Thursday, 11 September 2008 (5:49 pm)

The Ticking Racial Bomb (Addendum)

I had a Price Theory tutorial just a few hours ago, and halfway through it, our lecturer (who’s an Indian by the way) commented that the row of guys sitting behind are “truly Malaysians” as the Indian, Malay, and Chinese guys were sitting together (literally just the 3 of them). It’s not a one-off thing because they have been hanging out together with some other friends.

Long story short, when the lecturer brought this up, at one point, they poked jovially at one another, with the Indian guy pointing towards the Malay dude and shouted, “We’re immigrants!” and “Racists!”. Our entire class laughed – we were so at ease with having these harmless racial jokes (which would be a huge issue with the racial bigots), and I think that should be the way.

Our lecturer commented (way off-topic at this point, but what the heck, we could use a little bit of respite) that she considers herself to be a true Malaysian, because she thinks that she’s colour blind (not literally..) and does celebrate nearly every other festival with her friends – she commented that this Sunday would be the Mooncake/Tanglung Festival or something, and I’m embarrassed that I didn’t even know that. (At this point, the Indian guy asked, “So do you consider yourself as a Malay, Chinese, and Indian?”)

I feel as if there’s still hope in this country – even though it may be abysmally small – and I feel quite reassured. That despite everything that has happened, not everyone shares the same destructive views as Ahmad Ismail and certain quarters; and in youth, open-mindedness, and maturity, there is hope.

Thoughts

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you know what? it’s never as bad as it seems. racist jokes are exactly what we all need a little of sometimes. but then of course we’ve gotta be open minded enough to take it, otherwise everyone would just be offending everyone, right?

i make fun of asian drivers and i love asian jokes! so does my friend who’s a red-head and the jokes we make about red-heads arent exactly nice either. but like i said, we all need to loosen up and have a good laugh sometimes.

what that ismail guy did was a big disgrace i think his ancestors are rolling over in their graves. it’s people like him that makes me sick, and pretty much one of the reasons i left malaysia without any regrets…

By: sibs NEW ZEALAND on 12 September 2008
at 2:59 pm

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yeah, one needs to be open-minded enough to take the jokes in their stride.

gosh right now, i really feel like leaving this country already if it gets any worse. i am disappointed, angry, and royally pissed at the latest developments on the ISA crackdown that’s so similar to the Ops Lalang of the past. I think you may find it in the online local newspapers, else I’ll link you to a reliable, uncensored local source of news if you want to read it.

By: Clem MALAYSIA on 13 September 2008
at 2:48 am

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reliable, uncensored local source of news… as in kennysia.com? =P

i know things are bad… my dad subscribes to online news, i think it’s the star or something. that plus a whole lot of other websites, so i do get to read about what happens in malaysia quite a lot. but sure, a link would be good!

By: sibs NEW ZEALAND on 13 September 2008
at 9:57 am

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not kennysia.com XD

thestar often does ‘safe reporting’, in which a lot of the news are watered down, as does the recent 3 ISA arrests. I’ll e-mail you the link.

By: Clem MALAYSIA on 13 September 2008
at 12:57 pm

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wtf wei clem its so peaceful here i didnt know anything about whats happening back home. i just got the updates and its a damn shame ISA is back up. TWICE. mothers.

hows things back home? no tension?

and what that idiot said was stupid. without our racial integration and only with Kehidupan Melayu this country will never be what it is.

By: hL MALAYSIA on 13 September 2008
at 10:49 pm

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hahaha ya i was telling you what i said in the SMS ‘cause i remember you telling me newspapers are 2 days late wtf. so.. yeah just letting you know what’s going on here la.

The ISA was used THRICE actually.. if i understand what you were saying.

no tension so far – it’s just that the government is making up lots of stories that there’s tension and shit and start invoking the ISA.

ditto your sentiments. :)

By: Clem MALAYSIA on 14 September 2008
at 1:37 am

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it’s irritating becos we here in government unis are forced to study HUBUNGAN ETNIK, where we learn about historical events that we, as 3 main races in malaysia, went through.

and then still their own product goes out and blab out statements like that.

By: hL MALAYSIA on 14 September 2008
at 7:18 pm

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yeah fucking ironic ain’t it. if you follow the online news such as at the website i told you, there’s a lot of supposed conspiracy going on whereby the govt tries to cause unrest among the citizens just so they can strengthen themselves in power.. damn long story la you gotta follow.

there’s also an article written by RPK about the truth behind the May 13 incident, which is an interesting read because you get to finally get the sense of what actually happened behind the scenes.

the next few days are going to be very interesting i reckon. let’s just hope it doesn’t come to racial bloodshed, but i want to see our bloody govt overthrown once and for all like what the Thais did with Thaksin, that the military had to intervene haha.

By: Clem MALAYSIA on 14 September 2008
at 10:46 pm

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