You are a lost cause (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)

ARCHIVES 2013

By MT Webmaster On Mar 29, 2013

The most popular comment from these people is that the Malays and Indians should wake up. What do they mean by wake up? Do they think that the Malays and Indians are still sleeping? In what way are the Malays and Indians still sleeping?

THE CORRIDORS OF POWER

Raja Petra Kamarudin

It’s very funny to see those Bible-thumpers and Qur’an-screamers jump when you touch their raw nerve. They will rant and rave about God’s work, principles, sacrifices, noble causes, community service, and all that bullshit. Then, when you corner them with hard facts, as opposed to mere rhetoric, they will accuse you of hitting below the belt.

One favourite of mine are those who challenge me to return to Malaysia if I dare. And if I don’t dare then I should ‘stop talking’. That is very laughable considering the challenge comes from those who throw this challenge using fictitious names and false e-mail addresses. They don’t dare reveal their true identity and yet they call others a coward. And some of these people do not even live in Malaysia but post comments from another country.

Isn’t that extremely funny and very typical of the Malaysian mindset? These are the same people who lament about the poor but will refuse to donate even one Sen to the poor. They would even throw their own parents into an old folks’ home if they could do that free-of-charge and did not have to pay a single Sen towards the cost.

It is all talk and no action.

What about those who say that we must change the government because there is no freedom of speech in Malaysia and that we are denied our right to criticise the government? But when you criticise the opposition, these same people will scream and call you all sorts of nasty names.

When someone — say from MCA, MIC or Gerakan — says something in support of Barisan Nasional, they will call this person an Umno dog or prostitute. But what happens if you say something in support of Pakatan Rakyat? Are you an Anwar Ibrahim dog or prostitute? No, of course, you are not. But then why?

Then there are those who say that the NEP is unjust and discriminatory and they will raise the issue of education as the best example of why the NEP should be abolished. And when we write about how important education is to the non-Malays, they will scream and say that we know nothing about the mindset and priorities of the non-Malays and should, therefore, not be commenting about that matter.

Last week I wrote in support of the NEP and I related the story of my work in the Rotary Club of Kuala Terengganu to emphasis the point as to why we still need the NEP. I expected the non-Malays to call me a racist pig, which they did. Then, this week, I write about why the Chinese are angry with the NEP. And I used the issue of education to support my argument.

And do you know what happened? The same people who screamed discrimination and argued that the NEP is denying deserving Chinese students a place in the universities turned around and said I know nothing about what the Chinese want. But I thought the argument was that the NEP is discriminatory and that Chinese students are being denied a place in the universities because of the quota system? That’s what you said and that was what I also said. So what is there to not understand about the Chinese mindset and priorities?

When they say that the Malays and Indians are still sleeping they mean that 90% of the Malays and Indians are not supporting the opposition like the Chinese are. Only 50% of the Malays and Indians support the opposition. Hence the Malays and Indians are still sleeping.

Hence ‘sleeping’ means you do not support the opposition while ‘wake up’ means you support the opposition. And it must be 90% to be considered ‘woken up’. Only 50% means you are still sleeping.

In the UK, only 35% of the voters support the ruling party while 35% support the opposition. And the balance 30% support neither — they support the ‘third force’, LibDem.

So what would you say about this? Which group has woken up and which group is still sleeping? And what do you call the 30% who support neither? They have not ‘woken up’ nor are they ‘still sleeping’. What label shall we give them then, the 30% LibDem supporters?

Actually, it is bad to have 90% of the voters vote for one party. Prior to the 2008 general election I used to talk about a two-party system. In my talks during the pre-election rallies (ceramah) I still talked about a two-party system. And I pleaded with the voters to vote for Pakatan Rakyat so that we can see a two-party system in Malaysia.

And we saw that happen in 2008 when about half the voters voted for the opposition and Barisan Nasional lost its two-thirds majority in Parliament plus five states. So now it is time to bring it up to the next level. This coming election we may see a ‘photo-finish’. Some say we may even see a hung parliament.

If that is true then it is time to move up to the next level, like here in the UK. No longer can we just talk about a two-party system, like what the UK (and the US for that matter) had for so long. The UK is moving toward a three-party system. And if you think that this was a flash-in-the-pan, in the latest Eastleigh by-election on 1st March 2013, LibDem won that seat. Hence the support for LibDem is still there in spite of what many may say.

See: The Liberal Democrats have won the Eastleigh by-election, with the UK Independence Party pushing the Conservatives into third place (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21625726).

To the Pakatan Rakyat supporters I can only say that you are your own worst enemy. Your mouth moves faster than your brain. You think you are clever but in reality you are quite dumb. You open your mouth without thinking and do more damage to your cause than Barisan Nasional, Umno, TV3, Utusan Malaysia, etc., can ever do. And you only have yourself to blame for the thrashing you are going to receive in the coming general election.

And do you know what my greatest fear is? My greatest fear is that most of the Chinese seats will fall to the opposition while most of the Malay seats will go to Barisan Nasional. Then we are going to see a Chinese opposition versus a Malay ruling party. And do I need to explain why such a thing is bad for Malaysia?

Go figure that one out for yourself.

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你们真的无药可救

我常见的留言是‘马来人和印度人必须醒起来’。醒起来是什么意思？他们认为马来人和印度人还在睡觉？请问他们是怎样个睡法呢？

原文：Raja Petra Kamarudin

译文：方宙

若你曾挑动过那些所谓圣经和可兰经拥护者的神经，你会发现他们的反应是近乎可笑的；他们会抬出上帝的名号，原则，牺牲，神圣使命，社会服务。。。等等的狗屁废话。而当你以实据而非华丽的词藻来反驳他们是就会讲你在攻击他们的下阴（即对他们不公平）。

而我觉得最经典的，是那些向我叫嚣，要我回国的一群。如果我不回应的话我就必须‘闭上我的狗嘴’。那是最为可笑的，因为那些挑战我的人都躲在假的名字和电邮地址后。他们连公开自己真实姓名的种也没，但他们可以大言不惭地讲别人是懦夫。更扯的是，他们根本都不住在马来西亚；他们的留言是在他国发出的。

这真是马来西亚思想的最佳写照，非常的可笑。这些就是嘴里为穷人打抱不平，而口袋里永远都不会拿出一毛钱来帮助的人。若他们可以不付一分一毫的话，他们可以毫无考虑得把他们的父母丢进老人院。

这就是经典的只讲不做。

那对于那些整天讲说，我们要改朝换代因为政府压抑我们的言论自由，我们无法批评政府，他们又好到哪儿去？当你批评反对党时，他们就会跳出来对你大喊大叫，骂你难听的脏话。

当有人—-就讲是马华，国大党，或民政好了—-发表支持国政的言论时，他们会骂他巫统走狗，是巫统的娼妓。那相对的说，如果你发表支持民联的言论，你就是安华的走狗，娼妓咯？当然不是！那请问，为什么不是？

外面有些人讲说NEP是不公的，他们会举出教育的失败为NEP不公的证据。而当我写出教育对非马来人的重要性时，他们就会批评说我根本就不懂非马来人的想法，所以我应该闭嘴。

上个星期我以我在瓜拉登嘉楼扶轮社的经验来叙述NEP还有存在的必要性时，我早就预料到非马来人会称我为种族主义的猪。我是对的，因为他们确实这么骂。然后这个星期我写出华人对NEP的不满，我用了教育这个课题来支持我的论点。

你知道后来发生什么事情吗？那一群认为NEP对华人教育不公的人站出来大喊说，我根本就不懂华人要什么。奇怪了，我那篇文章正是讲说NEP经大学固打制而对华人教育上的不公，这正不是他们关心的课题吗？他们又怎能说我不懂华人的看法呢？

我常见的留言是‘马来人和印度人必须醒起来’。醒起来是什么意思？他们认为马来人和印度人还在睡觉？请问他们是怎样个睡法呢？

他们说马来人和印度人还在睡觉因为90%的马来人和印度人还没有华人般的支持民联。只有50% 马来人和印度人支持民联，所以说他们还在睡觉。

从上面可以看出，如果你没有支持民联你就是在‘睡觉’，反之则证明你是‘清醒’的。而且必须要有90%的支持率才算‘清醒’，50%的也不算。

在英国，只有35%的选民支持执政党，而有35%是支持反对党的。剩下的30%，他们就是所谓的‘第三势力’，自由民主党（Liberal Democrats）。

你会怎么圈定他们呢？哪一组是清醒的，哪一组是睡觉的？那30%的选民，你会称他们为什么呢？他们既没有‘睡觉’，也没有‘清醒’，那我们又该如何辨别他们呢？

其实，有90%的选民倾向一个政党是不健康的。08年大选前我就强调两线制的必须性。我在大选讲座会上一直提起，我恳求选民们投给民联以实现两线制。

在2008年，我们看到50%的选民投给了反对党进而让国阵失去了在国会三分之二的优势和五个州的政权。所以现在我们应该再接再厉，在这次大选给国阵民联来个‘终点相片判定’（即更加接近50-50）。也有人相信我们会把国阵送上断头台呢。

现在真的是我们更上一层楼的时候了。但就像是英国一样，我们不能再谈两线制，英国现在已经朝向‘三党制’了。如果你认为这个想法只是昙花一现，你错了；在3月1号Eastleigh递补选举中，自由民主党是胜出的。所以我们可清楚地看见选民对自由民主党的支持，即使他人仍然相信那是无所其事。

看此：http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21625726

我只想对民联支持者说一句：你们才是你们自己最大的敌人。你们的口转得比你们的脑筋还快。你们自以为很聪明，但其实笨得很。你们一开口就比国阵，巫统，TV3，Utusan 等对你们自己更有杀伤力了。在来届大选中，你们必须为自己的动作付出代价。

你们知道其实我最担心的是什么吗？我担心的是华人区议席会落入反对党手中，而马来人议席则落入国阵手里，然后形成了华人在野，马来人在朝的形势。你们还需要我多解释其坏处吗？

你们自己想想吧！