shakers” of the Abdullah administration who exercise real power and are not just wordsmiths but people responsible for a series of “narrowly-defined demands” undermining the national interest in the past four years.
Is Abdullah prepared to strike down the most recent blatant example of “narrow-mindedness and intolerance propounded by a small group”, regardless of whether they are hiding in the bureaucracy or outside?
MCA President, Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting, MIC President, Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu and former Gerakan President, Datuk Seri Lim Keng Yaik have issued very sweet-sounding Christmas messages. Will they support Abdullah in striking down “narrowly-defined demands” undermining the national interest emanating from within the government machinery, beginning with Johari’s unconstitutional edict?
#1 by ktteokt on Monday, 31 December 2007 - 9:42 pm
Cls, I disagree with your reasoning, just open your eyes and see what NEP has done!!!! We have bred a whole group of GFNs (good for nothings) who just know how to suck from milk bottles! Can we expect WAWASAN 2020 to be achieved in this way????
#2 by csl on Tuesday, 1 January 2008 - 2:03 pm
Actually I expected a ‘deeper’ counter but still cannot find. Most people can see are the things just around themselves. Very rare can find someone that can see from the picture of a whole country. To make a very simple ‘surface-type of’ example, if you see your brother fall into the sea and he cannot swim, what will you do? Continue your journey back home and let your brother swim home alone? Because of that, he will become stronger?
You may think house price not fair. This not fair and that not fair. But if we don’t sacrifice for our Malaysian, who will? And if there are no NEP….Oppss, this one, you should go and ask those non bumi businessmen. They can tell you which race is their biggest customer.
I started to ignore and forget the skin colour thing since few years back. This is not lying to myself. But I started my own 1st step. I hope the 26 millions of Malaysian will do the same. Since when anger/frus can solve problems?
And for the GFN deal, really, even though they were GFN, but had let thousands of families have food to continue their life and no need to come out and rob/steal. Of cause, when someone cross the river, his leg must wet. But this corruption/abuse thing has nothing to do with the NEP. And those who involved, are include bumi and non bumi. Please go figure out and tell the truth.
Life is life. You cannot just selectively push away or deny certain things and only accept whatever you like. Please study what’s the value within. How much you can get will depends on your own talent. I have no intention to argue. I just want to open your mind.
For the younger generation, please wake up. There will be nothing in this world like tomorrow will fly from poor become rich, except you go cheat, rob, steal or etc. Not everyday sunday and can ask parents for money to go shopping. For the older generation, I’m not senior enough to advise you. But please use your own good heart to think.
#3 by csl on Tuesday, 1 January 2008 - 2:09 pm
Before NEP intorduced, there are 2 classes or maybe 3 classes of citizen. Who is the richest/elite? Need to ask senior citizen. The rest of the story, will end up with only 1 answer. In stead of envy people, better spend more effort to make people envy. I had been through all these process. And I’m luckily that I’m intelligent enough to find out before 30.
#4 by Loh on Tuesday, 1 January 2008 - 3:20 pm
///But if we don’t sacrifice for our Malaysian, who will? ///–CSL
Nobody ask you to sacrifice for others. Just don’t take advantage.
#5 by csl on Wednesday, 2 January 2008 - 4:42 pm
Loh, we all are on the same boat, regardless what race. The country up or down, will depends on us and will direct/indirectly effect us.
#6 by Loh on Thursday, 3 January 2008 - 11:27 am
csl
You talk sense here. But the boat captained by BN will only send us to hell.
I was intriqued by your earlier comment regarding the housing developer getting fatter if Malays pay the same price as non-Malays. If the discount was not there, then both Malays and non-Malays would pay the same price, and that would be lower than what non-Malays pay without the discount.
Yes, we are in the same boat, so riots will not be good for the country. But the powers-that-be insisted that without NEP, there would be riots. And NEP was created because of the jealousy of Malays against non-Malays. NEP would then appease Malays because they beome less jealous, but the idea of people having the birth rights of jealousy is taken as a virtue to be promoted. The government policies of NEP project a bad light against the Malays, as though they would not work hard for themselves. They have to depend on charity to survive, and if they are not given the soft life, they would cause riots. This is how the UMNO governemnt tells the world about Malays’ character, and I know it is not true. But since Malays are too polite to correct their leaders, they continue to lie about it, just to get votes to remain in power.