Mahathir justifies Asli Oppression
By John Doe
“Dr Mahathir, … said that while the Aztecs and Mayans had established governments in South America before Europeans settled in the region, their Spanish and Portuguese conquerors were now considered as natives of the land.Perhaps in recognition of their rights, they are now not so ill-treated and killed as they were when the Europeans seized their lands.”
Today, I will try to “reenact” the scenario whereby the Austronesoids came into Malaya to conquer the Orang Asli, as per prescribed by Mahathir.
Why be a Ketua Kampong when you can be GOD instead? “WOW !!” said these Kepala Kampongs. “Let’s be GOD!! Let’s call ourselves RAJA” And as GOD, let’s form a bureaucracy which we can have many slaves, and many nice shiny trinkets. The slave market was popular among the Austronesoids. After all, it was much better to get someone to do the dirty work for them, while they “santai”. And since GOD told them that they could have slaves, it became justified, and ratified by GOD. And that, in a nutshell, is the start of the “Government” which was GOD in the flesh ruling Malaya.
The Australian government has made a formal apology for the past wrongs caused by successive governments on the indigenous Aboriginal population.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologised in parliament to all Aborigines for laws and policies that “inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss”.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7241965.stm
To add insult to injury, Mahathir also claimed this: