In our quest to rid this world of evil, this week, A Stray World looks at a recent debate in Malaysia and how they will shape the world for the better; and a frivolous article for reasons known only to me.
- Bangsa Malaysia: the Ambiguous Dream;
- The Dissection of Japanese Anime
JOHOR BARU: The implementation of a wrongly interpreted concept of Bangsa Malaysia will jeopardise the stability and Constitution of the country, Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman said.
In his policy speech at the Johor Umno convention, Abdul Ghani questioned the need for the different races in the country to be ethnically diluted or mixed up (dileburkan untuk menjadi rojak) merely for a concept that was still hazy in its meaning.
“After 49 years of Independence, we should be mature enough not to try and introduce vague and unclear concepts.
“The term Bangsa Malaysia continues to be lauded by our friends under the name of unity and understanding without proper thought for its definition,” he said.
He reiterated that even if the term Bangsa Malaysia had to be used, it should be limited to the definition of the people of Malaysia with the Malays as the main race.
Abdul Ghani said that the Constitution did not encompass the concept of Bangsa Malaysia with the only definition of the different races being “Malays, Sarawak and Sabah bumiputeras as well as other races”.
Don't believe me? Then take a look at the recent US mid-term elections.
Basically, these purveyors of democracy and freedom have produced some of the most racy um... material since the Klu Klux Klan.
There's the Republican ad targeting Harold Ford Jr. which implies black men steal white women from dirty white men.
Now, how different is that from the governments policy of taking a compulsory 30% stake in any non-Malay owned company (which means a non-Malay established the company).
Oh right, one is trying to portray a minority taking a majority while our local version is about the majority stealing from the minority.
See, if a modern developed nation known for democracy actively seeks to divide the people based on their skin colour, what's wrong with doing the same thing here?
Dividing people does have a proven track record. Observe how the good old British Imperialists divided India into India and Pakistan.
Yes, they were oh so right. Gandhi was soooooo wrong. Two people of differing faiths could never co-exist in peace and harmony. You need to cut them up, paint them different shades of yellow ochre, then steal money from one to give to the other.
For that, is the way to harmony.
Moving on.
Independence Day this year was special cubed because of the official launch of Animax.
Without wasting bandwidth, here are my top picks:
Jigoku Shoujo
It means hell girl. The premise is if you have a grudge against someone, for the price of being sent to hell upon death, you may send the said person to hell immediately.
The hooker: What would compel anyone to pay the ultimate price?
The moral lesson: I will never hold a grudge against anyone ever again.
The Law of Ueki
The story: Guy gets power to turn trash into trees by a candidate for God.
Apparently, God is retiring and He has chosen to hold a bizarre competition where tomatoes become lava bombs and foreheads turn into diamonds to choose His successor.
The hooker: Seeing a guy fighting by turning trash into trees.
The moral lesson: Always pick up trash lying on the ground. You never know when it might come in handy.
Gunslinger Girl
The story: A secret Italian government agency "fixes" broken girls; then trains them to become the perfect cyborg killers.
The hooker: We are looking at the perfect killer. Even if one of them is pointing a sub-machine gun in your face, could you shoot a child?
How wrong is that?
The lesson: Many. It's a social satire, you have to see it for yourself.
That's all for now, hope I'm still publishing next week.
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1 comment:
sheesh, i guess you can't blame the MB since he's a politician, and we all know politicians are hypocrites. as hypocritical as requiring us to draw stupid graphs in this age of powerpoint, fusioncore and excel ;).
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