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	<title>Comments on: Songkok made compulsory &#8211; latest in series of insensitivities usurping &#8220;middle ground&#8221;</title>
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		<title>By: AllaQood</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/01/11/894/comment-page-2/#comment-69935</link>
		<dc:creator>AllaQood</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kanasaikia, for God&#039;s sake, don&#039;t use this kind of English to express yourself. I have great difficulty in reading your comments. I wonder if your type of English is originated from EC? Don&#039;t kill the English language in this way. I am a senior citizen who enjoys reading bloggers&#039; comments in YB Lim&#039;s Blog but write proper English, please. My children are reading all the comments posted here and I don&#039;t want to pick up your BAB English.

Once again, DON&quot;T POLUTE or CORRUPT the ENGLISH LANGUAGE .... Don&#039;t bring disgrace to EC.....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kanasaikia, for God&#8217;s sake, don&#8217;t use this kind of English to express yourself. I have great difficulty in reading your comments. I wonder if your type of English is originated from EC? Don&#8217;t kill the English language in this way. I am a senior citizen who enjoys reading bloggers&#8217; comments in YB Lim&#8217;s Blog but write proper English, please. My children are reading all the comments posted here and I don&#8217;t want to pick up your BAB English.</p>
<p>Once again, DON&#8221;T POLUTE or CORRUPT the ENGLISH LANGUAGE &#8230;. Don&#8217;t bring disgrace to EC&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: Lim Kit Siang &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Songkok as compulsory uniform for prefects - JB English College backs down</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lim Kit Siang &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Songkok as compulsory uniform for prefects - JB English College backs down</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Songkok made compulsory â€“ latest in series of insensitivities usurping â€œmiddle groundâ€  (11.1.08) â€“ 87 [...]</description>
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		<title>By: hotsync</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/01/11/894/comment-page-2/#comment-69621</link>
		<dc:creator>hotsync</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Somebody somewhere will/is making big BUCK$$! Selling songkok to school....another item to buy in school to be included as package prefect.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Somebody somewhere will/is making big BUCK$$! Selling songkok to school&#8230;.another item to buy in school to be included as package prefect.</p>
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		<title>By: dranony</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/01/11/894/comment-page-2/#comment-69581</link>
		<dc:creator>dranony</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>csl says: &quot;If my son studying there and chosen to be a prefect, Iâ€™ll ask him to wear the songkok if needed.&quot;

csl, what if your daughter is asked to wear the tudung if she wants to be a prefect? will you also go along?

csl , what if the school requires him to raise his hands in &quot;doa&quot; as muslims do, when the doa is being conducted? will you also ask him to go along?
btw, has kanasaikia enquired whether he has confirmed the incident during Ko-Ko day 2007 in EC?
please DO report here of your enquiries, kanasaikia. thanks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>csl says: &#8220;If my son studying there and chosen to be a prefect, Iâ€™ll ask him to wear the songkok if needed.&#8221;</p>
<p>csl, what if your daughter is asked to wear the tudung if she wants to be a prefect? will you also go along?</p>
<p>csl , what if the school requires him to raise his hands in &#8220;doa&#8221; as muslims do, when the doa is being conducted? will you also ask him to go along?<br />
btw, has kanasaikia enquired whether he has confirmed the incident during Ko-Ko day 2007 in EC?<br />
please DO report here of your enquiries, kanasaikia. thanks.</p>
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		<title>By: csl</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/01/11/894/comment-page-2/#comment-69578</link>
		<dc:creator>csl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If my son studying there and chosen to be a prefect, I&#039;ll ask him to wear the songkok if needed. It is better to learn how to play with the rules in stead of against the rules when you are not powerful enough to create the rules. If don&#039;t understand, please find a CEO level person to ask or buy some strategy book to read.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If my son studying there and chosen to be a prefect, I&#8217;ll ask him to wear the songkok if needed. It is better to learn how to play with the rules in stead of against the rules when you are not powerful enough to create the rules. If don&#8217;t understand, please find a CEO level person to ask or buy some strategy book to read.</p>
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		<title>By: csl</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/01/11/894/comment-page-2/#comment-69576</link>
		<dc:creator>csl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>quote Loh :Quite an interesting thought! How does it come about?

I think you can print out these commends and consult a psychologist. So you will know without any doubt. I can&#039;t tell you anything, as I already know what is the outcome. I forgot also to mention, some are more LKS than LKS. I can&#039;t tell them how they should think or do things. I can only choose to participate or quit. Let the natural rules to complete the karma. If you don&#039;t wanna pull back your words after certain time, better do research 1st before anything. Just like those who complaining about Pak Lah for bringing the country backward by encouraging for plantation and related research at the beginning. Now they should slap their mouth when they see what had bring our currency up while most Asia countries currency dropped recently. (please try to understand the point in stead of arguing on the word).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>quote Loh :Quite an interesting thought! How does it come about?</p>
<p>I think you can print out these commends and consult a psychologist. So you will know without any doubt. I can&#8217;t tell you anything, as I already know what is the outcome. I forgot also to mention, some are more LKS than LKS. I can&#8217;t tell them how they should think or do things. I can only choose to participate or quit. Let the natural rules to complete the karma. If you don&#8217;t wanna pull back your words after certain time, better do research 1st before anything. Just like those who complaining about Pak Lah for bringing the country backward by encouraging for plantation and related research at the beginning. Now they should slap their mouth when they see what had bring our currency up while most Asia countries currency dropped recently. (please try to understand the point in stead of arguing on the word).</p>
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		<title>By: Kanasaikia</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/01/11/894/comment-page-2/#comment-69464</link>
		<dc:creator>Kanasaikia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey senior daniel! I would like to correct 1 thing that you had mention, is that I didn&#039;t mention this thing is around for over 30 years which will put this thing to your era but i said nearly 30 years which mean this thing started to exist around the late 70&#039;s or early 80&#039;s. If you wana clarrify this matter you can come back to EC &amp; visit the school&#039;s museum. There got photos that can prove it. 

Btw, i&#039;m glad to meet some EC people here ^^</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey senior daniel! I would like to correct 1 thing that you had mention, is that I didn&#8217;t mention this thing is around for over 30 years which will put this thing to your era but i said nearly 30 years which mean this thing started to exist around the late 70&#8242;s or early 80&#8242;s. If you wana clarrify this matter you can come back to EC &amp; visit the school&#8217;s museum. There got photos that can prove it. </p>
<p>Btw, i&#8217;m glad to meet some EC people here ^^</p>
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		<title>By: taikohtai</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/01/11/894/comment-page-2/#comment-69446</link>
		<dc:creator>taikohtai</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Since the gomen is so keen to start &#039;Malay-ing&#039; the country, perhaps all Malaysians should all start wearing not only the songkok but also sarong, tudung, purdah, baju kembaya etc to work, jalan jalan etc.
Try it instead of the western suits - the traditional dress do have practical values in this hot weather of Malaysia!
Imagine LKS and all DAP MPs start wearing sarongs and songkoks plus batik attire etc in Parliament to highlight the Bangsa Malaysia culture!!
Bet once the gomen realises that if some of their policies are adopted lock, stock and barrel, it can become a national joke, hopefully they can be a bit more considerate.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since the gomen is so keen to start &#8216;Malay-ing&#8217; the country, perhaps all Malaysians should all start wearing not only the songkok but also sarong, tudung, purdah, baju kembaya etc to work, jalan jalan etc.<br />
Try it instead of the western suits &#8211; the traditional dress do have practical values in this hot weather of Malaysia!<br />
Imagine LKS and all DAP MPs start wearing sarongs and songkoks plus batik attire etc in Parliament to highlight the Bangsa Malaysia culture!!<br />
Bet once the gomen realises that if some of their policies are adopted lock, stock and barrel, it can become a national joke, hopefully they can be a bit more considerate.</p>
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		<title>By: daniel</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/01/11/894/comment-page-2/#comment-69440</link>
		<dc:creator>daniel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was a prefect in EC during the mid-seventies. The songkok was NOT part of the prefects&#039; uniform. So what or whose tradition were we talking about?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was a prefect in EC during the mid-seventies. The songkok was NOT part of the prefects&#8217; uniform. So what or whose tradition were we talking about?</p>
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		<title>By: shortie kiasu</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/01/11/894/comment-page-2/#comment-69434</link>
		<dc:creator>shortie kiasu</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Teaching professions in Malaysia: teachers, headmasters, principals... are not infiltrated by the religious lunatics. Whether the schools or colleges is co-ed or not, it is immaterial to these lunatics and fanatics. They are one tracked mind and they see only tunnel-vision.

So the pupils &amp; students churned out by these lunatics and fanatics cannot not be better off; can only be worse off.

In time to come, the Malaysian society will be flooded with such characters. One can guess the type of future in the country without much difficulties.

We need a strong opposition or an alternative government to bring &quot;Change&quot; - the key words now being thrown around in the current Primaries of the American Presidential election!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Teaching professions in Malaysia: teachers, headmasters, principals&#8230; are not infiltrated by the religious lunatics. Whether the schools or colleges is co-ed or not, it is immaterial to these lunatics and fanatics. They are one tracked mind and they see only tunnel-vision.</p>
<p>So the pupils &amp; students churned out by these lunatics and fanatics cannot not be better off; can only be worse off.</p>
<p>In time to come, the Malaysian society will be flooded with such characters. One can guess the type of future in the country without much difficulties.</p>
<p>We need a strong opposition or an alternative government to bring &#8220;Change&#8221; &#8211; the key words now being thrown around in the current Primaries of the American Presidential election!</p>
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		<title>By: DarkHorse</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/01/11/894/comment-page-2/#comment-69360</link>
		<dc:creator>DarkHorse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes Sir. I&#039;m now looking at myself like you suggest. But what am I supposed to look for, Sir?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes Sir. I&#8217;m now looking at myself like you suggest. But what am I supposed to look for, Sir?</p>
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		<title>By: limkamput</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/01/11/894/comment-page-2/#comment-69332</link>
		<dc:creator>limkamput</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Many Malays would want the â€˜Malaynessâ€™ to be confined to them. It is what differentiates them from the rest. Can you imagine the Jews asking non-Jews to put on the kippa? darkhorse

How do you know this? On whose behalf are you talking about? If other people say the same thing, you would probably say it is an opinion and not a fact.  But please look at yourself.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many Malays would want the â€˜Malaynessâ€™ to be confined to them. It is what differentiates them from the rest. Can you imagine the Jews asking non-Jews to put on the kippa? darkhorse</p>
<p>How do you know this? On whose behalf are you talking about? If other people say the same thing, you would probably say it is an opinion and not a fact.  But please look at yourself.</p>
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		<title>By: Kanasaikia</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/01/11/894/comment-page-2/#comment-69326</link>
		<dc:creator>Kanasaikia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>yeah! i agree wif u smeagroo! i will seek clarification by dis monday. I wana c wad is goin on laz year.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>yeah! i agree wif u smeagroo! i will seek clarification by dis monday. I wana c wad is goin on laz year.</p>
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		<title>By: smeagroo</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/01/11/894/comment-page-2/#comment-69325</link>
		<dc:creator>smeagroo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And if what some u guys said is true ie performing doa and non-muslims are forced to do if not they will be punished, i hope these studetns are MAN enough with balls between their legs to lodge a POLICE REPORT!

EVeryone can talk based on hearsay and until and unless these students who have suffered silently can come out in the open (if they are 30 of them, it is good enough) to bring these Little Napoleans down to their knees.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And if what some u guys said is true ie performing doa and non-muslims are forced to do if not they will be punished, i hope these studetns are MAN enough with balls between their legs to lodge a POLICE REPORT!</p>
<p>EVeryone can talk based on hearsay and until and unless these students who have suffered silently can come out in the open (if they are 30 of them, it is good enough) to bring these Little Napoleans down to their knees.</p>
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		<title>By: Kanasaikia</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/01/11/894/comment-page-2/#comment-69322</link>
		<dc:creator>Kanasaikia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well! Y i say iâ€™m vetaran becoz i study in dis school for nearly 7 years eventhought iâ€™m not a prefect be4 det but I noe well in dis abt songkok stuff ( i hv a lot of fren wic is prefect) n becoz dis this songkok thing started 2 vanish in my form 4 years ( wic is wen det prefect get himself in 2 de prefectorial board. Det time he is form 2) det is y he didnâ€™t noe abt de songkok matter. If u dun believe dis songkok thing reli existed be4 he came, u can ask ppl of my batch or be4. I swear dey will tell u de same answer as i said. Since iâ€™m in dis sch for so long, is it consider misleading? Or u wan me to get u some old time pic or bring u in2 our museum to look thru de album den only u believe?

As for the songkok thing, i have already explain in my blog, u can go n hv a read abt it &amp; if u wana noe wad a person iâ€™m, plz go thru my blog posts. Iâ€™m not those who will side anyone ezily.

For de co-co day matter, i donâ€™t know about it coz I didnâ€™t participate in it. Btw, i muz thx u 4 telling me det such things existed n i will like to noe more on de incident.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well! Y i say iâ€™m vetaran becoz i study in dis school for nearly 7 years eventhought iâ€™m not a prefect be4 det but I noe well in dis abt songkok stuff ( i hv a lot of fren wic is prefect) n becoz dis this songkok thing started 2 vanish in my form 4 years ( wic is wen det prefect get himself in 2 de prefectorial board. Det time he is form 2) det is y he didnâ€™t noe abt de songkok matter. If u dun believe dis songkok thing reli existed be4 he came, u can ask ppl of my batch or be4. I swear dey will tell u de same answer as i said. Since iâ€™m in dis sch for so long, is it consider misleading? Or u wan me to get u some old time pic or bring u in2 our museum to look thru de album den only u believe?</p>
<p>As for the songkok thing, i have already explain in my blog, u can go n hv a read abt it &amp; if u wana noe wad a person iâ€™m, plz go thru my blog posts. Iâ€™m not those who will side anyone ezily.</p>
<p>For de co-co day matter, i donâ€™t know about it coz I didnâ€™t participate in it. Btw, i muz thx u 4 telling me det such things existed n i will like to noe more on de incident.</p>
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		<title>By: dranony</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/01/11/894/comment-page-2/#comment-69319</link>
		<dc:creator>dranony</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>kanasaikia,
i have reliable information that you have only been a Prefect at EC for only SIX(6) months!
That _hardly_ qualifies yourself to be a â€œveteranâ€ (btw it is not â€œvetaranâ€) of the Prefectorial Board.
It is plainly evident from the initial post by EC Parent that his son has been a prefect much longer than you have, and this issue had NEVER been raised in ALL the entire time that the son had been a prefect.
So PLEASE Do NOT mislead everyone here into thinking that wearing of the songkok had been ongoing for the past thirty years.

If you wish to wear the songkok, whether by choice, or out of fear of reprimand or intimidation by school authorities, it is entirely up to you.
But we should not FORCE anyone to wear the songkok if they choose not to.

A student from that same school, tells me of yet another serious incident, which occured some time ago:
During the schoolâ€™s Co-Curriculum Day in 2007, a Doa session was held at the start of the events. ALL students were required to raise their hands in prayer as Muslims do, whether they were Muslim or not!
Those who felt uneasy to comply as they were not Muslims, were punished by the teacher! I wonder, were you one of those who DID comply?
I have been told that about thirty non-Muslim students (chinese and indian) were eventually punished. Why donâ€™t you ask those who were punished and report here whether this is true?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>kanasaikia,<br />
i have reliable information that you have only been a Prefect at EC for only SIX(6) months!<br />
That _hardly_ qualifies yourself to be a â€œveteranâ€ (btw it is not â€œvetaranâ€) of the Prefectorial Board.<br />
It is plainly evident from the initial post by EC Parent that his son has been a prefect much longer than you have, and this issue had NEVER been raised in ALL the entire time that the son had been a prefect.<br />
So PLEASE Do NOT mislead everyone here into thinking that wearing of the songkok had been ongoing for the past thirty years.</p>
<p>If you wish to wear the songkok, whether by choice, or out of fear of reprimand or intimidation by school authorities, it is entirely up to you.<br />
But we should not FORCE anyone to wear the songkok if they choose not to.</p>
<p>A student from that same school, tells me of yet another serious incident, which occured some time ago:<br />
During the schoolâ€™s Co-Curriculum Day in 2007, a Doa session was held at the start of the events. ALL students were required to raise their hands in prayer as Muslims do, whether they were Muslim or not!<br />
Those who felt uneasy to comply as they were not Muslims, were punished by the teacher! I wonder, were you one of those who DID comply?<br />
I have been told that about thirty non-Muslim students (chinese and indian) were eventually punished. Why donâ€™t you ask those who were punished and report here whether this is true?</p>
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		<title>By: whc</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/01/11/894/comment-page-2/#comment-69308</link>
		<dc:creator>whc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>this people thought to be malaysian is to be melayu or muslim.terible,just can&#039;t differentiate that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>this people thought to be malaysian is to be melayu or muslim.terible,just can&#8217;t differentiate that.</p>
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		<title>By: Loh</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/01/11/894/comment-page-2/#comment-69302</link>
		<dc:creator>Loh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>///Finally, just ask yourselves, after so long of firing, what the cause of making you so angry and dislike the songkok? But I can tell you, your sub conscious is full of hate, discriminate, envy and other negative thinking.///-- csl

Quite an interesting thought! How does it come about?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>///Finally, just ask yourselves, after so long of firing, what the cause of making you so angry and dislike the songkok? But I can tell you, your sub conscious is full of hate, discriminate, envy and other negative thinking.///&#8211; csl</p>
<p>Quite an interesting thought! How does it come about?</p>
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		<title>By: DarkHorse</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/01/11/894/comment-page-2/#comment-69299</link>
		<dc:creator>DarkHorse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;What we accept (whether Western or Japanese dressing) is not the issue : what we are forced to accept (songkok), that we have not accepted as yet on our own volition, and why we should be so forced to acept something that we have not accepted yet, is the issue.&quot; Jeffrey

Chinese reaction to the wearing of the Malay headgear so far has glossed over the fact that the Malays are not forcing them to put on the Malay headgear (which is what &#039;songkok&#039; is all about and not a religious symbol) but some over zealous and misguided government officials who seem to have acted on their own initiative.

Many Malays would want the &#039;Malayness&#039; to be confined to them. It is what differentiates them from the rest. Can you imagine the Jews asking non-Jews to put on the kippa?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;What we accept (whether Western or Japanese dressing) is not the issue : what we are forced to accept (songkok), that we have not accepted as yet on our own volition, and why we should be so forced to acept something that we have not accepted yet, is the issue.&#8221; Jeffrey</p>
<p>Chinese reaction to the wearing of the Malay headgear so far has glossed over the fact that the Malays are not forcing them to put on the Malay headgear (which is what &#8216;songkok&#8217; is all about and not a religious symbol) but some over zealous and misguided government officials who seem to have acted on their own initiative.</p>
<p>Many Malays would want the &#8216;Malayness&#8217; to be confined to them. It is what differentiates them from the rest. Can you imagine the Jews asking non-Jews to put on the kippa?</p>
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		<title>By: DarkHorse</title>
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		<dc:creator>DarkHorse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Should the Taiwanese  be seen as having stolen the cheongsam from the Chinese?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Should the Taiwanese  be seen as having stolen the cheongsam from the Chinese?</p>
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