Understanding misunderstanding

By Jerome Martin (The Malaysian Insider)

SEPT 5 — I’ve figured it out. Yes, I have. The whole problem here is that people are misinformed. Everything is just a misunderstanding.

That’s how the organisers didn’t know about a cow’s head being brought to the protest against the Hindu temple in Shah Alam. Somebody must have gotten his dates wrong and thought it was Hari Raya Korban instead of Puasa. So he brought the best part of the cow to the party. Just unfortunate it turned out to be a party about a Hindu temple.

Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein was also probably not briefed about the situation properly by his aides. Because he said, “If it can be resolved quickly and can be done with both sides understanding each other … why would we want to penalise anybody?”

He also said that it was all down to negative publicity and being linked to racial sentiments when the protestors were not being racist at all. He must have thought it was a business deal concerning a plot of land since the protestors wanted to meet the Hindu Sangam guys.

Nobody told him that what had happened was actually all about race and religion and it was unlikely that any meeting would include some masala chai.

Nobody.

At all.

Only after people asked him to resign did he realise the true situation. That’s why he changed his tune later and said that police have investigated and now wants those responsible charged. See, he actually knows what to do if he is properly informed.

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