1 little, 2 little, 3 little Indians (UPDATED with Chinese translation)
Okay, so we have one Indian journalist working for an Indian/Chinese news portal that is financed by Indian/Chinese opposition activists quoting an Indian opposition leader from a Chinese political party complaining about an Indian Cabinet member from the government who is alleged to be remaining silent regarding the death of an Indian under police remand. And now we have the Chinese up in arms about one very charming Malaysian Chinese actress who, today, was awarded a Tan Sri title.
NO HOLDS BARRED
Raja Petra Kamarudin
I refer to the article that was published in Malaysiakini titled ‘Kula flays Waytha for silence on custodial death’ on May 27, 2013, written for him by the PKR herald Terence Netto.
The article is entirely baseless. Its basic premise is false. Its arguments are at best nothing more than self-serving political opportunism.
It is written by Terence Netto who claims a career of 40 years in journalism. It is shameful what that 40 years has come to be.
The comments section of the article and the Red Bean Facebook circuits will just amplify these lies and perform the greatest disservice to our country, spreading untruths in volumes.
Kula for his part, supposedly a senior legislator, exposes his shallowness and his political opportunism in the untruths in his utterances. It all ill-portends a Goebbellian new world for Malaysia.
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The above is a response by one of the Hindraf chaps in response to the tons of criticism being thrown around regarding the death of an Indian under police remand and the alleged deafening silence on the part of an Indian Cabinet member. I am, of course, keenly following what is being argued in the media plus online.
So here we have one Indian journalist working for an Indian/Chinese news portal that is financed by Indian/Chinese opposition activists quoting an Indian opposition leader from a Chinese political party complaining about an Indian Cabinet member from the government who is alleged to be remaining silent regarding the death of an Indian under police remand.
Hmm…1 little, 2 little, 3 little Indians…..okay, let’s move on to the next issue.
One of my many bones of contention with the opposition supporters is regarding the constant reference to the corrupt Malay government, corrupt Malay politicians, corrupt Malay police, corrupt Malay Election Commission, corrupt Malay Anti-Corruption Commission, corrupt Malay Monarchy, corrupt Malay businessmen, etc.
That is just one of my many bones of contention — the mention of ‘corrupt’ and ‘Malay’ in the same sentence as if one equates to the other. I was always of the opinion that corruption is colour-blind. In fact, some of the most corrupt nations are ‘white skin’ countries. Some of the most violent and evil governments over the last 2,000 years are in fact not Malay governments at all. They come in all shapes, sizes and colours.
There are and were many corrupt governments in Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe, etc. But we never refer to them as corrupt Catholic countries or corrupt Protestant countries or corrupt Black countries or corrupt White countries or corrupt Chinese countries of corrupt Indian countries or whatever.
Do you know that all countries are corrupt? Do you know that all governments are evil? It is just the degree from country to country. Some are more corrupt and evil than others. And it also depends on what type of corruption and evil we are talking about. There are many types of corruption and evil. Not all corruption involves ‘under-the-table’ money. And not all evil involves killing. But it is still corruption and evil nevertheless.
My second bone of contention is regarding the constant comparison of the bad Malay government of Malaysia to the good Chinese government of Singapore. Again, what has race got to do with it?
Then we read comments about how Malaysia would be a Shangri-La and would become heaven on earth if Malaysia copies Singapore and becomes just like Singapore. Then we are constantly reminded about how great Penang is because we have a Chinese government in Penang, just like they do in Singapore.
Do you really want Malaysia to copy Singapore? Do you really want Malaysia to do what Singapore is doing? Do you really want Malaysia to become just like Singapore? Be careful with what you wish for. For starters, Malaysia would need to licence online news portals and websites, just like Singapore. And you will not be allowed free speech and the freedom to organise street demonstrations, just like Singapore.
Anyway, you say that Penang is a great place because it now has a Chinese government, just like Singapore. But did not Penang always have a Chinese government since the creation of Malaya in August 1957? Penang was always run by a Chinese government; never by a Malay government. And it has had three Chinese governments back-to-back.
Let me guess. You are now going to argue that the first two Chinese governments do not count because they were not opposition Chinese governments. That may be true for 12 years from 1957 to 1969. Thereafter the opposition Gerakan took over Penang. Then Gerakan joined the federal coalition and for almost 40 years the Penang Chinese kept this opposition-party-turned-ruling-party in power because the Chinese were happy with them.
In fact, the Chinese in Penang even kicked out the opposition giants like Lim Kit Siang and Karpal Singh because they were so happy with the opposition-party-turned-ruling-party Penang state government when at that time the Malays gave the Malay areas to the opposition and half the Malays voted opposition.
So it boggles the mind when I read all this talk about the good Chinese governments of Penang and Singapore. I just cannot reconcile this statement with the action the Chinese took over 51 years or so. What you are saying does not match what you did over 51 years.
Okay, so we have one Indian journalist working for an Indian/Chinese news portal that is financed by Indian/Chinese opposition activists quoting an Indian opposition leader from a Chinese political party complaining about an Indian Cabinet member from the government who is alleged to be remaining silent regarding the death of an Indian under police remand. And now we have the Chinese up in arms about one very charming Malaysian Chinese actress who, today, was awarded a Tan Sri title.
But many people of all races were awarded Tan Sri titles today. Many of them are Chinese as well. So why pick on just this one lovely Chinese girl? What about the many other Chinese who were also awarded Tan Sri titles today?
In fact, over the last many years, many Chinese tycoons, billionaires, millionaires and businessmen have been awarded Tan Sri titles. I have thus far not heard a single word or read a single comment regarding these many other Chinese who were not just given Tan Sri titles but some of them Tun titles as well.
Ah, hold on, is it because many of these Chinese tycoons, billionaires, millionaires and businessmen donate large sums of money to the opposition? Yes, I personally know some of these Chinese tycoons, billionaires, millionaires and businessmen. They are actually friends of mine. And I know for a fact that they donate money to both sides of the political divide. They give money to Barisan Nasional and they also give money to Pakatan Rakyat.
Is this why you do not whack them — because while they give money to Barisan Nasional they also give money to Pakatan Rakyat? And since Michelle Yeoh does not give any money to Pakatan Rakyat — although she also does not give any money to Barisan Nasional — you whack her.
At the end of the day, everything boils down to just one issue — race. And you dare say that Pakatan Rakyat is not about race? Yeah, right, Barisan Nasional is about race. Pakatan Rakyat is not about race.
In that case why are you all whacking Paul Low, the Chinese Senator-Minister? Why are you whacking P. Waythamoorthy, the Indian Senator-Minister? Why are you silent about the third man, the Malay Senator-Minister who is NOT Chinese or Indian?
No, this is not about race at all. It is about democracy and freedom of speech. Yeah, right.
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一個小印度人，兩個小印度人，三個小印度人
好的，我們有一位印度裔記者，他為一個由印度/華人反對分子出錢支持的印度/華人新聞網站寫新聞，而他在他的新聞裏提到有一名來自華人反對黨的印裔領袖指責一個來自政府的印裔内閣成員對一位印度人在警察看守期間死亡一事保持沉默。然後我們又看到華人們因一位很有魅力的大馬華裔女演員被冊封為丹斯理而開始擦拳磨掌。
我們的印裔内閣成員在一名印度人于警察看守期間死亡后被指保持沉默而被大衆強烈地批評，而以上這封信是一名興權會會員對此事的看法。我當然追這件事追得很緊，我要看看網絡和媒體到底怎樣看待這件事情。
我們有一位印度裔記者，他為一個由印度/華人反對分子出錢支持的印度/華人新聞網站寫新聞，而他在他的新聞裏提到有一名來自華人反對黨的印裔領袖指責一個來自政府的印裔内閣成員對一位印度人在警察看守期間死亡一事保持沉默。
哼。。。一個小印度人，兩個小印度人，三個小印度人。。。好，讓我們繼續下一個課題。
我對反對黨支持者的其中一個爭議論點就是他們會經常提及貪污的馬來政府，貪污的馬來政客，貪污的馬來選舉會，貪污的馬來反貪侷，貪污的馬來君主，貪污的馬來商人。。。等等。
他們經常會把‘貪污’和‘馬來’放在一起，好像這兩代表著同一個意思般。我常認爲貪污是色盲的，事實上全世界最貪污的那幾個國家都是‘白皮膚’國家。人類2000年歷史以來最殘暴且不人道的那幾個政府都不是馬來政府，他們都來自一些不一樣的形狀，大小和顔色。
在亞洲，非洲，拉丁美洲，歐洲等有很多貪污的政權，但我們從來不會他們列爲貪污的天主教國家，貪污的基督教國家，貪污的黑人國家，貪污的白人國家，貪污的華人國家等等。
你知道所有政府都貪污腐敗的嗎？你知道所有政府都是邪惡的嗎？不同的只是嚴重性而已，有些政權會比其他的來得邪惡腐敗。還有，這還要視乎我們指的邪惡腐敗是什麽。不是所有貪污腐敗都只是涉及‘桌子底下的金錢’，而不是所有的邪惡都只涉及殺人。邪惡腐敗是有很多種類的。
我的第二個爭議論點就是他們很喜歡把腐坏的馬來西亞馬來政府對比良好的新加坡華人政府。種族和這有什麽關係呢？然後我們就會讀到很多言論說如果馬來西亞學習新加坡的話那我國就會變成個世外桃源。然後就會有人不斷地提醒我們檳城是多麽的好，因爲正如新加坡般，他們有個華人政府。
你真的要馬來西亞變得跟新加坡一樣？你真的要馬來西亞做新加坡正在做的事情？小心你想要得到的東西。就最簡單的，馬來西亞會變得像新加坡一樣，網絡新聞和網站須要開始登記。也如新加坡一樣，你會失去言論自由和上街遊行的權力。
無論如何，你講説檳城正如新加坡般因爲有了個華人政府而變成一個很好的地方，但檳城自馬來亞1957年獨立以來不一直是華人在管理的嗎？檳城一直都是華人政府，不是馬來人政府，在管理的。至今爲止它已經歷了三任華裔政府的管治。
讓我猜，你要開始講説前兩任並不算數因爲它們並不來自華人反對黨。這可能在1957-1969這12年間是對的，但1969年后民政黨這個反對黨就開始接管檳城了。民政黨後來加入了執政聯盟，而在往後的40年以來檳城華人都讓這個‘曾經是反對黨的執政黨’執政因爲他們對民政黨都感到滿意。
事實上，在馬來人都把他們的馬來選區‘投給’反對黨時，檳城華人還因爲太滿意民政黨這個‘曾經是反對黨的執政黨’政府而把反對黨大牛如卡巴星和林吉祥等拉下馬呢。
所以你看，這些所謂的‘檳城和新加坡的良好華人政府’論都把我的腦筋給弄亂了。我真的無法把這個言論和51年以來華人的所作所爲聯係上來。你現在所講的都不是你這51年以來所做的。
好的，我們有一位印度裔記者，他為一個由印度/華人反對分子出錢支持的印度/華人新聞網站寫新聞，而他在他的新聞裏提到有一名來自華人反對黨的印裔領袖指責一個來自政府的印裔内閣成員對一位印度人在警察看守期間死亡一事保持沉默。然後我們又看到華人們因一位很有魅力的大馬華裔女演員被冊封為丹斯理而開始擦拳磨掌。
不是有很多人，當中當然包括華人，被冊封為丹斯理嗎？爲什麽他們只挑這位漂亮的華裔小姐來對付呢？那其他像她一樣也受封的華人呢？
事實上，一直以來都有很多的華裔大亨，億萬富翁和商人都被冊封為丹斯理。而我至今爲止從沒聽説過有人會因他們被封為丹斯理（有些甚至還是被封為敦）而批評他們呢。
啊，對了，是不是因爲這些華裔大亨，億萬富翁和商人都有捐錢給反對黨呢？是的，我自己本身有認識一些華裔大亨，億萬富翁和商人，他們都是我的朋友，而我知道他們都有捐錢給囯陣和民聯這兩個敵對政黨。
這就是你不干屌他們的原因嗎？因爲在捐錢給囯陣的同時他們也有捐錢給民聯？就因爲楊紫瓊沒有捐錢給民聯—-但請注意她也沒捐錢給囯陣—-所以你就干屌她。
說到底，這些所有事情都能被簡化為一個課題，那就是種族。你現在敢跟我說民聯就不具種族主義？噢，是的，囯陣都是談論種族的，民聯不是。
如果是那樣的話爲什麽你們都跳出來干屌劉勝權這個華裔内閣上議員呢？還有P. Waythamoorthy這個印裔内閣上議員？爲什麽你們都不去干屌那第三個馬來裔的内閣上議員呢？
不是，這絕不會跟種族扯上關係，這絕對是民主和言論自由。屁啦！
