Thursday, February 03, 2011

"smses" and Malaysians.

I received 3 same smses yesterday that read;
"very very urgent,fwd to as many as possible. Go to BeritaHarian Online under Bancian www.bharian.com.my to batal. Now only 6% to batal vs 87% to stay. Pls select BatalPengunaan Interlok. Ini mungkin memberi kesan positif. Pass along now ! Voting is from now onwards. Tks"
See folks if this government is going to revoke a book written by a Malay that degrades and plays on the sensitivities of the Indian race in this here multi-racial nation as ours or to allow that same book to be used as a text book for Form 5 students based on a census carried out by a Malay paper that promotes racism and contrary to everything else Najib and his "1Malaysia-people first" promotes then we have to get rid of this government, yes ?

Then let this same poll be carried out in a Tamil online daily ( can someone tell me if there even is a Online daily first ?) and let's compare the percentages then, shall we ?

What a load of shit a poll can stir in this country if one gets emotionally sensitive to cultural issues. Folks, me thinks this is another clever ploy by telco-companies to boost their income via smses, agreed ?

So do you really think Najib's government is so stupid to allow controversial "educational" material such as this "novel" to be okayed for students and passed in parliament without actually studying the repercussions and back-lash from his own coalition wing of Malaysians of remote Indian origins like MIC, PPP, Gerakan, Makkal Sakthi etc. plus giving more fodder for the Opposition in the looming GE soon ?

I have never read this book....maybe I won't be able to grasp the essence (if there was any ) of what this writer is trying to convey but please lah I've read literature in school by renowned writers that appeal and meet international standards, not some unknown two-bit narrow minded fiction writer who might only appeal to kampung folks. By the way someone remarked that this is the first time a "novel" has been edited as "edisi murid" ("student edition") to suit the government's agenda and policy. Can this writer not protest and sue for desecration of his original work ?

Don't get emotional and get carried away with such smses please. Demand from your MP what he or she is doing about any such issues you might want to ask....or get rid of that MP or the entire party he represents in the next GE.
Easy ?

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