Yesterday, I managed to meet and discussed with some of my son’s friends; namely young graduates. Among others, our discussion focus on their right to vote. Meaning, those who had registered and are eligible to vote in the coming general election (PRU13).
As I felt it, their ‘mind trend’ or ‘mind set' relating to the political senario now a days, is very intriguing. These youths are very skeptical on the way the government is handling the the present situation.
An Image of Youth In Despair
The leaders, according to them, had forgotten feeling that the youths are bounded with a complex problematic in years to come. Their planning priority for youths are almost none, they said. Those youths study abroad had to make a decision either to stay there or migrate to some other countries for jobs. Unless there is a drastic change in the leaderships, otherwise the country could face chaotic in future, they concluded.
The leaders, according to them, had forgotten feeling that the youths are bounded with a complex problematic in years to come. Their planning priority for youths are almost none, they said. Those youths study abroad had to make a decision either to stay there or migrate to some other countries for jobs. Unless there is a drastic change in the leaderships, otherwise the country could face chaotic in future, they concluded.
As usual, let share what our young impulsive Izatie has to say in regards with the present situation. She is more or less representing the voice of our young citizen.
Photograph of Izatie with family and friends
“ Anarchy; it's a pretty word. But the Malaysian government needs everyone to adopt their ideology in order to maintain its oppressive hegemony because it benefits them. So that they can continue to live lavish lives as government officials thinking how to spend the tax payers' money; wasting it by sending a man to the space (ISS).
HOW is that going to benefit us, the people? They spend close to RM100 million on the Malaysian Space Program, why?I'll tell you why. Because they're interested in making the country look good by telling the world that we are capable of going where very few people have gone before; that we are capable of reaching out to the heavens and look down upon the earth and see it as a whole.But it's a waste of money nonetheless.
I'm not being unpatriotic here. My point is that the RM92 million could have been spent on developing the country; we could use the cash to set up a proper Income Tax department where everyone has to pay tax and that it would reduce the tax rate from 30% to maybe 15-20%. (I have a big rant about how this works and I can't explain it here but if it DID get implemented, we would have more in the federal reserve, it'd be sweet... but I digress.)
Or maybe the money could have been use to develop the economy, the infrastructure in places other than KL (Like Sabah and Sarawak for instance. Our highway in Sarawak is CRAP.)Or perhaps it could have been used to develop schools; improve the nation's intelligence instead of having to learn syllabuses from the 1980's and 1990's. Do they still say that there are 9 planets in the solar system in Science classes in sekolah rendah? Cause if so, this country could have used the cash to develop proper syllabuses.
If not, we could have used the cash for schools anyways. I'm sick of hearing about how schools have budget issues. I digress again. Also it could be used to set up an independent anti-corruption agency. That would help A LOT but no, they'd rather spend it all on sending a guy to space. Yadda-yadda. It's like putting glitter on a pile of shit; it looks sparkly but it's still shit.That RM92 million could have been used for a whole lot of other things. I mean, sure, you got to send a guy to the ISS, but so what? If you have enough cash, you can go past Pluto (which is NOT a planet...) and back again.
But the government's ways in spending cash is reckless and they need to know that their oppressive ways cannot continue.And they need to stop being so peeved off when someone criticizes them; Malaysia is a democracy. But the way it's going... I don't think you can even CALL Malaysia a democratic country. Malaysia truly Zimbabwe, is more like it. Shape up or get out of office and let people who care about the country be in charge.
I sent a card to RPK, and I hope he gets it. FREE RPK!
Lots a love and wishing all you mo' fo's a big SELAMAT HARI RAYA! And enjoy the ketupat; eat on my behalf while I'm stuck here in NZ writing my essay...which is due very soon. Have fun. :D
I sent a card to RPK, and I hope he gets it. FREE RPK!
Lots a love and wishing all you mo' fo's a big SELAMAT HARI RAYA! And enjoy the ketupat; eat on my behalf while I'm stuck here in NZ writing my essay...which is due very soon. Have fun. :D
3 RESPONSES TO ISSUE HIGHLIGHTED BY IZZATIE
ruyom said...
The truth is that Umno has ruled supreme for the last 50 years. It always got its way because the dominant ethnic majority of the country always supported its policies. The state of the nation is corrupt, racist, discriminatory, abusive, unjust, inefficient, and backwards. If Malaysia stinks then it is because Umno stinks. If the "morals of the country" stinks, then it is because the morals of Umno politicians stinks. I won’t even discuss the morality of explosives and murder of foreign nationals as most people seem to be able to tell the difference between right and wrong in this instance. Instead, I shall talk about Umno corruption and Umno racism as the former will occasion the disastrous downfall of this nation, and the latter will be the downfall of the malays. Umno teaches that it is just to discriminate against all non-malays and non-Muslims: jobs, education, schools, colleges, universities, business opportunities, government contracts, taxes, and even finding a cemetery to bury the dead. Umno teaches that it is right to discriminate on the basis of a person race, culture, language or religious belief. In front of non-malays, it speaks of tolerance and unity in diversity, and in front of malays it speaks of race, religious, cultural and language supremacy, and the glorification of power and ethnic subjugation. Bung Mokhtar leadership role as characterised by a yobbish machismo, obscene gestures, medieval attitudes towards women and minorities, and strutting bigotry within Umno is not only not an accident of chance, but an exemplary example of Umno appeal to the baser instincts and darker fantasies of its ethnic constituency. To the vernacular schools it gives a pittance for support, and to malay language schools, there is no need to be diplomatic and call them "national language" schools, it gives 100% support. As for English-medium schools, the type that made Malaysian education the best in South East Asia, and our school leavers the most sought after anywhere in the civilised world, they were made extinct, courtesy of Umno language and cultural supremacist fantasies. So we are left with unemployable graduates with deplorable job skills and prospects. Umno policies caused a brain drain to Australia, New Zealand, UK, Canada, and the US. Umno language supremacist policies caused the extinction of the best high quality education that Malaysia and the malays would ever know. Umno perversion of the very idea of meritocracy in favour of racist discrimination has ensured the lack of meritocractic competition for all Malaysians. Sooner or later, the malays will realise that denying meritocracy to non-malays guarantees that there can be no meritocracy for malays even within their own community. The fact that there is no notable inferiority complex nor entitlement complex or NEP dependence amongst the non-malays is no accident.If the non-malays were the dominant ethnic majority, and they had an Umno-like racist party to lead them with promises of ethnic supremacy, racial discrimination and ethnic privileges, then I believe they would have lost their self-confidence, self-respect and self-belief too. Farish Noor once said "Umno ternak melayu untuk disembelih".I agree, and if the dominant ethnic majority fails to see past Umno seductive promises of ethnic supremacy and false gods of ethnic aggrandisement, then we are all finished.
October 23, 2008 8:00 PM
The truth is that Umno has ruled supreme for the last 50 years. It always got its way because the dominant ethnic majority of the country always supported its policies. The state of the nation is corrupt, racist, discriminatory, abusive, unjust, inefficient, and backwards. If Malaysia stinks then it is because Umno stinks. If the "morals of the country" stinks, then it is because the morals of Umno politicians stinks. I won’t even discuss the morality of explosives and murder of foreign nationals as most people seem to be able to tell the difference between right and wrong in this instance. Instead, I shall talk about Umno corruption and Umno racism as the former will occasion the disastrous downfall of this nation, and the latter will be the downfall of the malays. Umno teaches that it is just to discriminate against all non-malays and non-Muslims: jobs, education, schools, colleges, universities, business opportunities, government contracts, taxes, and even finding a cemetery to bury the dead. Umno teaches that it is right to discriminate on the basis of a person race, culture, language or religious belief. In front of non-malays, it speaks of tolerance and unity in diversity, and in front of malays it speaks of race, religious, cultural and language supremacy, and the glorification of power and ethnic subjugation. Bung Mokhtar leadership role as characterised by a yobbish machismo, obscene gestures, medieval attitudes towards women and minorities, and strutting bigotry within Umno is not only not an accident of chance, but an exemplary example of Umno appeal to the baser instincts and darker fantasies of its ethnic constituency. To the vernacular schools it gives a pittance for support, and to malay language schools, there is no need to be diplomatic and call them "national language" schools, it gives 100% support. As for English-medium schools, the type that made Malaysian education the best in South East Asia, and our school leavers the most sought after anywhere in the civilised world, they were made extinct, courtesy of Umno language and cultural supremacist fantasies. So we are left with unemployable graduates with deplorable job skills and prospects. Umno policies caused a brain drain to Australia, New Zealand, UK, Canada, and the US. Umno language supremacist policies caused the extinction of the best high quality education that Malaysia and the malays would ever know. Umno perversion of the very idea of meritocracy in favour of racist discrimination has ensured the lack of meritocractic competition for all Malaysians. Sooner or later, the malays will realise that denying meritocracy to non-malays guarantees that there can be no meritocracy for malays even within their own community. The fact that there is no notable inferiority complex nor entitlement complex or NEP dependence amongst the non-malays is no accident.If the non-malays were the dominant ethnic majority, and they had an Umno-like racist party to lead them with promises of ethnic supremacy, racial discrimination and ethnic privileges, then I believe they would have lost their self-confidence, self-respect and self-belief too. Farish Noor once said "Umno ternak melayu untuk disembelih".I agree, and if the dominant ethnic majority fails to see past Umno seductive promises of ethnic supremacy and false gods of ethnic aggrandisement, then we are all finished.
October 23, 2008 8:00 PM
konek said...
The Chinese came to Malaya more than 1000 years ago, while the Indians came here almost 1030 years ago. Kota Gelanggi and Lembah Bujang are proof of these early settlements.
October 23, 2008 8:02 PM
The Chinese came to Malaya more than 1000 years ago, while the Indians came here almost 1030 years ago. Kota Gelanggi and Lembah Bujang are proof of these early settlements.
October 23, 2008 8:02 PM
romsam said...
For Royal Professor Ungku Aziz to say that there was no social contract between the founding fathers of our nation, this has put a nail in the coffin on those ultra-malays who still see Ketuanan Melayu as a cornerstone for race relationships in this country. While other matured and well-developed nations have put to rest the 'master and slave' relationship among the various races, it baffles the mind of thinking people why should such policy still remain relevant in this 21st century here in Malaysia. We might call our British colonial masters 'Sir' or 'Tuan' in the early days but after half-a-century of independence, don't you think that such thinking is out of date? Mind you, the United States who imported Negros from Africa a few centuries ago to be the white man's slave might have a black man to be their next president if Obama wins the ticket to the White House in the coming US presidential elections. Malay rights have been ensconced in the federal constitution and cannot be taken away unless by a two-thirds majority in parliament subject to the malay rulers approval. No one doubts that in the early days, the bumis especially the malays, needed affirmative actions to take them out of their cycle of poverty to be on par with other races, especially the Chinese. But the NEP has outlived it purpose and it should be replaced with a new policy which will eradicate poverty regardless of creed and race. The playing field should be more even and let the best among the best compete among themselves in order for our nation to progress in the future. Why should rich malays with their 'right political connections' obtain a big slice of the economic cake while the poor people are denied such opportunities to get them out of their cycle of poverty?To be a respected race, the malays must discard the notion that the government will always have to provide them with opportunities in studies and business as if it was their birth right. The malays should be able to compete with the other races on an equal footing and work hard to improve their lot rather than expecting handouts from the government. Ungku Aziz, a towering malay whose intellectual thinking is way ahead of his time, has opened a Pandora Box's with his outright statement that there is no written 'social contract' among the various races prior to independence. Umno politicians will now cry foul about his daring statement as they will always use the Ketuanan Melayu bogey to win the hearts and minds of the malays to support their cause. . But the malays cannot be in a denial mode anymore. We must accept the fact that in the brave new world that we live in where people and capital move to places where no restrictions are imposed, the old way of doing business by having quota systems will drive capital away from our country and the people will suffer in the end if business opportunities pass our shores. The malays should look at their Singapore brethren who are no less the worse although unlike their Malaysian cousins, they does not have any NEP policy to get a leg up in society. There is no short cut for success unless you work hard for it.
October 23, 2008 8:05 PM
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