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	<title>Comments on: Linguistic Supremacy and Hegemony: The Roads Not Taken post-1969</title>
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		<title>By: lakilompat</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/04/02/linguistic-supremacy-and-hegemony-the-roads-not-taken-post-1969/comment-page-1/#comment-99514</link>
		<dc:creator>lakilompat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"But have we not see enough globally that Islam has failed to prevent disunity?"

Greed kill religions.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;But have we not see enough globally that Islam has failed to prevent disunity?&#8221;</p>
<p>Greed kill religions.</p>
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		<title>By: Justhis</title>
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		<dc:creator>Justhis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear En. Farish,
In respond to your concern of language unification, being the basis of National Unity (apology if I do misunderstand your point due to poor in mastering English.)

History proves to us that Countries with single language were yet falling off one after another, mostly conquered by lower civilised countries. No doubt the Language of the greater country being occupied would be used and carried on to develop further by conqueror. Then the same cycle repeats with another conqueror surfaces. This symptom indicates that language itself is just a communication tool (base on development of country alone) to get mutual understanding, supporting daily activities, to build trust and later on to gain control. Even to the extent of literate appreciation has to be taught and introduced in order to gain common recognitions. From then on it stages its commercial values bilaterally. Language does not unite a country so well.

Looking from reverse cycle; if you allow me to explain my humble opinion; it is easier to learn that disunity of a country mainly due to losing mutual trust has no direct effect of the use of language. So, analysing the root causes how disunity is formed will be easier than to find ways, tools or methods of unification. Because unity might take 50 years to build up but will just take 1 day to set riot and ruin it all. From then on it becomes like cracking jar, more filling (efforts of political reunification) into this jar is exerting more pressure to it. Because the thoughts of unification are politically base on pacifying major voters, major riotous group so that situation can be better of temporary. But the cracks remain unmeant; politically unworthy for any actions. Malaysia is fortunate to have minorities who strongly disbelief in suicide bombing can solve issues. But instead positively looking forward to the majority side that will one day satisfied and allow healing to begin.

Language unification in a developing country today is to serve basic requirements, and the most fundamental one is to communicate. Literature appreciation will not be any higher value than if any language at all capable of bringing out the true meaning of life (otherwise it is just like music). Even so, the meaning of life must be introduced for acceptance, promoted for realisation before anybody else will share the same thought, same vision, and same goal. (What a long cycle zzzzzzzzz then next riot comes.)

Malaysia is in a stage of too many people wanted to unify the country but too few with too weak of effort to find out what has caused disunity. More people like to change methods, tools, .... in order to unify Malaysia. But too few people are with patients and boldness to fight off disunity factors. 

Majority rely on a quick fix from Islam as the source to bring 100% unity to Malaysia. Without staging myself onto political platform, I do not deprive Muslims this possibility. But have we not see enough globally that Islam has failed to prevent disunity? I do not like to pin point those Islamic countries with bloodshed disunities as a form of respect. But we simply cannot push all responsibilities to other means, i.e. super power causes it alone. Blamelah saitan, lebih senang, sure menang, tak kena lawan. Mesti BOLEH.

Hence, En Farish, my personal point of view is just that either Bahasa Malaysia or Malayu has not much feeling to unity. If history also can edit or delete, cut and paste then be it apakah bahasa siapa pun tak apalah. Important is how long more the generation with good will and less political minded will rise in Malaysia to identify and fight off disunity factors, which is far more detrimental.

Warm regards,</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear En. Farish,<br />
In respond to your concern of language unification, being the basis of National Unity (apology if I do misunderstand your point due to poor in mastering English.)</p>
<p>History proves to us that Countries with single language were yet falling off one after another, mostly conquered by lower civilised countries. No doubt the Language of the greater country being occupied would be used and carried on to develop further by conqueror. Then the same cycle repeats with another conqueror surfaces. This symptom indicates that language itself is just a communication tool (base on development of country alone) to get mutual understanding, supporting daily activities, to build trust and later on to gain control. Even to the extent of literate appreciation has to be taught and introduced in order to gain common recognitions. From then on it stages its commercial values bilaterally. Language does not unite a country so well.</p>
<p>Looking from reverse cycle; if you allow me to explain my humble opinion; it is easier to learn that disunity of a country mainly due to losing mutual trust has no direct effect of the use of language. So, analysing the root causes how disunity is formed will be easier than to find ways, tools or methods of unification. Because unity might take 50 years to build up but will just take 1 day to set riot and ruin it all. From then on it becomes like cracking jar, more filling (efforts of political reunification) into this jar is exerting more pressure to it. Because the thoughts of unification are politically base on pacifying major voters, major riotous group so that situation can be better of temporary. But the cracks remain unmeant; politically unworthy for any actions. Malaysia is fortunate to have minorities who strongly disbelief in suicide bombing can solve issues. But instead positively looking forward to the majority side that will one day satisfied and allow healing to begin.</p>
<p>Language unification in a developing country today is to serve basic requirements, and the most fundamental one is to communicate. Literature appreciation will not be any higher value than if any language at all capable of bringing out the true meaning of life (otherwise it is just like music). Even so, the meaning of life must be introduced for acceptance, promoted for realisation before anybody else will share the same thought, same vision, and same goal. (What a long cycle zzzzzzzzz then next riot comes.)</p>
<p>Malaysia is in a stage of too many people wanted to unify the country but too few with too weak of effort to find out what has caused disunity. More people like to change methods, tools, &#8230;. in order to unify Malaysia. But too few people are with patients and boldness to fight off disunity factors. </p>
<p>Majority rely on a quick fix from Islam as the source to bring 100% unity to Malaysia. Without staging myself onto political platform, I do not deprive Muslims this possibility. But have we not see enough globally that Islam has failed to prevent disunity? I do not like to pin point those Islamic countries with bloodshed disunities as a form of respect. But we simply cannot push all responsibilities to other means, i.e. super power causes it alone. Blamelah saitan, lebih senang, sure menang, tak kena lawan. Mesti BOLEH.</p>
<p>Hence, En Farish, my personal point of view is just that either Bahasa Malaysia or Malayu has not much feeling to unity. If history also can edit or delete, cut and paste then be it apakah bahasa siapa pun tak apalah. Important is how long more the generation with good will and less political minded will rise in Malaysia to identify and fight off disunity factors, which is far more detrimental.</p>
<p>Warm regards,</p>
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		<title>By: Solution seeker</title>
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		<dc:creator>Solution seeker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>jetaime's comment is spot on. Malaysians are well known worldwide for being highly multilingual, but sadly it applies only to the non-Malays, and the Malays are being brain-washed by their racist 'heroes' that they should learn only BM and may be Arabic (so that they can read the Quran). Worse still, they are debating whether B Malaysia or B Melayu is more appropriate. The general view that Singapore got in right is also very true. That's why a tiny nation with no natural resources can be the leader of the whole South-East Asia in global competitiveness...the Singaporeans have mastered English and used it to advance themselves, yet keep their cultural identities strong. 

One serious problem in Malaysia is that Malays in general don't learn other people's languages. Hence the idea from the author that BM should incorporate other commonly spoken languages in Malaysia remains a dream too distant to realise. Ring wing Malay supremacists would never allow this to happen unfortunately. Moreover, creating a rojak language and called it BM isn't a pragmatic approach to create prosperity and make us more competitive. It probably would make us more confused about our own identity. Malaysia is simply too small to create its own language unless it tries to think too big with a small brain. Perhaps the Professor KangKung can achieve that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>jetaime&#8217;s comment is spot on. Malaysians are well known worldwide for being highly multilingual, but sadly it applies only to the non-Malays, and the Malays are being brain-washed by their racist &#8216;heroes&#8217; that they should learn only BM and may be Arabic (so that they can read the Quran). Worse still, they are debating whether B Malaysia or B Melayu is more appropriate. The general view that Singapore got in right is also very true. That&#8217;s why a tiny nation with no natural resources can be the leader of the whole South-East Asia in global competitiveness&#8230;the Singaporeans have mastered English and used it to advance themselves, yet keep their cultural identities strong. </p>
<p>One serious problem in Malaysia is that Malays in general don&#8217;t learn other people&#8217;s languages. Hence the idea from the author that BM should incorporate other commonly spoken languages in Malaysia remains a dream too distant to realise. Ring wing Malay supremacists would never allow this to happen unfortunately. Moreover, creating a rojak language and called it BM isn&#8217;t a pragmatic approach to create prosperity and make us more competitive. It probably would make us more confused about our own identity. Malaysia is simply too small to create its own language unless it tries to think too big with a small brain. Perhaps the Professor KangKung can achieve that.</p>
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		<title>By: lopez</title>
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		<dc:creator>lopez</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>common lah, stop the idelaistic talk come down to mother earth,
the malay language is a sunset language, it was so since the sri vijayan and majapahit kingdom days, check yourself.
Those days prevailing langauge is sanskrit, it is indian origin.
todays malay is a rojak of many languages and was working well until when some idiots and social scientist of malaysian clown wants to have it all for themselves and detached away from other malay.

Sadly it has prove to be useless in anything of todays needs except kampong talk and pasar talk.

And it is good it stays there, as you can see the minister's sons and their cronies are cambridge graduates.
But dont worry these hypocrites says your son also graduate but kampong graduate.
Hey dont komplain a graduate is still a graduate says them and arrange big grand convocations event for the parents but of course 
you pay for hotel rooms etc lah.

And FIND OUT 20 YEARS LATER THAT YOUR CHILD GRADUATE IS KAMPONG GRADE
Those people in the MOE, the minister, the policy makers, those government servants within are the people which has threaten the national competitive edge.
These are the people that ought to be punished and imprisoned, literally using their own medicine....marginalise all the capable and deprived them of their future.
These so called unqualified by their standards have prove time and time again that they are capable and qualified who not only survive but are preferred resource  in the english speaking world.

Stop wasting time and contemplating stories of past glorious days which has lacks credibility , it is just not worth the attention , effort, time, money and thinking time.
The kampong fellas do not know it , you people who get sent abroad on scholarship please tell your elders unless you also are blur blur when you were there.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>common lah, stop the idelaistic talk come down to mother earth,<br />
the malay language is a sunset language, it was so since the sri vijayan and majapahit kingdom days, check yourself.<br />
Those days prevailing langauge is sanskrit, it is indian origin.<br />
todays malay is a rojak of many languages and was working well until when some idiots and social scientist of malaysian clown wants to have it all for themselves and detached away from other malay.</p>
<p>Sadly it has prove to be useless in anything of todays needs except kampong talk and pasar talk.</p>
<p>And it is good it stays there, as you can see the minister&#8217;s sons and their cronies are cambridge graduates.<br />
But dont worry these hypocrites says your son also graduate but kampong graduate.<br />
Hey dont komplain a graduate is still a graduate says them and arrange big grand convocations event for the parents but of course<br />
you pay for hotel rooms etc lah.</p>
<p>And FIND OUT 20 YEARS LATER THAT YOUR CHILD GRADUATE IS KAMPONG GRADE<br />
Those people in the MOE, the minister, the policy makers, those government servants within are the people which has threaten the national competitive edge.<br />
These are the people that ought to be punished and imprisoned, literally using their own medicine&#8230;.marginalise all the capable and deprived them of their future.<br />
These so called unqualified by their standards have prove time and time again that they are capable and qualified who not only survive but are preferred resource  in the english speaking world.</p>
<p>Stop wasting time and contemplating stories of past glorious days which has lacks credibility , it is just not worth the attention , effort, time, money and thinking time.<br />
The kampong fellas do not know it , you people who get sent abroad on scholarship please tell your elders unless you also are blur blur when you were there.</p>
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		<title>By: lakilompat</title>
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		<dc:creator>lakilompat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The national language can't be used overseas, in Japan is OK because the market is huge, in China is OK because the market and population is big, and in a small "potato" country what's the point of having national language? How do we ensure when our childrens grow up they can communicate well with overseas leaders, counterparts and business partners? "Tak Tau" or "Tak Per" or "Tak Payah" with this word can it transform Malaysia to become top or better than Singapore? Some country can have their own national language because they are self sustainable either thru population or market or economy. Are we qualified to fall into those category to declare ourself self sustain?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The national language can&#8217;t be used overseas, in Japan is OK because the market is huge, in China is OK because the market and population is big, and in a small &#8220;potato&#8221; country what&#8217;s the point of having national language? How do we ensure when our childrens grow up they can communicate well with overseas leaders, counterparts and business partners? &#8220;Tak Tau&#8221; or &#8220;Tak Per&#8221; or &#8220;Tak Payah&#8221; with this word can it transform Malaysia to become top or better than Singapore? Some country can have their own national language because they are self sustainable either thru population or market or economy. Are we qualified to fall into those category to declare ourself self sustain?</p>
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		<title>By: pjboy</title>
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		<dc:creator>pjboy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No idea why it is such a big issue. If it were to be Bahasa Cina or Bahasa India (Tamil)...how will the situation change? It's just a bahasa. Bahasa Malaysia = all the languages spoken in Malaysia by ALL Malaysians. Bahasa Melayu = national language or official language. Period. Do you see the British or Americans fighthing over the rights of the English language??? All there is just UK English or US English...we see this in our Windows language settings! So, what's the problem? Maybe I am naive...but it's no issue to me. I tell my kids, study Bahasa Melayu as it is the national language or official language. Why make it so complicated just because of "Melayu" is used. To me it's just an identity sake...like Bahasa Cina, Bahasa Tamil, Bahasa Inggeris (or is it Ingerris? :D). Throw this topic out of the window or into the Straits of Melaka.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No idea why it is such a big issue. If it were to be Bahasa Cina or Bahasa India (Tamil)&#8230;how will the situation change? It&#8217;s just a bahasa. Bahasa Malaysia = all the languages spoken in Malaysia by ALL Malaysians. Bahasa Melayu = national language or official language. Period. Do you see the British or Americans fighthing over the rights of the English language??? All there is just UK English or US English&#8230;we see this in our Windows language settings! So, what&#8217;s the problem? Maybe I am naive&#8230;but it&#8217;s no issue to me. I tell my kids, study Bahasa Melayu as it is the national language or official language. Why make it so complicated just because of &#8220;Melayu&#8221; is used. To me it&#8217;s just an identity sake&#8230;like Bahasa Cina, Bahasa Tamil, Bahasa Inggeris (or is it Ingerris? :D). Throw this topic out of the window or into the Straits of Melaka.</p>
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		<title>By: lakilompat</title>
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		<dc:creator>lakilompat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My question to Pak Lah, Do you think people who went overseas will think to come back again? for what if the leader is corrupted, there's not much change happening 50 yrs after independence. Penang state is a good example, look at surrounding of Komtar, where is all the high rise building, and foreigner company tower? Don't forget Komtar is the first high rise commercial &#38; govt. building built in Malaysia.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My question to Pak Lah, Do you think people who went overseas will think to come back again? for what if the leader is corrupted, there&#8217;s not much change happening 50 yrs after independence. Penang state is a good example, look at surrounding of Komtar, where is all the high rise building, and foreigner company tower? Don&#8217;t forget Komtar is the first high rise commercial &amp; govt. building built in Malaysia.</p>
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		<title>By: lakilompat</title>
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		<dc:creator>lakilompat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would prefer English, there are millionth of great novels and literature you will miss such as Old man and the sea by Ernest Hemmingway, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, 1984 by George Orwell, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, and many more. While studying in Grade 12 &#38; 13 in Oakville, Ontario, students are require to perform a presentation &#38; some wrap up on the meaning and how it can co relate to life or to general. In Canada, the library is full of information, you can find archive of old newspaper, and many more interesting fiction &#38; non fiction. All are in English, do you know Canada majority of the Canadian are from various continents from Europe, Asia and South America. I lived with a german family, they spoke German within their family, but their children converse English with me. They are very friendly, the landlord even made a basement kitchen for us to cook &#38; have our supper there. In the basement we also have a Pool/tabletennis table where we can perform some exercise as outside is very cold most of the time (winter). Major cable tv is in english, but every Friday there are chinese news &#38; old chinese movies sometime new chinese movies. In Toronto, metropolitan city, there are china town where we can get our grocery, most of the store are run by vietnamese, we also have italian street, spanish street, indian street, and various race are found within Toronto itself.

I would like to stress that, we need a common language where everyone can be united and avoid miscommunication.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would prefer English, there are millionth of great novels and literature you will miss such as Old man and the sea by Ernest Hemmingway, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, 1984 by George Orwell, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, and many more. While studying in Grade 12 &amp; 13 in Oakville, Ontario, students are require to perform a presentation &amp; some wrap up on the meaning and how it can co relate to life or to general. In Canada, the library is full of information, you can find archive of old newspaper, and many more interesting fiction &amp; non fiction. All are in English, do you know Canada majority of the Canadian are from various continents from Europe, Asia and South America. I lived with a german family, they spoke German within their family, but their children converse English with me. They are very friendly, the landlord even made a basement kitchen for us to cook &amp; have our supper there. In the basement we also have a Pool/tabletennis table where we can perform some exercise as outside is very cold most of the time (winter). Major cable tv is in english, but every Friday there are chinese news &amp; old chinese movies sometime new chinese movies. In Toronto, metropolitan city, there are china town where we can get our grocery, most of the store are run by vietnamese, we also have italian street, spanish street, indian street, and various race are found within Toronto itself.</p>
<p>I would like to stress that, we need a common language where everyone can be united and avoid miscommunication.</p>
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		<title>By: waterfrontcoolie</title>
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		<dc:creator>waterfrontcoolie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>the emotion created by UMNO's malay nationalism on the bahasa melayu was so great in the 70s, the students in the national school where I was teaching actyally refused to read any English book! We used to have a bahasa teacher who would spent the Monday morning giving his sermon until some of the students who did not had  breakfast fainted!!
Anyway the Monday morning speech was his 'teaching' for the whole week! He would find excuses for not going to class ,or if at all, he would be 10 to 15 minutes late. In the staff room, he would continously smoke all by himself at a corner. Of course, he spoke with plenty of gesturing and emotion; but hardly any substance to motivate the students!! Poor guy, I never heard of him; I thought he would some how made it to the upper strata of the UMNO.
The saddest thing in life is being ignorant of what others know. Those who have confidence in life are those who appreciate the language and culture of other people.
The moment, a child is being indoctrinated with disrespect for other language and culture,is also the begining of the child's inability to take on any new challenges in life. In those national schools where I taught, Maths was always a subject the student feared the most. Why? because they were taught by teachers who themselves had phobia for the subject even at the primary level. They pyscho themselves and together with their students to give up even before they got started!! So when the nationalists begun preaching that English was competing with Bahasa, instead of mastering both languages, they opted for one out of self made fear!! And such reasoning is still prevailing today!!
So unless, the Malays are prepared to open up, to read and reason out the truth of any subject or topic, they will forever be trapped in their own mind-set.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the emotion created by UMNO&#8217;s malay nationalism on the bahasa melayu was so great in the 70s, the students in the national school where I was teaching actyally refused to read any English book! We used to have a bahasa teacher who would spent the Monday morning giving his sermon until some of the students who did not had  breakfast fainted!!<br />
Anyway the Monday morning speech was his &#8216;teaching&#8217; for the whole week! He would find excuses for not going to class ,or if at all, he would be 10 to 15 minutes late. In the staff room, he would continously smoke all by himself at a corner. Of course, he spoke with plenty of gesturing and emotion; but hardly any substance to motivate the students!! Poor guy, I never heard of him; I thought he would some how made it to the upper strata of the UMNO.<br />
The saddest thing in life is being ignorant of what others know. Those who have confidence in life are those who appreciate the language and culture of other people.<br />
The moment, a child is being indoctrinated with disrespect for other language and culture,is also the begining of the child&#8217;s inability to take on any new challenges in life. In those national schools where I taught, Maths was always a subject the student feared the most. Why? because they were taught by teachers who themselves had phobia for the subject even at the primary level. They pyscho themselves and together with their students to give up even before they got started!! So when the nationalists begun preaching that English was competing with Bahasa, instead of mastering both languages, they opted for one out of self made fear!! And such reasoning is still prevailing today!!<br />
So unless, the Malays are prepared to open up, to read and reason out the truth of any subject or topic, they will forever be trapped in their own mind-set.</p>
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