If there is one thing we can infer from the just-concluded Presidential Election in the US, it's that Malaysia has regressed further backwards in terms of politics and governance. It further strengthens the common notion that the ruling politicians are nothing more redneck, moonshine-drinking bigots whose brains are divided into two distinct lobes; one that only recognises the word 'race' and the other that is fixated on 'religion'. I think, more so there than anywhere else, the American elections have highlighted once and for all the rotten hypocrisy that prevails here.
America, a country which gave birth to infamous groups like the KKK and various dubious cults, has shown the world that race and religion is not a prerequisite for any individual with the lofty aim of becoming President. Not anymore, at least. Unfortunately, it's a whole different ballgame here. The core of Malaysian politics is entwined tightly around creed and faith. And judging by the way things are going, there's not much light at the end of the tunnel. All that interests the governing parties is staying in power and hoarding masses of wealth; everything else is secondary. And the only way they're able to continue their wicked ways peacefully is by harping on...yes, you guessed it.
It takes one to be incredibly well-endowed with bountiful layers of epidermis to boastfully spew out the 'Truly Asia' misnomer.
Just an example: only in Malaysia can changing a road sign become a racial issue. Seriously. Only here can a multilingual road sign be construed as a threat to the national language. Yet these same idiots were oddly quiet when the equally-idiotic city hall officials were going around erecting road signs in both the national language AND Arabic; they claimed it was for tourists. Right.
Why on God's given Earth would a bunch of Arab tourists be doing in the middle of a residential area? Looking for homemade kebab perhaps? Only the KL City Hall can provide an insight to this blatant waste of public funds.
If they aren't on one of their notoriously long lunch breaks, that is.
2 comments:
I couldn't have said it any better!
Our very politicians here in Malaysia are the cancers that is eating away at this country.
Hopefully, one day in the near future, we'll have our very own Obama.
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