madness

Our Prime Minister was in he papers commenting on the reactions to the commotion from the recent umno general assembly (keris waving and bloodbath inciting and all), according to him there's nothing for anyone to be alarmed about, instead we should all take lessons learnt, ie that "all of us have to be careful in dealing with issues concerning race and religion"

kinda missing the point isnt it? if our people's representative go around thinking such garbage, we've got bigger problems. try addressing the issue directly. if a bunch of people got on a stage and waved a katana or kung fo sword in the name of non-malay rights, i doubt our leaders would be tip-toeing around the issue like this one.

whats worse is the post-event responses from umno officials claiming that (while this year's was a little more fiery), there's "nothing new" in this year's congress, and if Malays did not have this opportunity to vent it could get a lot worse. Of course, ignore the fact that a) this points out an even greater problem of the current mindset and sentiments of the umno delegates (reps of the people no doubt ... how is saying "oh its nothing new that they would go up and yell for blood" supposed to be ok?) and b) frankly doesnt make the Malays look very good, if anything, makes them sound like a bunch of whiny babies. The fact that there is something to "vent" contradicts our PM's statements that we have a "society based on racial-harmony".

there was another article about how it seems that Malaysia's Chinese have recently upped their demand for foreign currency, cashing out ringgit in the millions. unrest and anxiety at recent race-religion related events (the umno assembly really just being the pinnacle of it) and are looking (those who are able to anyway) overseas for alternatives.

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