The meaning of principles (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)
I mean, look at what happened when I tried to raise money for Nurul Izzah Anwar. All we got was a few thousand ringgit. I then organised a fund raising dinner for Nurul Izzah and even sponsored the entire cost of the dinner and, again, all we managed to raise was a few thousand ringgit. And with this small amount of money how can Nurul Izzah fight against Raja Nong Chik who has hundreds of millions at his disposal?
THE CORRIDORS OF POWER
Raja Petra Kamarudin
One reader has posted repeated comments demanding to know which of the two coalitions I would wish to see winning the coming general election on 5th May 2013. That is the wrong question to ask and if you want to ask me any question then you had better know how and what question to ask.
The correct question to ask me would be: what would you like to see in the coalition that wins the coming general election on 5th May 2013?
I mean it is like the issue of not whom I want as my wife but what I would like to see in wife. Hence asking me whom I want as my wife is the wrong question to ask. You should instead ask me what I expect in a wife. Then you will get a reply or else all you will get is my backhand.
Okay, I know that sounds arrogant. So I am arrogant. So what? That is what makes me what I am. That’s what makes me fight even when the odds are against me. And you do not need to tell me how arrogant I am. The Special Branch has already told me that same thing and they found out how arrogant I can be on both occasions that they detained me without trial.
For example when the Special Branch officers whacked me and said that as a Muslim I should not be insulting Islam, I responded with, “In that case I now leave Islam to become an atheist. So, since I am no longer a Muslim, can I now insult Islam?”
The Special Branch officer slammed the table and shouted at me and I also slammed the table and shouted back at him. He then got so upset he walked out of the room and I turned to the remaining six Special Branch officers and said, “One down, six more to go. Whose next?”
Not a single officer dared open his mouth. They then sent me back to my cell to ‘cool off’ and after lunch they came back to fetch me. However, I refused to leave my cell and for three days I stayed in my cell and refused to come out. And every time they sent my meals to my cell I threw it back at them. My whole cell was covered with discarded food.
On the night of the third day, two senior officers from the Ministry came to my cell (a man and a woman) to ask me to sign some documents. I refused to sign the documents and told these two officers that I am now an apostate. I have announced I have left Islam. So take me outside and cut my head off like what should be done to apostates under the Islamic Sharia law of Hudud.
The officers sighed and left my cell without being able to persuade me to sign the documents. They were so exasperated with me they eventually cut my normal 60-day detention short and on the 10th day they ended all attempts to interrogate me and packed me off to Kamunting.
They then made me attend religious rehabilitation classes and I gave the ustaz such a hard time he never came back to see me again. I was called to the Director’s office who pleaded with me to not embarrass the ustaz in front of so many people (more than 50 other detainees in all) but I still debated the new ustaz they sent and made them look so stupid in front of the other detainees.
In fact, the religious rehabilitation classes were the most fun time that I had in Kamunting. I really enjoyed those sessions and would look forward to these religious rehabilitation classes. I made those ustaz look so stupid and left them speechless.
So tell me, if I am not arrogant would I do all that? So, yes, I am arrogant and I make no apology for that. I am arrogant and proud of it. (The Chinese would probably call me taufung). So there! Tell me something I do not know.
Anyway, for those of you who have limited intelligence and can’t understand what drives me, allow me to tell you where I am coming from. But read this next part of my article only if you are stupid. If you are not stupid then you can stop reading now.
From 1978 all the way up to 2008, for 30 years, my objective was to oppose Umno. And I opposed Umno over those 30 years because I hated corruption. And I, of all people, should know because during that time I was a businessman and I had to personally indulge in corruption to get ahead. So who better to talk about corruption than someone who had to survive and succeed in corruption?
I was just like all you wankers and losers. I hated corruption but I still got involved in it because I had no choice and only by getting involved in corruption could I get ahead. Corruption was necessary. You need to condone it if you want to meet your objectives and achieve what you aspire — success.
And is this not also what all you wankers and losers believe? You oppose Umno and Barisan Nasional because of the rampant and blatant corruption but you will condone and tolerate corruption by Pakatan Rakyat as long as Umno and Barisan Nasional can be kicked out.
Corruption is necessary or else how can Pakatan Rakyat raise money to contest in the general elections? General elections cost money, plenty of money, and the only way you can successfully raise that much money is through corruption.
I mean, look at what happened when I tried to raise money for Nurul Izzah Anwar. All we got was a few thousand ringgit. I then organised a fund raising dinner for Nurul Izzah and even sponsored the entire cost of the dinner and, again, all we managed to raise was a few thousand ringgit. And with this small amount of money how can Nurul Izzah fight against Raja Nong Chik who has hundreds of millions at his disposal?
Hence if we try the moral and legal way we can never raise enough money to finance the cost of the general election. Therefore we need to do it the immoral and illegal way. So corruption is okay as long as it is Pakatan Rakyat that is corrupted and not Barisan Nasional.
So what have I achieved over those 30 years from 1978 to 2008? I opposed Umno and Barisan Nasional because I detested corruption. You also oppose Umno and Barisan Nasional because you too detest corruption. But you detest corruption only if Umno and Barisan Nasional are corrupted. You are okay with corruption if it is Pakatan Rakyat that is corrupted.
And that is where we part company. I detest corruption by all parties. You detest only Umno and Barisan Nasional’s corrupt deeds. You are okay with Pakatan Rakyat’s corrupt deeds.
So, from 1978 to 2008, we shared the same objectives. After 2008 we no longer share the same objectives. From 1978 to 2008, I opposed corruption in Umno and Barisan Nasional. After 2008 I oppose corruption in both Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat.
I take it you don’t like that. Well, then tough. That is your problem, not mine. I have principles. You do not. You talk only. I walk the talk. And I would even oppose my own close friends like Ronnie Liu and Teresa Kok, or whoever it may be who are close to me, if I discover that they are not true to the cause.
That, my friend, is called PRINCIPLES, a word you would not understand.
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原則的意義
我的意思是，看看我在為努魯湊錢時所發生的事；我們湊獲的只是那區區幾千塊錢。我過後又為努魯辦了個湊款晚宴，我甚至還為那個晚宴扛起所有開銷，結果也還是那區區幾千塊錢。靠這筆小錢努魯她應該怎樣對抗腰纏萬貫的Raja Nong Chik 呢？
原文：Raja Petra Kamarudin
譯文：方宙
有一個讀者不停地留言問我這次5月5大選誰會勝出。這個問題問得很不對，如果你要問我問題的話那你最好懂得如何問對的問題。
正確的問題是：你想要從獲勝的那一方看到些什麽東西？
一個很好的比喻是我要我的老婆有些什麽特質，而不是我要我的老婆是誰。所以如果你問我我要誰儅我的老婆，這是個錯誤的問法，你應該問的是我的老婆應該有什麽特質，然後我才會回答你，不然我只會給你看我的掌背。
是的，我知道我聼起來很高傲。我是很高傲，那又怎樣？這就是爲什麽我會成爲今天的我。這就是爲什麽儅情況不利于我時我還是繼續鬥爭。你根本不必告訴我我是多麽的高傲，那個‘特別單位’已經告訴過我了；他們在（兩次）沒經過審訊的情況下逮捕了我，然後他們發覺我是真的可以那麽的高傲。
給你個例子，儅那些特別單位官員在給我訓話，告訴我身為一個穆斯林我不應該侮辱回教時，我對他們嗆聲：“如果是那樣我現在就脫離回教成爲無信仰主義者。現在我已不是穆斯林了，那我可以侮辱回教了沒？”
其中一個官員跟著就拍打桌子對我大叫，我也跟著拍打桌子對他大叫。他氣得跳起來走出了（扣留室），我轉向剩下的那六個官員說：“一個走了，還有六個，誰會是下一個？”
沒有一個敢張開他的嘴，接著他們就把我送囘我的牢房要我‘冷靜’。午飯后他們回來接我，但我拒絕離開我的牢房。3天裏我沒踏出我牢房一步，他們給我送來的飯我照樣的丟回去；我的牢房最終堆滿了丟棄的食物。
第三天晚上，某個部門派來了兩名高層官員（一男一女），要我在牢房裏簽下一些文件。我拒絕並且告訴他們我現在已經離開回教變成叛教者了。他們現在應該遵照回教法律，把我這個叛教者給斬首。
他們兩嘆了嘆氣，在我沒有簽下那些文件的情況下離開了我的牢房。那些人士氣得把我原本60天的扣留時間縮短成10天，在第十天他們就放棄盤問我直接把我送到甘文丁Kamunting。
在那他們強迫我上宗教改正課，而我在課堂裏把那宗教師弄得很難堪，他從此再也不願見到我。扣留所總監要求我別在其他被拘留者面前羞辱他們的宗教師，但我還和新來的宗教師辯論，把他們在其他人面前弄得很愚昧。
事實上，上宗教改正課是我在甘文丁最歡樂的時光。我真的很享受上這些課而我會很期待它們的到來。我把那些宗教師耍得像個白痴般，他們根本無法開口跟我辯論。
告訴我，如果我不高傲的話我會做出以上的一切嗎？我很高傲而我從來不為這道歉。我為我的高傲感到自豪（華人們可能會把我稱爲‘頭瘋’）。所以請告訴我我到現在還不知道的東西！
話説回來，你們當中有誰是智力有限的，不明白我的推動力到底是什麽的，容許我在此告訴你我的出發點。只有那些笨的人才需要繼續讀下去；如果你不是笨的那你可以停止閲讀了。
從1978年到2008年這30年裏，我的目標是對抗巫統。我對抗巫統的原因是因爲我厭惡貪污。我應該是最清楚的，因爲身為一名商人如果我想成功的話我必須親身踏入那個世界裏。還有誰能比那些曾在貪污世界裏生存而成功的人更有資格跟你談論貪污呢？
我就像你們這群卑鄙者和失敗者一樣，我明明很討厭貪污但我還是攪和進出。我沒得選，因爲只有通過貪污我才能獲得成功。貪污是必須的。如果你想要達成目的和成功的話，你就必須縱容貪污這囘事。
這不是你們這群卑鄙者和失敗者相信的嗎？你們因猖獗和明顯的貪污而對抗巫統和囯陣，但你們會縱容民聯貪污，只要你們可以把囯陣踢出局的話。
貪污是必須的，不然民聯哪有競選本錢？大選是很燒錢的，而你只有通過貪污才能湊得這麽多錢。
我的意思是，看看我在為努魯湊錢時所發生的事。我們湊得的只是那區區幾千塊錢。我過後又為努魯辦了個湊款晚宴，我甚至還為那個晚宴扛起所有開銷，結果也還是那區區幾千塊錢。靠這筆小錢努魯她應該怎樣對抗腰纏萬貫的Raja Nong Chik 呢？
所以說，我們不可能通過正當的通道來湊取足夠的經費來應付大選，因此我們必須通過不正當的管道。所以說貪污是沒錯的，只要貪污的那一方是民聯而不是巫統。
所以過去30年來我到底達成了些什麽？我因厭惡貪污而反對囯陣。你也一樣因厭惡貪污而反對囯陣，但你只厭惡巫統貪污；你認爲民聯貪污是可接受的。
這就是爲什麽我們分道揚鑣。我厭惡所有政黨的貪污，而你只厭惡巫統貪污，你認爲民聯貪污是可接受的。
所以說，從1978年到2008年我們擁有共同的目標，但08年后就不一樣了。從1978年到2008年我反對巫統貪污，而08年后我反對巫統和民聯貪污
我知道你會很不爽。那是你的代誌，不是我的。我有我的原則，你沒有。你只會空談，而我會親手去做。我甚至還會站起來對抗我的親密朋友如劉天球和郭素沁，或任何親近我的人，只要他們有違原來的理念的話。
這，我的朋友，就是原則，一個你們不會明白的名詞。
