Negri Sembilan politics is "Menang Kerbau" politics. Hence the name Minagkabau. It's a blood sport of Toros bullfighting, only that it is happening in a Third World country. Sometimes I do not know what all these mean -- the elections, democracy, and the fierce struggle for regime change. How must a corrupt regime be allowed to sustain itself? How must voters be allowed to continue to choose leaders that are corrupt to the bone? Political questions become philosophical musings -- ultimately foces one to become an existentialist. We are living in a world of cynicism and hopelessness.
We do not know that outcome of Bagan Pinang but we know that it is a game of high stakes and low stakes politics, as the anthropologist Clifford Geertz would put it, as analyzed in his work, "Deep Play: Notes on a Balinese cockfight"
SEE GEERTZ'S NOTES: http://www.si.umich.edu/~rfrost/courses/MatCult/content/Geertz.pdf
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Corruption has won the day again in Malaysian. it seems that we as Malaysians are allowing it to happen, and for those of us who know it is wrong we are duty bound to step up and say enough is enough. This begins with our education system, it breeds corruption. Take a look at the Tamils schools in the country, any decent Malaysian who knows what is going on with Tamil education must rise up and say, "Shut down the Tamil Schools," I have said it and I say it again. The Tamil schools are designed to breed dropouts who only excell in speaking Tamil, and most of the time foul language too.Their entertainment today is the Tamil movies on the tube, their attitudes, their beliefs, their total mindset is made up of Tamil Movie and slum culture. To the MIC and the Barisn in particular this is the way it has to be, ignorant Tamils serve these people well. A Samy Veloo, or a Najib has only got to make his presence felt for ten minutes a day before the elections and he will be revered like a God, when in fact he is nothing even close to a dog, that will do it, they'll look at him they'll be so appreciative that the PM came visiting and they'll vote for him. The children of Tamil schools only feel comfortable with other children of Tamil schools, they group together eat together sleep together and in the process marginalise themselves from the rest of Malaysian society, therein lies the "Marginalisation of the Indian Community" and that is perfect for the Barisan and the MIC. The Tamils have to become less Indian and more Malaysian to be able to live it up in Malaysia.
Not to worry Dr Azly, we lost one battle only, that is nothing, they played dirty and won, the whole world knows about it.
UMNO knows no shame, the devil rules supreme in their blood!
If a PM, called najis can say a corrupted man ain't so be it.
He is one of them, if he says ISA is then he is hitting himself in the FACE!
MAYUITNG the DPM is also saying it because he knows himself better then any of us!
How much he has in his dirty pockets all those years of dirty money in JOHOR!
So, we let them enjoy the dirty dreams and dirty ideas for the time being.
The day will dawn on them, when they realize what rotten eggs and garbage they are...if they have that chance...god willing!
Otherwise we shall see hoe they all end up?
MAMAK big brother is still around look at what he is doing to himself!
The whole world waits (www)!
corruption vs talibanization.The lack of choice is obvious
Corruption is great sin in islam, but talibanization is an ideology and nothing to do with islam. please get your perceptions right.
losing 1 battle is the beginning to lose more..it not that umno was all smart all powerful as proven in 2008...be honest do a reality check ..stop blaming umno pf dirty tricks in war it life or death no rule losers hold press conference legal suit ...winner . its party time
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with the pas joker in the pack like great big mouth hassan ali or more ali s to come..it strike fear ,,,another taliban in the making,..stop sale of beer doesnt that encompass all malays working in direct or indirect with beer goes jobless ? and live on hassan promise to heaven ?
a record for reader. our family stay along 9th mile p dickson .last election dad was adamant to vote for pas..we city folks were against it finally with much persuasion dad agreed,
this time round with hassan ali n those beer talk..dad over ruled n we look damn stupid..he said it better to know teh hantu then know not the deep blue sea...perhaps we can live with some nonsence ..but not those bigots.we have only 24 votes...pas need 4 8 to square of with us...next time
Democracy remains an alien, chimera - like, Western importation for any Third World country,like Malaysia, with a population whose average IQ is of the double digit variety. I realise, of course, that the above statement contains a tautology.
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