Population Education by V.K. Rao says: “Some of the arboreal primates, such as the gibbon and the howler monkey (Alouatta palliata) have an advanced vocal pattern which conveys information about the position of the group and indicates that the territory is occupied… Territorialism is common among many higher invertebrates (crustacea, insects, spiders, etc.) and throughout all vertebrate classes. Territorialism can be found in fish, amphibia, reptiles, birds and mammals… Although this is true, it must not obscure the fact that there are many animals which do not show territorialism.”

But what does the Qur’an actually says? Does it advocate territorialism like howler monkeys and thereby engage in racial discrimination, or does it preaches universalism where all men are descendants of Adam and Eve, and therefore all Malaysians are pendatangs originating from the Garden of Eden?

George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950) wrote a very perceptive statement: “A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.” Is that not what UMNO is hoping for to continue to govern Malaysia and rape it of its coffers. When the oil, minerals, forests, and other natural resources are exhausted, they will probably be more willing to give up and sing a different tune. By then, the Malays may be so far behind when they find themselves without crutches that Malaysia by then have to depend solely on the non-Malays to sustain the economy.

BN claims that the NEP target has not yet been reached. NEP was supposed to run from 1970-1990, an overrun from the initial 15 years from 1957-1972. Now is 2008, i.e. 18 years after the NEP was supposed to end and 36 years after the proposed review. If NEP target is not reached, who should be kicked in the butt? Is it normal practice to extend the deadline forever? Can any CEO asked for extension if their revenue targets are not met? BN doesn’t know what is “shame”. Their skins are thicker than the rhinoceros. They are admitting that they are damn bloody hopeless, or are they pretending to be stupid so that they can continue to enjoy the benefits? Sincerity and fair play is what they lack, and they profess to be errr… what religion did they say they profess to?

a2a says: “The fastest way to make them stop talking about ketuanan Melayu, it is to let Malaysia go bankrupt as soon as possible…. Only bankrupt can make them awake and panic.”

Without capacity-building for its human resources, Malaysia is definitely heading for trouble, once its natural resources run out. Then, we can start talking about Ketualan Melayu. Beats me that a historically backward race can claim to be superior.

siapatau Says: As long as we have not achieved our target, we will not give up fighting.”

Hi Siapatau, does it means that you can take your own sweet time to achieve the target? No pressure to achieve then. What kind of logic is that?

Thanks for setting the record right, Mr Loh.

I was just wondering how backward the Malay race actually is. I have seen many Chinese laborers and workers catching up with the rest of the more affluent Chinese after one generation, with their children going to universities without any governmental assistance. While we do not expect that the Malays can do this without government assistance, we do need to assess how backward the race is to be better able to assess when they can catch up or not at all. In other words, they can keep shouting Ketuanan Melayu until the cows come home but they will never catch up with non-Malays.

Monsterball says: “He is another racialist….disguising himself….a true Malaysian..when he loves his race more than being a true Malaysian.”

I don’t know who Sai Baba actually is but there is something I like about his philosophy: “There is but one race, the human race, and there is but one religion, the religion of the heart”. If we Malaysians can practise that, we will have a better nation. I believe Islam preaches the same thing too but alas, even though we pour billions of ringgits into building mosques, the Muslim Malays are missing the point… blinded by materialism and a free ride, so to speak. What then is the use of building more mosques, sometimes I wonder, if they don’t even understand their own religion or don’t want to. Being Muslim is more than just abstaining from pork and fasting every Ramadan. You can pray 20 times a day but what is the use if you don’t practise the essence of the religion. What is the so-called Malay race, anyway, but just a hotchpotch of diverse people, held loosely together by a single religion to make up the numbers…. a cocktail of Javanese, Minangkabaus, Acehnese, Bugis, Sumatrans, Thais, Arabs, Mamaks, and what have you, on top of the original Melayu from Jambi in Sumatra. Which race is the world ever lost their membership to the race when they drop their religion?

Imagine a Malaysia without non-Malays. Would it not be another Africa?