What’s good for the goose is good for the gander (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)

So you, just like Marina, must take the blame for what your parents did. And because your parents are guilty of the state the country is in, you, just like Marina, have lost the right to speak. Marina must not speak since her father is to be blamed for what happened to Malaysia. You, too, must therefore not speak because your parents are to be blamed for what happened to Malaysia.

NO HOLDS BARRED

Raja Petra Kamarudin

Yesterday, a friend from Malaysia phoned me and was very upset with the comments posted in Malaysia Today, in particular those that whacked me. I told him not to worry about it because, measured over any 30-day period, Malaysia Today has more than 700,000 unique readers. So 100-200 nasty comments is not a reflection of the majority view.

I get more private e-mails and messages of support compared to those nasty comments posted in the Internet. And those comments posted in Malaysiakini, The Malaysian Insider, Free Malaysia Today, and so on, are mostly duplicates. They are the same people posting all over the place. These are trolls who will post negative comments never mind what you say. It is not the issue that they address but the person that they whack.

I have also detected many comments from the same person but posted under different names and e-mail addresses but their IP addresses are the same. This gives an impression of many people commenting but actually they are the same person commenting many times under different identities.

These are what we would call hecklers. You see them at football games as well. They will also heckle the players because of their race/ethnicity rather than because of the way they play football. And most of these hecklers would not be able to score a goal even if their life depended on it. Yet they heckle others as if they are great footballers themselves. And most of these hecklers are people with very low intellectuality. Because of their inability to engage in an intellectual discourse they resort to heckling.

For example, they will also heckle Marina Mahathir even when she makes a very sensible statement just because she is the daughter or Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. In fact, what Marina says is what many in the opposition are also saying. And she even attended the Bersih march, mind you. But even if Marina said we need more freedom of religion (which means Muslims can leave Islam if they so wish) and the rights of LBGTs should be protected (which means we should allow gay marriages) they will still whack her not because they don’t agree with what she says but because she is the daughter of Dr Mahathir.

If you should be whacked for what your parents did then no one should be spared a whacking. Remember what happened in the 2004 general election? That was the year that Barisan Nasional made history in the 11th General Election. And who was it that gave Barisan Nasional this most impressive victory?

Many of you will say, “That was not me. That was my parents. My parents voted for Barisan Nasional, as they did in 1999, 1995, 1990 and so on.”

In fact, in 1995, even the ‘giants’ of DAP lost the election. Do you remember that? “That was not me, that was my parents.”

Well, Marina gets whacked because of what her father did. You disparage her and vilify her because she is the daughter of Tun Dr Mahathir. Hence when I disparage and vilify you for what your parents did in 2004, 1999, 1995 and 1990, am I wrong? And if not because of your parents Dr Mahathir would not have been in power for 22 years and Umno for 56 years.

So you, just like Marina, must take the blame for what your parents did. And because your parents are guilty of the state the country is in, you, just like Marina, have lost the right to speak. Marina must not speak since her father is to be blamed for what happened to Malaysia. You, too, must therefore not speak because your parents are to be blamed for what happened to Malaysia.

Why do you resent me calling the Chinese and Indians bodoh for voting for Barisan Nasional all those many years? It may be your parents who did this. However, just like Marina needs to be disparaged and vilified for what her father did, then so should you. That is called ‘one standard for all’, not one standard for you and a different standard for others.

Another issue that these people raise is regarding my financial backers. They want to know who is financing Malaysia Today. If you want to know because you want to contribute to paying the cost of running Malaysia Today then I shall be very happy to sit down with you to discuss this matter. I will certainly show you my P&L and Balance Sheet.

I start work at about 5.00am every day. Those who contact me at around lunchtime Malaysian time know this. Those who have visited me in Manchester and have spent the night in my house also know this. Mat Sabu of PAS can in fact confirm this as can those others who have stayed at my house.

I normally do not stop work until after lunchtime (dinnertime Malaysian time) and I continue for another couple of hours at teatime and maybe 3-4 hours after dinnertime. In all, I spend about 10-12 hours a day on Malaysia Today, seven days a week, 365 days a year, holidays included. All in all, I spend 3,600-4,300 hours a year doing work for Malaysia Today.

Let’s average it at 4,000 hours a year. At the minimum wage of £6 an hour, that comes to £24,000 or RM120,000 a year. And that is minimum wage, mind you. If I were an editor of a commercial website I would receive much more than that. Nevertheless, £24,000 a year is what I would also get if I worked 8-10 hours a day as a chef in a restaurant here in the UK.

Then we need three technical people on 24 hours standby at three shifts. And we need these people because Malaysia Today is constantly under DDOS attack. Even as you read this we are being subjected to attacks. In fact, we have been under attack this entire month, the worse being this week.

Further to that, we need to pay for hosting and bandwidth. And our bandwidth is very high, mind you, and that is why we are still up and running when many other sites are down due to the traffic being too high.

Hence we need to pay at least RM20,000 a month or RM240,000 a year just to keep Malaysia Today running. With my minimum wage included that comes to a total of RM360,000 a year or RM30,000 a month.

Now, if you are concerned about the finances of Malaysia Today and the reason you want to know who is financing Malaysia Today is because of this concern, I will be very happy to sit down with you to discuss our financial needs. I will also allow you to see all the bills we have been paying over the last nine years since August 2004. I have all the documents to show you.

But take note, though, even if you send me RM30,000 every month that still does not mean you can control me or dictate what goes into Malaysia Today. Back in 2010, Anwar Ibrahim met me in London and gave me £1,000 cash. But I still whacked him.

Anwar then asked for my bank account and promised that someone from London is going to send me £1,000 every month. I gave him my bank account details and the first payment did come in. However, I still whacked him so they stopped sending me money after that.

Hence, even if you send me money that does mean I will do what you want me to do, as Anwar discovered. And you can ask Anwar about this because I have bank statements showing this money coming in — plus, when he gave me the first £1,000 cash in 2010 during a meeting with Friends of Pakatan Rakyat, more than a dozen people saw Anwar pulling me aside before the meeting started to hand me the money. Yet I still whacked him in that meeting.

After saying all that, I also wish to declare that there is one person I have never met, a Chinese chap who is a Pakatan Rakyat supporter, who is sending me RM3,000 every month. And he has been doing so since the last couple of years. To this unknown person I am very grateful.

And I know he is Chinese and a Pakatan Rakyat supporter because he got in touch with one of our chaps in Malaysia (through my introduction) to discuss what more he could do to help Pakatan Rakyat win the coming general election. He also offered to carry the cost of whatever it is they needed to do.

He does not ask so many stupid questions like many of you do. He just asks what he can do to help and how much he needs to pay to see Pakatan Rakyat succeed in the elections. I am yet to meet this person face-to-face though.

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对母鹅有好处的，也将对公鹅有好处。

你，就如玛丽娜，要为你父母担罪。你的父母是促使国家变成现在这样的元凶，你因而丧失了发言的权利。玛丽娜因她父亲对马来西亚的作为而必须闭嘴，你现在也应该闭嘴，因为是你的父母把马来西亚逼成这个样子。

 

原文：Raja Petra Kamarudin
译文：方宙

我昨天接到一个从马来西亚打来的电话，在电话里我的朋友对MT里边的读者言论(尤其是针对我的攻击)感到生气。我告诉他其实他大可不必担心，因为现在MT每30天大约会有70万的来访者，所以区区100-200个留言并不代表大众的看法。

我也收到很多支持我的电邮和短信。而那些在Malaysiakini, The Malaysian Insider, Free Malaysia Today 等的留言大都是重复的。他们都是同一个人在不同网站写下同样的留言。

无论你的论点是什么，这群白烂永远只会留下负面留言。他们不是针对课题，更多是针对个人作出攻击。

我也查觉到，很多留言都出自同一个人 (同一个IP)，但他们都用不同的名字和邮箱。他们要其他人认为是不同的人在留言，但其实都是同一个人多次以不同人名来留言。

我把这些人统称为‘刁难者’；他们也经常出现在足球赛，他们会因足球员的肤色而非技术来刁难辱骂足球员。这些刁难员就连进个球的功夫也没有，但他们会以为自己是球王比利般来刁难别人。这些一般都是低知识的一群，正因他们不大有知识，不能进行理性探讨，所以以语言刁难为己长。

我举个例子，他们会不停的刁难玛丽娜，即使她提出很有道理的理论，就只因为她是马哈迪的女儿。事实上，很多时候玛丽娜讲的东西正是反对党所提倡的，她甚至参与Bersih游行。虽然玛丽娜致力提倡宗教自由(包括穆斯林可以离教)和保护LBGT权益(即合法化同性恋结婚)，他们还是不停的臭骂骚扰她，就因为她是马哈迪女儿。

如果说一个人应该为他父母所作的事情而被辱骂的话，那我们所有人将无一幸免。记得2004大选吗？国阵在那年取得了空前的大胜，那请问，是谁让国阵大胜的？

你们当中会有很多人说：“那不是我，那是我父母。他们在1999，1995，1990。。。。时投给国阵的。”

在1995年，就连行动党巨人林吉祥也惨败，你还记得吗？“那不是我，那是我父母”

现在，玛丽娜因她父亲干的事情而被你臭骂。你侮辱和丑化她，因为她是马哈迪的女儿。

所以，我要因你们父母在2004，1999，1995，1990作的事情而侮辱和丑化你，因为如果不是他们的话马哈迪就不会掌权22年，巫统就不会掌权56年。

你，就如玛丽娜，要为你父母担罪。你的父母是促使国家变成现在这样的元凶，你因而丧失了发言的权利。玛丽娜因她父亲对马来西亚的作为而必须闭嘴，你现在也应该闭嘴，因为是你的父母把马来西亚逼成这个样子。

为什么你这么讨厌我因华人和印度人投票给国阵而称他们为蠢蛋呢？你的父母可能是他们当中一员。现在，正如玛丽娜因为她父亲的作为而必须承受侮辱和丑化，你也一样。这就是‘一视同仁’。

另外一个课题就是这些刁难者质疑我的金钱来源。他们要知道是谁在支撑着MT。如果你要打开钱包资助MT的日常费用的话，我将会很高兴的和你坐下细谈。我一定会把帐目摊开给你看。

我每天早上5点开始工作，那些在马来西亚午饭时间联络我的人就会知道。那些曾在曼杰斯特探望我和在我家过夜的人都应该知道。伊斯兰党的Mat Sabu 就可以作证。

我通常会一直做到午饭时间(即大马晚饭时间)，然后会多做1-2小时到下午茶时间，有时在晚饭后我会做个3-4小时。亦即说，我一天大概花10-12小时在MT上，一年365天全年无休(假期在内)。算起来，我一年就有3600-4300小时花在MT上。

让我们拿4000小时这个平均，英国最低时新为6英镑。所以一年是2万4千镑(约12万马币)。请记得那是最低时薪；如果我是一家公司的编辑的话，我肯定会比那赚得多。无论如何，2万4在英国大约是一个厨师的年薪吧。

然后，我们需要3个技术员，分3个班段24小时工作。MT经常会遭到DDOS攻击。就你读到这边时，我们正是被攻击中。我们这整个月都被攻击，尤以这个星期最为糟糕。

再者，我们必须付宽频与托管费。你应该很了解，我们的频率是很高的,这就是为什么即使我们有很高的探访率我们的网页也能正常操作。

所以说，我们每月至少需要2万马币(每年24万)来经营MT。如果加入我自己的最低薪水的话，那就至少得3万。

所以说，如果你对MT的财政深感关心而想要知道是谁在支撑MT的话，我将会很高兴得和你坐下来详谈我们的财政需求。我会让你看到过去九年（从2004年8月起）的所有帐单。

但是请注意，即使你每个月给我3万块钱，这也不代表你能够支配我和控制MT的操作所发表的文章。在2010年，安华在伦敦和我会面，给了我1000英镑，而我还是狠狠地干屌他。

过后，安华跟我拿了我的银行账号，答应我说每个月会有人把1000英镑打给我。我当时给了他，然后真的有人寄1000镑给我。但我还是继续的在骂他，然后他们就停止寄钱给我了。

所以说，你给了我钱以后并不代表你可以叫我做事情，安华他就明白这一点。你也可以跟安华问个明白，我还保留着银行的单子，而且，2010年他给我钱的时候是在‘Friends of Pakatan Rakyat’的会议中。有很多证人看到他把我拉到了一旁，把钱塞给我。但，我还是在同一个会议里干屌他。

讲了这么多以后，我在这边要宣布，有一个华人（我不懂他是谁）每个月会寄3000马币。我对他心存感激。

我知道他是个民联支持者，因为他曾和我的‘团员’在马来西亚碰面（经我介绍的），而当时他问到有什么方法可以令民联在来届大选胜出。他也表示他愿意承担任何代价，只要民联能胜出的话。

他并没有像你们一样问太多愚蠢的问题。他只是问他应该怎么帮忙，和他应该付多少钱来帮助民联。而我到现在为止还没有和他碰过面。