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- The great political debate (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)
- What me worry? (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)
- Mengupas hujah (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)
- God-given right (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)
- What's good for the goose is good for the gander (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)
- One reason why the Chinese are angry (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)
| The great political debate (UPDATED with Chinese Translation) Posted: 06 Apr 2013 06:35 PM PDT
The estimated one million (or 700,000, according to the official statistics) Malaysians living and working outside Malaysia should be allowed to vote by postal voting. The estimated one million (or 700,000, according to the official statistics) Malaysians living and working outside Malaysia should not register to vote in case the EC uses these names to stuff the ballot boxes with 'phantom' votes. NO HOLDS BARRED Raja Petra Kamarudin I have detected some interesting arguments being posted in the Blogs that you can probably use to convince people why they should vote opposition. These arguments come from Malaysia Today's readers and I present them here not necessarily in order of priority. We should vote for Pakatan Rakyat even if they field monkeys and donkeys as candidates as long as Umno and its stooges are kicked out. (This gem came from Li Xiang Lan). Barisan Nasional's Election Manifesto will bankrupt the country if implemented. Barisan Nasional's Election Manifesto is not original -- it is a copycat Election Manifesto that was stolen from Pakatan Rakyat. Hindraf will not support Pakatan Rakyat or Barisan Nasional unless both agree to Hindraf's demands. Pakatan Rakyat's Election Manifesto is stolen from Hindraf, which Barisan Nasional then stole from Pakatan Rakyat. Senile old men like Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who is in his 80s and ruled Malaysia for 22 years, should just retire and no longer talk about politics. Nik Aziz Nik Mat, who is also in his 80s and has ruled Kelantan for 23 years, should serve at least another term. Dr Chandra Muzaffar is being punished by God for opposing the opposition and that is why he is condemned to a wheelchair. Karpal Singh who supports the opposition and is also confined to a wheelchair is not being punished by God. Those who used to be in the opposition and have now left the opposition are traitors who should shut up and not criticise the opposition. Those who used to be in the government and have now joined the opposition are patriots who should go all over the country and whack the government. Non-Muslims must be allowed their democratic right to criticise Islam, as this is considered freedom of speech. Non-Christians must not be allowed to pass comments regarding Christianity, as this is considered mocking Christianity. If Pakatan Rakyat takes over there will not be any witch-hunt. However, jobs and contracts given out under the Barisan Nasional government will be terminated wherever possible. If Pakatan Rakyat takes over, all those who have committed misdeeds will be hounded and punished for their crimes. However, those who have committed misdeeds but cross over and join the opposition will not be hounded and punished for their crimes. If Barisan Nasional wins the general election, Pakatan Rakyat will not accept the result because of the rampant and blatant election fraud and gerrymandering. If Pakatan Rakyat wins the general election then Barisan Nasional must respect the wishes of the voters although the general election is rife with election fraud and gerrymandering. Bersih is non-partisan and just wants to see a clean and fair election, never mind which party may end up winning the election. Bersih wants the voters to vote for Pakatan Rakyat and kick out Barisan Nasional. Pakatan Rakyat guarantees the people of Sabah and Sarawak full autonomy. Pakatan Rakyat will determine who gets to contest in Sabah and Sarawak. The local Sabahans and Sarawakians have no say in the matter. The estimated one million (or 700,000, according to the official statistics) Malaysians living and working outside Malaysia should be allowed to vote by postal voting. The estimated one million (or 700,000, according to the official statistics) Malaysians living and working outside Malaysia should not register to vote in case the EC uses these names to stuff the ballot boxes with 'phantom' votes. Why is Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak delaying the general election? Why is Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak rushing the general election by allowing a short campaign period? Why is Barisan Nasional putting up flags and banners before Nomination Day, in breach of the election rules? Why is the government removing the flags and banners that the opposition has put up? This general election is about whom you want as Prime Minister -- Anwar Ibrahim or Najib Tun Razak. This general election is not about personalities but about change. This general election is not about mere promises but about track record, and Barisan Nasional's track record is dismal. This general election is about what Pakatan Rakyat promises to do for you if you allow the opposition to form the federal government. Lim Kit Siang is scared of losing his seat in Perak. That is why he is cowardly leaving Perak to contest in a safe seat in Johor. Lim Kit Siang is brave. That is why he is leaving his safe seat in Perak to contest in an unsafe seat in Johor. Anwar Ibrahim is a coward. He does not dare contest in a seat in Perak. Anwar Ibrahim is loyal to his supporters. That is why he is staying in his seat in Penang. I think those are enough arguments that you can use to campaign in the coming general election. Happy campaigning! ************************************************ 重大的政治辯論
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| What me worry? (UPDATED with Chinese Translation) Posted: 05 Apr 2013 11:37 PM PDT
Alfred E. Neumann then talks about my loyalty. He did not, however, talk about loyalty to whom. In Judas' case it was loyalty to Jesus that came into question. Hence, again, who is the 'Jesus' meant in Alfred E. Neumann's analogy? Loyalty has to be to a person, country, cause, organisation, etc. And if I have been disloyal then Alfred E. Neumann has to make clear to whom or to what I have been disloyal. NO HOLDS BARRED Raja Petra Kamarudin
Everyone has a price, eh Pete? — Alfred E. Neumann Thirty pieces of silver was all it took for Judas to betray Jesus Christ. One can only wonder the price for Raja Petra Kamarudin's loyalty. Or is he priceless and can't be bought? The blogger-on-the-run who delighted us with many tales has published links to a video-clip, ostensibly showing how famed jewellers Jacob & Co have denied that they sold a RM24 million ring to Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor. The First Lady has already denied the allegations in her book. So why the need to reinforce that denial? Pro-Umno bloggers and cybertroopers have been doing the denial for the past two years and now the famous or is it infamous RPK has joined that bandwagon. One can only wonder why it took Jacob & Co almost two years to actually deny this tale. Or that someone took great pains to get their representative on camera to deny the allegations that have been swirling the past couple of years. One has to be careful with Jacob & Co. They were linked to the Detroit Black Mafia in 2006 for suspected money laundering, according to Vanity Fair. Can we take their word then that there wasn't a sale? Why even bother unless it is an issue for the general elections. So much an issue of the haves and have-nots that the Barisan Nasional (BN) thinks are eager for another round of cash handouts. So much an issue that RPK had to show us the links to the Jacob & Co video-clip that was only uploaded yesterday showing a man clearly ill at ease about denying a sale. So much an issue that a lot of energy, effort and money has gone into denying the sale. Fine, there was no sale and a denial was issued two years later. We believe you, Jacob & Co. And thank you, RPK, for reporting the video-clip. The issue has been settled then, no pricy diamond rings bought by VIPs at a time when we were told to tighten our belts. No sirree, no. We'll take your word for it then, while others take their share of pieces of silver. Alfred E. Neumann reads The Malaysian Insider. *********************************************
Alfred E. Neuman is my favourite Mad character -- famous for his saying 'What me worry?' The Mad Alfred E. Neuman, however, has only one 'n' in his name, while the other Alfred E. Neumann -- who wrote the letter above to The Malaysian Insider -- has two 'n's in his name. Alfred E. Neumann of The Malaysian Insider started off by saying that Judas betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver. I don't know where Alfred E. Neumann got that story from, which some may regard as folklore. In the first place, did Judas and Jesus even exist? Alfred E. Neumann did not offer any evidence of their existence so we have to assume that he is the propagator of folklore and fairy tales. In fact, some even say that Judas did not betray Jesus but that it was a conspiracy between Judas and Jesus. It seems Jesus was meant to die for the sins of mankind. That was part of God's grand design. And it seems, also, Judas, being one of the conspirators, was informed of this. Hence Judas played along with the wayang and 'sold out' Jesus so that Jesus could die, as what God had planned from the very beginning. Hence did Judas really betray Jesus or was Judas one of the actors in the wayang that God had planned? Were Judas and Jesus both fellow conspirators in this little conspiracy hatched by God? We must understand that Christianity was founded on the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. Without the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ Christianity would not exist. Hence Jesus had to die and Judas had to 'betray' Jesus for that plan to succeed. Anyway, if Alfred E. Neumann is using the analogy of Judas to describe me, who is 'Jesus' supposed to be? Is it Anwar Ibrahim? For there to be a Judas, there must also be a Jesus. So I am very curious to know who this 'Jesus' is. I can only assume that Alfred E. Neumann means that Anwar Ibrahim is Jesus, the Son of God, the Holy Spirit, and all that nonsense. Alfred E. Neumann then talks about my loyalty. He did not, however, talk about loyalty to whom. In Judas' case it was loyalty to Jesus that came into question. Hence, again, who is the 'Jesus' meant in Alfred E. Neumann's analogy? Loyalty has to be to a person, country, cause, organisation, etc. And if I have been disloyal then Alfred E. Neumann has to make clear to whom or to what I have been disloyal. I used to be a member of PKR. I never became a member of DAP or PAS because you cannot be a member of two political parties. I also used to work for PKR's newspaper until 2004, after which I left to manage Malaysia Today fulltime. I never renewed my membership in PKR since 2001. Hence Alfred E. Neumann cannot mean I am disloyal to PKR, DAP or PAS. I am not a member of any of those parties. I am, however, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party in the UK and I voted for them in the last general election (I became a LibDem member before the general election). And I am still a LibDem member until today. Now, LibDem is a coalition member in the present ruling government. In the most recent by-election in Eastleigh, LibDem competed against its coalition partner, Conservative, and won that by-election. In fact, 14 political parties in total contested in that by-election.
Hence LibDem and its coalition partner, Conservative, fought against each other. And LibDem defeated its coalition partner. But that is not seen as a betrayal. It is considered quite normal and acceptable. It is just like PKR and PAS or PKR and DAP competing against each other in the elections. So you see, your interpretation of betrayal is not the same as my interpretation of betrayal. To you, PKR and PAS or PKR and DAP contesting against each other is considered a betrayal. To me, LibDem competing against Conservative is not a betrayal but democracy being practiced. My loyalty would be to the voters, not to Anwar Ibrahim, PKR, DAP or PAS. If I were to lie to the voters, that would be a betrayal. Hence when I received a video that explained what really happened regarding the diamond ring controversy, it is my duty to reveal this to the voters. The thing is, I may not personally like Rosmah Mansor. However, booklets are being distributed alleging that Rosmah bought a diamond ring when actually she did not. In fact, the story of her buying the ring came out after the ring had been sent back to the US. My loyalty is to the truth. And the truth is the ring was sent to Malaysia and was later sent back to the US. Then, after it was sent back, the story emerged. My job is merely to reveal what the people who had sent the ring to Malaysia have to say about the whole episode. And this I have done. Hence I have not betrayed the voters or the truth. Of course, many people are not going to believe this story. That is to be expected -- as many people too do not believe the story of the 30 pieces of silver and of Judas betraying Jesus or even the story of the existence of Judas and Jesus. In the end, you believe what you want to believe if you think that believing so will guarantee you a place in heaven. If I had revealed a video of Jacob and Co. confirming that the ring had been sent to Rosmah because she wanted to buy it would Alfred E. Neumann call me a Judas and question my loyalty? Of course not! Instead he would call me Jesus rather than Judas. That is what this whole thing is really about. ********************************************** 什麽，我在擔心？ Alfred E. Neumann 之後談及的是我的忠誠，但他沒有講到是我對誰的忠誠。我們知道猶大效忠的人是耶穌， Alfred E. Neumann 把我當成猶大的話，那就必須得有個耶穌。忠誠是對個人，國家，理念，社團。。。。等等的，Alfred E. Neumann必需闡明我所效忠的對象。 原文：Raja Petra Kamarudin 译文：方宙 Alfred E. Neuman 是我在 Mad 裏最喜歡角色。他的經典口頭禪是"什麽，我在擔心？" 'What me worry?' 。Mad 的Alfred E. Neuman在他名字裏只有一個'n' 而寫了以上這封信的Alfred E. Neumann 則有兩個'n'。 這個Alfred E. Neumann 在信中提到了猶大因30塊銀片而出賣了耶穌，而很多人都認爲這只是個傳説故事。到底歷史上猶大和耶穌是否存在呢？而既然Alfred E. Neumann沒有提出他們存在的證據我們只能設想他是個相信傳説的'講古人'。 事實上，有人認爲猶大根本沒有背叛耶穌而是耶穌的同謀。耶穌必須為世人的罪而死，這是上帝的指使，而猶大這個同謀他是知道的。所以，猶大他配合演出了這場wayang來背叛耶穌以便耶穌正如上帝所策劃般地死去。 那猶大真的背叛了耶穌嗎還是猶大是上帝計劃中的一員呢？猶大和耶穌是否又有合作執行了上帝的計劃呢？我們必須了解基督教是在耶穌受罪和復活后才建立的。若耶穌沒有被釘在十字架上和復活的話那基督教根本就不會存在。所以說耶穌必須死亡而猶大必須反叛才能讓計劃成功。 話説回來，如果Alfred E. Neumann 把我比喻成猶大的話，那誰是耶穌呢？安華嗎？有猶大就必須要有耶穌，而我真的很好奇他指的耶穌到底是誰。我現在只能猜想Alfred E. Neumann 的耶穌指的正是安華。 Alfred E. Neumann 之後談及的是我的忠誠，但他沒有講到是我對誰的忠誠。我們知道猶大效忠的人是耶穌， Alfred E. Neumann 把我當成猶大的話，那就必須得有個耶穌。忠誠是對個人，國家，理念，社團。。。。等等的，Alfred E. Neumann必需闡明我所效忠的對象。 我曾經是公正黨黨員，但我從來沒參與過行動黨和伊斯蘭黨，因爲沒有人可以成爲兩個黨的黨員。我也曾經為公正黨的黨報工作直到2004年，之後我就辭職為MT全職工作。而自從2001年起我就再沒更新我的公正黨黨籍。 所以 Alfred E. Neumann 不能講我背叛民聯三黨，因爲我根本就不是他們的黨員。無論如何，我是英國自由民主黨員，且在上個大選中有投票（我在大選前就入黨了）。到今天我還是自由民主黨員。 自由民主黨是現今英國執政聯盟政府中的其中一個聯盟黨。在最近Eastleigh的補選中（有14個黨參選），自由民主黨和它的聯盟黨友保守黨相互競爭。而在這次的補選中，自由民主黨打敗了它的盟友保守黨。但沒有人把這看成是背叛，他們都把這看得很正常且被允許的。在馬來西亞的話，我們可以把它看成是公正黨在大選中對壘伊黨或行動黨。 在這我們就能看出你和我就'背叛'上的不同看法。對你來説，民聯三黨自相競爭就是背叛彼此，但對我來講，自由民主黨和保守黨相互競爭並不是背叛彼此而是在展現民主精神。 我效忠的是廣大的選民，而不是安華或民聯。如果我欺騙選民的話，那我就犯了背叛罪。所以儅我把影片公諸於世以解釋'鑽石案'的背後真相時，我其實是正在執行著我對選民的義務。 我自己本身可能很不喜歡儸斯瑪，但那些小冊子指控的是儸斯瑪買了那枚鑽石戒指，而現實裏儸斯瑪根本就沒那麽做。事實上，那個故事是在那鑽戒被送囘美國才散播出來的。 我的忠誠是在於陳述事實的理念。而事實是，那枚鑽戒是在被送來馬來西亞后就被送囘美國，而那個故事是在以後才傳出的。我的義務是把那位送鑽戒到大馬的人要解釋的東西公諸於世，而我所做的正是如此。所以說，我並沒有背叛選民和我對陳述事實的理念。 當然，很多人都不會相信我所揭開的那個故事。這是很正常的----就如會有人不相信猶大和30銀片的故事，或猶大背叛耶穌的故事，甚至是猶大和耶穌存在的事情。 總歸而言，你會相信那些你要相信，那些可以讓你死後上天堂的事情。 如果說我發佈的影片是指認儸斯瑪想買那枚鑽戒的，那Alfred E. Neumann 還會稱我為猶大進而猜疑我的忠誠嗎？當然不會！他有很大可能會把我捧為耶穌呢！ 而 這就是所有事情的根基所在。 |
| Mengupas hujah (UPDATED with Chinese Translation) Posted: 31 Mar 2013 08:33 PM PDT
Now, using what many of you will now say is my warped logic (and you say so only because you cannot find any argument to counter this argument), if the NEP should be abolished because, as you say, it is being abused by those people in high places to benefit themselves, should not other things be banned as well for that very same reason? NO HOLDS BARRED Raja Petra Kamarudin I am sure, as a Malaysian citizen who should be able to speak the national language, Bahasa Malaysia, you know what 'mengupas hujah' means. If you don't then you really do not deserve Malaysian citizenship. I mean, even here in the UK, before you are given British citizenship, you need to first pass your English test. And if you can't speak English then you do not get British citizenship. Anyway, I would like to kupas some of your hujah that you have bandied about the last few weeks. One of these hujah, of course, is regarding the New Economic Policy (NEP) where you have concluded that the NEP is being abused by certain people in power and hence should be abolished. Actually, that is not something new. I and other members of the Malay Chamber of Commerce have said the same thing 30 years ago back in the mid-1980s. Some of you who are younger than 30 were not born yet at that time while you who are in your 40s were still in primary school in the 1980s and, as the Malays would say, belum sunat lagi. So perish the thought if you feel clever about coming out with that statement. You are not the inventor of that statement and neither are you the first to utter it. It is an old and expired statement that we used to throw into Umno's face and is now as basi as the word Umnoputera, which I can proudly claim to have been the inventor of during a seminar around the same time, the mid-1980s, that I wrote about a couple of weeks ago. So you want the NEP to be abolished and your reason for wanting so is because it is being abused by certain people in high places. That is the same reason being applied by the anti-gun lobbyists in the United States. They want guns banned because they say that the US has a very high rate of deaths/murder due to guns. The pro-gun lobbyists, however, oppose this and say that it is their right to bear arms, as guaranteed in the American Constitution, and that it is not guns but people that kill. In other words, their argument is that people and not guns are bad. And it is people and not guns that kill. So why should guns be banned because of the fault of the people. You should not punish guns for the crime committed by people. Cars kill more people every year than guns do. Hence should not cars be banned for causing the death of people? Why should guns be banned but cars are not banned? Incidentally, in the US, there are 12.3 road fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants compared to only 3.59 per 100,000 inhabitants for the UK. In Malaysia it is 24.1 per 100,000 inhabitants, twice that in the US and about seven times that of the UK. By 2015, it is expected that traffic accident related deaths would be lower than gun related deaths in the US because of a large drop in traffic accident deaths. (SEE CHART BELOW).
Okay, in the US, cars kill more people than guns do and yet you want to ban guns but not cars. And since your argument for wanting to ban guns is because guns kill, then cars should also be banned for that very same reason. Now, using what many of you will now say is my warped logic (and you say so only because you cannot find any argument to counter this argument), if the NEP should be abolished because, as you say, it is being abused by those people in high places to benefit themselves, should not other things be banned as well for that very same reason? Many of you say that the Malaysian Election Commission (SPR) is being abused by people in power to remain in power. The general elections are not fair, you say. There is rampant fraud and blatant gerrymandering. Chinese-majority seats see voters as high as 120,000 while Malay-majority seats see voters as low as 5,000. Hence 70% of the seats are Malay-dominated seats while the non-Malay seats are in the minority. The ruling party needs to win only 45% of the votes to remain in power while the opposition needs to win 60% or so of the votes to form the federal government. That is what you say and you are not terribly wrong. The election process is being abused, just like the NEP is, by those in power to immorally and unfairly stay in power. The people/voters are being cheated by those who walk in the corridors of power. The election process merely legitimises an illegitimate government. Hence, since there is rampant and blatant abuse of the election process, just like in the case of the NEP, should not general elections be abolished, just like what you propose for the NEP? Anything that is being abused by those in power for their own benefit should be abolished, as what you argue. We all lament about the Malaysian Cabinet. Those members of the Cabinet, the Ministers, abuse their power and perpetuate corruption to enrich themselves, their families, and their friends. Malaysia, it seems, has lost billions because of this corruption and abuse of power. And it is still going on even as you read this. The latest is the 'nationalisation' of the IPPs to the tune of tens of billions of Ringgit. Do we, therefore, need a Cabinet? Should we not abolish the Cabinet and save the country hundreds of billions of Ringgit? If we abolish the Cabinet and there are no more Ministers, who is going to run the country? I do not know who is going to run the country but for use we will be saving hundreds of billions because there will be no more Ministers to abuse their power and corruptly spend the country's money. Another two very abused agencies are the PDRM and MACC, Malaysia's police force and anti-corruption commission. As what many of you have said, these two agencies appear to be serving Umno's interest rather than serving the nation. Hence these two agencies serve no purpose other than to keep Umno in power. If Malaysia did not have any PDRM and MACC then there would be no one to serve Umno. And maybe then we will be able to kick Umno out. So it is in the interest of the ABU movement that we abolish the PDRM and MACC. What will Malaysia do if it did not have a police force or an anti-corruption commission? I am not sure what we would do but for sure it may be easier to kick out Umno without a police force and an anti-corruption commission that props up Umno. And now we come to the legal system (the courts and the AG Chambers) and all those other agencies that serve Umno's interest...and not forgetting the worst one of all, religion. **************************************** @font-face @font-face @font-face p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal a:link, span.MsoHyperlink a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed div.Section1 Mengupas hujah 现在，应用回这个你们称之为'有漏洞的逻辑'（你们会这样讲，是因为你们根本就找不到论点来反驳我以上讲的），NEP因被滥用而应该被废除，那是不是代表其他被滥用的政策也应该被废除呢？ 原文：Raja Petra Kamarudin 译文：方宙 我相信，身为马来西亚人的你应该精通马来文，所以你应该懂'mengupas hujah'是什么意思。 但如果你不懂，那你根本没资格自称是大马公民。在英国，如果你没通过英文考试的话，你是拿不到英国公民权的。 话说回来，我在此想kupas 你们在过去几个星期的hujah。其中一个hujah就是有关NEP的；你们争议NEP因被有心人骑劫而应该被废除。 早在30年前我就和其他马来商会会员提起这点了。你们当中有人当时根本还没出生，而对于现在40岁的读者，你们当时还是，套一句马来文，'belum sunat lagi '的小学生呢。 所以说，如果你因这个论点而洋洋自喜，那就得了吧！你们根本就不是第一个提出那个论点的人。那个论点基本上已经'过期'了，就如Umnoputera这个词一样（我上个星期就提起了，我是这个词的发明者，而我为此感到很骄傲）。 你们现在呼吁NEP因被高层人士骑劫而应该被废除。这个论点和美国的反拥枪主意是一样的。他们认为美国现时的高死亡/谋杀率是和枪械有直接关系的。而赞同拥枪主意的则说拥枪权是美国宪法所保障的，再者，杀人的是人，不是枪。 换句话说，他们争议的是人，而不是枪械的错，那为什么我们就应为人的错而去抵制枪械呢？车子每年比枪械致死更多人，那是不是我们就应该抵制用车呢？为什么我们要抵制拥枪而不是汽车呢？ 在美国，每年每10万人内就有12.3人在公路上死亡，英国则是3.59。大马的死亡率是24.1人，是美国的两倍，英国的七倍。预测显示，在2015年，车祸死亡的个案总数会将会低过因枪械死亡的个案总数（请看以上英文版内的图表）。 在美国汽车每年比枪械致死更多人，然你要抵制枪械而不是汽车。你的论点是，因为枪支会致死所以我们必须抵制枪支。那照理来说，汽车也应该被抵制，因为因汽车致死的人更多。 现在，应用回这个你们称之为'有漏洞的逻辑'（你们会这样讲，是因为你们根本就找不到论点来反驳我以上讲的），NEP因被滥用而应该被废除，那是不是代表其他被滥用的政策也应该被废除呢？ 你们讲说选举委员会（Malaysian Election Commission，SPR）是在权人士滥用来巩固自己地位的。大选是不公平的，贿选和傑利蠑螈是司空见惯的。华人选区的选民数可以高达12万人，而有些马来人选区的选民数可以低达5千人，所以，有70%的议席都是来自马来人选区。而执政党只需45%的选票就能进驻布城，但反对党则需60%以上才能。 你所讲的没错，我们的选举制度，正如NEP，是被在权人士滥用。人民/选民都被那些走在权利走廊上的人欺骗。我们的选举制度所做的只是在合法化一个不合法的政府。 所以，既然我们的选举存在着显而易见的，猖獗的滥用（正如NEP），那我是不是应该废除选举呢？所有被在权人士所滥用的东西应该被废除，这正是你所争论的。 我们也为我们的内阁哀叹。我们的部长们都通过滥权和贪污而让他们自己，家人，朋友等暴富。我国为此损失了上百亿。最新的就是牵涉上百亿的独立发电厂的国有化课题。 所以我们需要内阁吗？我们是否要摒弃内阁以便国家可以不用花那上百亿的冤枉钱呢？但如果我们放弃内阁的话，请问我们该找谁来打理国家呢？我不知道这个问题的答案，但可以肯定的是，我们会因那些贪官的不存在而为国家省下了很多钱。 还有两个经常会被滥用的是我们的警队和反贪局。你们说这两个机构是为巫统而非国家服务的，所以他们是没有存在的必要性，因为他们只会巩固巫统的权利。只要没有了警队和反贪局那巫统就没了'走狗'，而我们就会有机会把巫统踢出局。 即是说，解散警队和反贪局将会对ABU（Asalkan Bukan Umno）运动大大有利，但一个没有警队和反贪局的大马将是个怎样的国家呢？我也不知道这个问题的答案，但也可以肯定的是，没了这两个机构的保护，我们将会更容易得铲除巫统。 我们将进而谈到废除我们的司法和其他被巫统滥用的机构。。。。到最后，我们将会碰到最为棘手的问题----宗教。 |
| God-given right (UPDATED with Chinese Translation) Posted: 29 Mar 2013 07:44 PM PDT
Anyway, as I said, only roughly 10% of Malaysia's population is Christian. Hence how can only 10% be right? Muslims make up more than 50% of Malaysia's population. In a democracy do we not go on the basis that the majority is correct while the minority is wrong? Well, at least that is what many of you say judging by the comments you post in Malaysia Today. NO HOLDS BARRED Raja Petra Kamarudin Churches packed as thousands mark anniversary of the crucifixion of Christ (The Star) - MALACCA: Christians here and across the country observed the most solemn day of the Holy Week Good Friday, which marks the crucifixion of Jesus Christ more than 2,000 years ago. The 303-year-old St Peter's Church here saw a massive candlelight late evening procession steeped in tradition as thousands of pilgrims and devotees from Malaysia and Singapore converged here. Besides taking part in the procession, which moved out from the country's oldest operational Catholic church into the streets for a third consecutive year, participants also witnessed the most sombre aspect of the ceremony where the Dead Lord statue resting on a wooden bier was carried amid the singing of mournful Latin lamentations. The massive crowd with lighted candles made their way out of the church compound along the upper reaches of Jalan Tun Sri Lanang before turning into Jalan Munshi Abdullah. With church servers and clergy heading the procession, it also made its way into Jalan Bunga Raya before heading back to the church after a 2.5km route. At churches across the country Christians turned up in droves to attend the main mass at 3pm, the hour Christ died on the cross. In Puchong, Selangor, devotees of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church braved the weather to witness a re-enactment of Christ's passion and death. Members of the church's youth wing acted out the re-enactment, dressed in costumes and used make up to lend a sense of realism in portraying the solemn event. Peter Thomas, 52, said the re-enactment was done annually to remind devotees of Christ's sacrifice for their sins. "We believe Christ endured torture, ridicule and ultimately crucifixion to redeem our sins," he said. During the Stations of the Cross devotion, pictures in the church and the main crucifix at the altar were draped in purple cloth to symbolise mourning. The cloth will be in place till Easter Sunday when Christians celebrate the resurrection of Christ. Parish priest Father Leonard Lexson then led the congregation in a solemn mass, which was conducted in English and Bahasa Malaysia. He said the whole theme of the Holy Week was to remember what Christ did. "Before the death of Jesus, there was no meaning to death. "But after this, the Lord himself gave meaning to it. "His death brings new life to us all," he said. ********************************************** About 10% of Malaysia's population is Christian. While Malaysian Muslims are mainly Sunnis, the Christians are divided into Anglicans, Baptists, Brethren, non-denominational churches, independent Charismatic churches, Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterian, Roman Catholics and so on. And some Christians regard the other Christians as not true Christians but heretics. A fragmented minority population in Malaysia believes that Jesus Christ died on the cross and was resurrected after three days. Furthermore, a minority population in Malaysia believes that Jesus Christ is of a virgin birth. And a minority population in Malaysia believes that Jesus Christ is the saviour and that our salvation is through Him. Do you want to know what I believe? I believe that the story of Jesus dying on the cross was fabricated to give Jesus an image of being special. I also believe that the historical Jesus and the mythical Jesus are two different people who were 'born' at different times. Furthermore, I believe that Jesus was not of virgin birth because, according to some stories I read, Jesus had elder brothers -- hence Mary was not a virgin when Jesus was born. I also believe that Jesus was a Jew who was concerned with the deviant Jewish teachings and had tried to bring the Jews back to the right path but Paul later invented a new religion called Christianity and falsely credited that new religion to Jesus. And I further believe that Paul fabricated the so-called holy book called the Bible and that the Bible did not come from God. Does my belief trouble you? Well, I have a God-given right to my belief and I also have a God-given right to tell you what I believe. I am not disparaging you or vilifying you for believing what I consider silly old wives tales and mythical stories. I am not even running down your beliefs even though I consider them silly. I respect your beliefs but that does not take away my right to tell you what I believe and tell you that I do not share your beliefs. Some of you think that Islam is an evil religion. And you think so because you consider Islam a violent religion. Well, that is your belief and you are entitled to your belief. Actually, all religions are violent with a very low tolerance for those of other religions. It is just that in this day and age we can no longer kill people of other religions like we could in the good old days, say, of 500 years ago. If not because of that we would still be killing people of other religions until today. In fact, in some parts of the world, wherever they are able to get away with it, the killing is still going on. Hence no religion believes in freedom of religion. All religions believe that killing in the name of God is allowed and in some cases even encouraged. The Christians say that Islam is a violent religion only because the Christians can no longer kill the Jews and Muslims like they used to do in the not so long ago past. Anyway, did not President Bush attack Iraq because, according to him, God whispered in his ear and asked him to do so? And that was not really that long ago and the Americans are still in Iraq until today. So spare me the holier-than-thou moralising. All religionists are the same. And don't give me that lame excuse that that was a long time ago and is no longer so today. You mean God sent down the latest/amended version of the Bible/Qur'an in 2012? Anyway, as I said, only roughly 10% of Malaysia's population is Christian. Hence how can only 10% be right? Muslims make up more than 50% of Malaysia's population. In a democracy do we not go on the basis that the majority is correct while the minority is wrong? Well, at least that is what many of you say judging by the comments you post in Malaysia Today. Hence if the majority is correct and the minority is wrong, then the Muslims are correct while the Christians are straying up the wrong path. And the Christians should, therefore, abandon their misguided beliefs and come back to the right path, Islam. The minority should correctly follow the majority. That is how it works in a democracy where the majority rules and the minority are ruled and must bow to the majority. This is also the same regarding the political culture of Malaysia. Since the majority are with Pakatan Rakyat then you, the minority, should also support Pakatan Rakyat. And since the majority believe that Anwar Ibrahim is the saviour of the country and that the country's salvation lie in the hands of Anwar then all of you should also follow Anwar. The minority has no place in Malaysia and has no business in voicing out their minority views. That is how it works. And if the minority expresses anything opposed to the majority belief then we can disparage and vilify these people and heckle them and call them names. And this was what Zul Nordin rightfully did when he made fun of Hinduism, another minority religion in Malaysia. Zul was only doing what the other majorities in Malaysia are currently doing to the minority. So there is nothing wrong with what Zul did. After all, in Malaysia, only the majority has the right to speak while the minority does not have that same right. And if you do not believe me then read the comments posted in Malaysia Today. There is enough evidence there to support what I say. ****************************************** 上帝赐予的权力 无论如何，正如我说过，只有10%是基督徒，那请问10%怎么会是对的呢？马来西亚人口有50%都是穆斯林，而在我们对民主的看法里，多数就是对的，少数就是错的，不是吗？这就你们在MT上留言的结论。 原文：Raja Petra Kamarudin 译文：方宙 大约10%的大马人口是基督徒。在大马穆斯林多是逊尼教徒的当而，基督徒可分为圣公宗，浸信会，再洗礼派，灵恩派，信义宗，循道宗，天主会等等。有些基督徒会认为其他教会的教徒并不是真的教徒，甚至会认为他们是异教徒。 有一小部分的大马人口认为耶稣死在十字架上，且在三天后复活。此外，有人认为耶稣是个处女生出来的。也有人认为耶稣是我们的救世主，而我们通过他才得永生。 你想知道我是怎样想的吗？我相信耶稣死在十字架上是个捏造出来的故事，目的是要给耶稣制造一个特别的形象。我也相信史实上的耶稣和神化的耶稣是两个不同的人，而且在不同的时间出生。在来，我不认为耶稣是个处女生出来的，因为在我读到的故事里，耶稣他是有个哥哥的，所以说圣母玛利亚在生耶稣的时候不是个处女。 我也相信耶稣是个犹太人。他对偏离犹太教义的教规感到担心而想要把犹太人带回正途，而保罗发明了所谓的基督教而把它说成是耶稣的新宗教。我也认为保罗也编造了圣经，圣经并不是上帝的语言。 我相信的东西烦扰了你吗？我相信我有上帝赐予的权力去相信我要相信的东西，而我也有权力告诉你我相信些什么。我并没有因你相信我认为是很荒谬，很迷信的东西而来诋毁你。我也并不会过问和质疑你的信仰，虽然说我认为那很可笑。我尊重你的信仰，但那并不代表就有人可以拿走我告诉你我信仰的权力，和我告诉你我并不认同你信仰的权力。 你们当中有人认为伊斯兰教是邪恶的，因为伊斯兰是个暴力的宗教。当然你有你相信的权力。事实上，所有宗教都是暴力的，都不能容忍其他不同的宗教。只是说我们现在，不像500年前，不能再任意残杀其他宗教的教徒。 如果不是那样，我们早就互相残杀了！今时今日在有些地区，当有机会时，宗教残杀还是存在的。所以说，没有宗教会让你选择其他宗教。所有宗教都认为以上帝的名义来杀害他人是可以的，而且有些时候还是被鼓励的。 基督徒声称伊斯兰是暴力的；这是因为他们不能再像以往一样任意宰杀犹太人和穆斯林。无论如何，在小布斯发兵攻击伊拉克时，他不就是说是上帝在他耳朵里叫他这样做的吗？那还是不久以前吧，而现在美国还没有从伊拉克撤退呢。 所以请别来跟我大谈'我比你还神圣'的狗屁道理。所有宗教都是一样的。也别来跟我说，噢那是以前的做法，现在不同了。那是不是代表上帝在2012年给了你新版本的圣经/可兰经呢？ 无论如何，正如我说过，只有10%是基督徒，那请问10%怎么会是对的呢？马来西亚人口有50%都是穆斯林，而在我们对民主的看法里，多数就是对的，少数就是错的，不是吗？这就你们在MT上留言的结论。 所以如果多数是对的，少数是错的，那穆斯林就是对的而基督徒就是走在歧途上。进而基督徒应该放弃错的信仰而回归伊斯兰这条正途。少数应因该服从多数，这就是你们所谓的民主：少数应该对多数叩头。 这也是马来西亚政治文化的写照：既然多数人都支持民联，你身为少数者就必须跟着支持民联。当多数人相信安华是马来西亚救世主时，你也就必须相信他。少数人在这根本就没地方可站，根本就没有发言的余地。 这就是我们的政治文化。 当那些少数人发表对多数人不利的言论时，我们就可以诋毁他们，刁难他们，干屌他们。这正是Zul Nordin 取笑兴都教，一个少数人的宗教，时的作为。而Zul 所做的正是大马多数人会对少数人所作的事情，所以他并没有做错什么。 所以说，在今天的大马，只有多数人有权力发言，少数人只能闭嘴。如果你不相信的话，请去看MT的留言；你将会看到一大堆的证据。
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| What's good for the goose is good for the gander (UPDATED with Chinese Translation) Posted: 28 Mar 2013 06:31 PM PDT
So you, just like Marina, must take the blame for what your parents did. And because your parents are guilty of the state the country is in, you, just like Marina, have lost the right to speak. Marina must not speak since her father is to be blamed for what happened to Malaysia. You, too, must therefore not speak because your parents are to be blamed for what happened to Malaysia. NO HOLDS BARRED Raja Petra Kamarudin Yesterday, a friend from Malaysia phoned me and was very upset with the comments posted in Malaysia Today, in particular those that whacked me. I told him not to worry about it because, measured over any 30-day period, Malaysia Today has more than 700,000 unique readers. So 100-200 nasty comments is not a reflection of the majority view. I get more private e-mails and messages of support compared to those nasty comments posted in the Internet. And those comments posted in Malaysiakini, The Malaysian Insider, Free Malaysia Today, and so on, are mostly duplicates. They are the same people posting all over the place. These are trolls who will post negative comments never mind what you say. It is not the issue that they address but the person that they whack. I have also detected many comments from the same person but posted under different names and e-mail addresses but their IP addresses are the same. This gives an impression of many people commenting but actually they are the same person commenting many times under different identities. These are what we would call hecklers. You see them at football games as well. They will also heckle the players because of their race/ethnicity rather than because of the way they play football. And most of these hecklers would not be able to score a goal even if their life depended on it. Yet they heckle others as if they are great footballers themselves. And most of these hecklers are people with very low intellectuality. Because of their inability to engage in an intellectual discourse they resort to heckling. For example, they will also heckle Marina Mahathir even when she makes a very sensible statement just because she is the daughter or Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. In fact, what Marina says is what many in the opposition are also saying. And she even attended the Bersih march, mind you. But even if Marina said we need more freedom of religion (which means Muslims can leave Islam if they so wish) and the rights of LBGTs should be protected (which means we should allow gay marriages) they will still whack her not because they don't agree with what she says but because she is the daughter of Dr Mahathir. If you should be whacked for what your parents did then no one should be spared a whacking. Remember what happened in the 2004 general election? That was the year that Barisan Nasional made history in the 11th General Election. And who was it that gave Barisan Nasional this most impressive victory? Many of you will say, "That was not me. That was my parents. My parents voted for Barisan Nasional, as they did in 1999, 1995, 1990 and so on." In fact, in 1995, even the 'giants' of DAP lost the election. Do you remember that? "That was not me, that was my parents." Well, Marina gets whacked because of what her father did. You disparage her and vilify her because she is the daughter of Tun Dr Mahathir. Hence when I disparage and vilify you for what your parents did in 2004, 1999, 1995 and 1990, am I wrong? And if not because of your parents Dr Mahathir would not have been in power for 22 years and Umno for 56 years. So you, just like Marina, must take the blame for what your parents did. And because your parents are guilty of the state the country is in, you, just like Marina, have lost the right to speak. Marina must not speak since her father is to be blamed for what happened to Malaysia. You, too, must therefore not speak because your parents are to be blamed for what happened to Malaysia. Why do you resent me calling the Chinese and Indians bodoh for voting for Barisan Nasional all those many years? It may be your parents who did this. However, just like Marina needs to be disparaged and vilified for what her father did, then so should you. That is called 'one standard for all', not one standard for you and a different standard for others. Another issue that these people raise is regarding my financial backers. They want to know who is financing Malaysia Today. If you want to know because you want to contribute to paying the cost of running Malaysia Today then I shall be very happy to sit down with you to discuss this matter. I will certainly show you my P&L and Balance Sheet. I start work at about 5.00am every day. Those who contact me at around lunchtime Malaysian time know this. Those who have visited me in Manchester and have spent the night in my house also know this. Mat Sabu of PAS can in fact confirm this as can those others who have stayed at my house. I normally do not stop work until after lunchtime (dinnertime Malaysian time) and I continue for another couple of hours at teatime and maybe 3-4 hours after dinnertime. In all, I spend about 10-12 hours a day on Malaysia Today, seven days a week, 365 days a year, holidays included. All in all, I spend 3,600-4,300 hours a year doing work for Malaysia Today. Let's average it at 4,000 hours a year. At the minimum wage of £6 an hour, that comes to £24,000 or RM120,000 a year. And that is minimum wage, mind you. If I were an editor of a commercial website I would receive much more than that. Nevertheless, £24,000 a year is what I would also get if I worked 8-10 hours a day as a chef in a restaurant here in the UK. Then we need three technical people on 24 hours standby at three shifts. And we need these people because Malaysia Today is constantly under DDOS attack. Even as you read this we are being subjected to attacks. In fact, we have been under attack this entire month, the worse being this week. Further to that, we need to pay for hosting and bandwidth. And our bandwidth is very high, mind you, and that is why we are still up and running when many other sites are down due to the traffic being too high. Hence we need to pay at least RM20,000 a month or RM240,000 a year just to keep Malaysia Today running. With my minimum wage included that comes to a total of RM360,000 a year or RM30,000 a month. Now, if you are concerned about the finances of Malaysia Today and the reason you want to know who is financing Malaysia Today is because of this concern, I will be very happy to sit down with you to discuss our financial needs. I will also allow you to see all the bills we have been paying over the last nine years since August 2004. I have all the documents to show you. But take note, though, even if you send me RM30,000 every month that still does not mean you can control me or dictate what goes into Malaysia Today. Back in 2010, Anwar Ibrahim met me in London and gave me £1,000 cash. But I still whacked him. Anwar then asked for my bank account and promised that someone from London is going to send me £1,000 every month. I gave him my bank account details and the first payment did come in. However, I still whacked him so they stopped sending me money after that. Hence, even if you send me money that does mean I will do what you want me to do, as Anwar discovered. And you can ask Anwar about this because I have bank statements showing this money coming in -- plus, when he gave me the first £1,000 cash in 2010 during a meeting with Friends of Pakatan Rakyat, more than a dozen people saw Anwar pulling me aside before the meeting started to hand me the money. Yet I still whacked him in that meeting. After saying all that, I also wish to declare that there is one person I have never met, a Chinese chap who is a Pakatan Rakyat supporter, who is sending me RM3,000 every month. And he has been doing so since the last couple of years. To this unknown person I am very grateful. And I know he is Chinese and a Pakatan Rakyat supporter because he got in touch with one of our chaps in Malaysia (through my introduction) to discuss what more he could do to help Pakatan Rakyat win the coming general election. He also offered to carry the cost of whatever it is they needed to do. He does not ask so many stupid questions like many of you do. He just asks what he can do to help and how much he needs to pay to see Pakatan Rakyat succeed in the elections. I am yet to meet this person face-to-face though. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
对母鹅有好处的，也将对公鹅有好处。 你，就如玛丽娜，要为你父母担罪。你的父母是促使国家变成现在这样的元凶，你因而丧失了发言的权利。玛丽娜因她父亲对马来西亚的作为而必须闭嘴，你现在也应该闭嘴，因为是你的父母把马来西亚逼成这个样子。
原文：Raja Petra Kamarudin 我昨天接到一个从马来西亚打来的电话，在电话里我的朋友对MT里边的读者言论(尤其是针对我的攻击)感到生气。我告诉他其实他大可不必担心，因为现在MT每30天大约会有70万的来访者，所以区区100-200个留言并不代表大众的看法。 我也收到很多支持我的电邮和短信。而那些在Malaysiakini, The Malaysian Insider, Free Malaysia Today 等的留言大都是重复的。他们都是同一个人在不同网站写下同样的留言。 无论你的论点是什么，这群白烂永远只会留下负面留言。他们不是针对课题，更多是针对个人作出攻击。 我也查觉到，很多留言都出自同一个人 (同一个IP)，但他们都用不同的名字和邮箱。他们要其他人认为是不同的人在留言，但其实都是同一个人多次以不同人名来留言。 我把这些人统称为'刁难者'；他们也经常出现在足球赛，他们会因足球员的肤色而非技术来刁难辱骂足球员。这些刁难员就连进个球的功夫也没有，但他们会以为自己是球王比利般来刁难别人。这些一般都是低知识的一群，正因他们不大有知识，不能进行理性探讨，所以以语言刁难为己长。 我举个例子，他们会不停的刁难玛丽娜，即使她提出很有道理的理论，就只因为她是马哈迪的女儿。事实上，很多时候玛丽娜讲的东西正是反对党所提倡的，她甚至参与Bersih游行。虽然玛丽娜致力提倡宗教自由(包括穆斯林可以离教)和保护LBGT权益(即合法化同性恋结婚)，他们还是不停的臭骂骚扰她，就因为她是马哈迪女儿。 如果说一个人应该为他父母所作的事情而被辱骂的话，那我们所有人将无一幸免。记得2004大选吗？国阵在那年取得了空前的大胜，那请问，是谁让国阵大胜的？ 你们当中会有很多人说："那不是我，那是我父母。他们在1999，1995，1990。。。。时投给国阵的。" 在1995年，就连行动党巨人林吉祥也惨败，你还记得吗？"那不是我，那是我父母" 现在，玛丽娜因她父亲干的事情而被你臭骂。你侮辱和丑化她，因为她是马哈迪的女儿。 所以，我要因你们父母在2004，1999，1995，1990作的事情而侮辱和丑化你，因为如果不是他们的话马哈迪就不会掌权22年，巫统就不会掌权56年。 你，就如玛丽娜，要为你父母担罪。你的父母是促使国家变成现在这样的元凶，你因而丧失了发言的权利。玛丽娜因她父亲对马来西亚的作为而必须闭嘴，你现在也应该闭嘴，因为是你的父母把马来西亚逼成这个样子。 为什么你这么讨厌我因华人和印度人投票给国阵而称他们为蠢蛋呢？你的父母可能是他们当中一员。现在，正如玛丽娜因为她父亲的作为而必须承受侮辱和丑化，你也一样。这就是'一视同仁'。 另外一个课题就是这些刁难者质疑我的金钱来源。他们要知道是谁在支撑着MT。如果你要打开钱包资助MT的日常费用的话，我将会很高兴的和你坐下细谈。我一定会把帐目摊开给你看。 我每天早上5点开始工作，那些在马来西亚午饭时间联络我的人就会知道。那些曾在曼杰斯特探望我和在我家过夜的人都应该知道。伊斯兰党的Mat Sabu 就可以作证。 我通常会一直做到午饭时间(即大马晚饭时间)，然后会多做1-2小时到下午茶时间，有时在晚饭后我会做个3-4小时。亦即说，我一天大概花10-12小时在MT上，一年365天全年无休(假期在内)。算起来，我一年就有3600-4300小时花在MT上。 让我们拿4000小时这个平均，英国最低时新为6英镑。所以一年是2万4千镑(约12万马币)。请记得那是最低时薪；如果我是一家公司的编辑的话，我肯定会比那赚得多。无论如何，2万4在英国大约是一个厨师的年薪吧。 然后，我们需要3个技术员，分3个班段24小时工作。MT经常会遭到DDOS攻击。就你读到这边时，我们正是被攻击中。我们这整个月都被攻击，尤以这个星期最为糟糕。 再者，我们必须付宽频与托管费。你应该很了解，我们的频率是很高的,这就是为什么即使我们有很高的探访率我们的网页也能正常操作。 所以说，我们每月至少需要2万马币(每年24万)来经营MT。如果加入我自己的最低薪水的话，那就至少得3万。 所以说，如果你对MT的财政深感关心而想要知道是谁在支撑MT的话，我将会很高兴得和你坐下来详谈我们的财政需求。我会让你看到过去九年（从2004年8月起）的所有帐单。 但是请注意，即使你每个月给我3万块钱，这也不代表你能够支配我和控制MT的操作所发表的文章。在2010年，安华在伦敦和我会面，给了我1000英镑，而我还是狠狠地干屌他。 过后，安华跟我拿了我的银行账号，答应我说每个月会有人把1000英镑打给我。我当时给了他，然后真的有人寄1000镑给我。但我还是继续的在骂他，然后他们就停止寄钱给我了。 所以说，你给了我钱以后并不代表你可以叫我做事情，安华他就明白这一点。你也可以跟安华问个明白，我还保留着银行的单子，而且，2010年他给我钱的时候是在'Friends of Pakatan Rakyat'的会议中。有很多证人看到他把我拉到了一旁，把钱塞给我。但，我还是在同一个会议里干屌他。 讲了这么多以后，我在这边要宣布，有一个华人（我不懂他是谁）每个月会寄3000马币。我对他心存感激。 我知道他是个民联支持者，因为他曾和我的'团员'在马来西亚碰面（经我介绍的），而当时他问到有什么方法可以令民联在来届大选胜出。他也表示他愿意承担任何代价，只要民联能胜出的话。 他并没有像你们一样问太多愚蠢的问题。他只是问他应该怎么帮忙，和他应该付多少钱来帮助民联。而我到现在为止还没有和他碰过面。 |
| One reason why the Chinese are angry (UPDATED with Chinese Translation) Posted: 26 Mar 2013 08:09 PM PDT
We speak about justice. But to most Malaysians justice is just about what you receive in court. Justice is not just about the legal system. Justice is also whether the education system has been fair to you. And if it is not fair to you then you have been denied justice. NO HOLDS BARRED Raja Petra Kamarudin I always tell my friends that there are two things of great concern to me. One would be the education system and the other the healthcare system. At least that would be my order of priority, mainly because of what age I am. Third, of course, would be my ability to cari makan (earn a living). But, again, at my age, my concern would be my retirement life rather than my working life. Housing would probably tie with cari makan, or at the very least come to a very close fourth. I rank education as the first item on my list of priorities because that is how you start your life. You start your life by getting educated and unless you receive this education then the rest of your life is not going to be a bed of roses. Towards the end of your life -- like what is happening to me now where I maybe have ten or 15 years left if I am lucky -- your health becomes the main concern. Hence that is the second item on my list of priorities. In between this -- say for 40 years from age 20 to age 60 -- you need to 'live'. And to live you need a job or a career. And this job and career would depend on what type of education you received. So I break up my life into three parcels. Parcel one, the first 20 years or so, you receive an education. Parcel two, the next 40 years, you cari makan. And parcel three, the last 20 years of your life (if you are lucky enough to live till 80), you just need to look after your health (or else you will not reach parcel three and will die during parcel two). So when I look at a good government, I will measure this 'good government' by its policies on education and healthcare. Will this government provide good and cheap (or better still, free) education and healthcare? Are the education and healthcare systems comparable or better than those in the advanced countries? (We must remember that just because a certain country is 'advanced', say like the US, this does not mean that its education and/or healthcare system are anything to shout about). Once we are assured of these two very basic and very crucial services, we then need to consider the job and career opportunities that the government or country can offer its citizens so that we can have a decent lifestyle and quality of life. However, if we are not educated (or not well-educated) and our health suffers, how well the economy may be doing and how much job opportunities there are is no bloody good to us. We will either be too unqualified to get a job or too sick to cari makan anyway. Once we are a recipient of a good education and our health is well looked after, plus we have a decent home and a reasonably good car to move around and to get to work, we will start looking at the other features of a 'good' government. And these would be, of course, good governance, transparency, accountability, no or minimum corruption, press freedom, freedom of choice (regarding religion, sexual orientation, association, etc.), no discrimination and persecution (based on race, religion and gender), a good legal system (good and just laws, independence of the judiciary, etc.), and so on. Ideally, we would want ALL OF THE ABOVE. Nevertheless, while I too want all of the above, what I am mentioning here is my list of priorities -- what comes first and what comes later. We need first to be educated and healthy to enjoy good governance, transparency, accountability, no or minimum corruption, press freedom, freedom of choice (regarding religion, sexual orientation, association, etc.), no discrimination and persecution (based on race, religion and gender), a good legal system (good and just laws, independence of the judiciary, etc.), and so on. If we are not armed with a good education and are suffering from, say leprosy, no good government is of any use to us. We speak about justice. But to most Malaysians justice is just about what you receive in court. Justice is not just about the legal system. Justice is also whether the education system has been fair to you. And if it is not fair to you then you have been denied justice. Justice is also about whether when you are sick you are given medical treatment. If you need to be a millionaire before you can afford treatment, and if you are poor then you will die, that is not justice. Why can only the rich be given medical treatment while the poor need to die because they do not have money for medical treatment? And this happens in even the so-called advanced countries. To the Chinese, the first item, education, is very important. If you get through that first level, then the second and final levels can take care of themselves. With a good education, the second part of your life (20 to 60) will be smooth sailing and once you reach the final part of your life (after 60), and with savings of at least RM3 million in the bank, you will be able to look after your health even if you need to pay for the healthcare yourself. And that is what you will need to retire on at today's standard and cost of living once you reach 60 -- RM3 million. This will increase as we go along, of course, and by 2030 it will have to be more than RM3 million. But if you retired today that is what you need if you are going to live for at least another 15 or 20 years -- RM3 million. But how do you accumulate RM3 million in savings if you work in McDonalds or earn only RM2,000 a month? You can't even pay for your living expenses let alone save RM3 million over 40 years. RM3 million over 40 years is RM75,000 a year or RM6,250 a month. So you need to earn at least RM10,000-15,000 a month and with the income/dividends on your EFP savings you may eventually see RM3 million in your account by the time you retire at age 60. (I am just doing a rough calculation here so please do not split hairs on the figures). So, unless you have a good tertiary education, there is no way you can earn RM10,000 a month or more. And if you can't earn RM10,000 or more a month then you will not have RM3 million in your EPF by the time you retire at age 60. And that means it is bad news for you. Furthermore, you need to set aside at least RM300,000 for each kid to enter university (for at least three years) and RM1 million if this kid does medicine. And if you have five children, like many Malay families do, me included, you need millions just to see all your kids through university (I know because I paid for my kids university education in the UK from my own pocket). And this is one major bone of contention to the Chinese. The Chinese need to dig deep into their pockets to send their children to an overseas university. Then they see the Malay kids in overseas universities receiving government aid even though some (or many) of these Malay kids do not quite make the grade. If I were Chinese I would be upset. Even as a Malay I am upset because I have had to spend a lot of my own money putting my kids though college/university at my own expense. Then I see the kids of the Yang Berhormat, Tan Sri, Datuk Seri, Datuk, and so on enjoying their life in the UK at taxpayers' expense and bringing home Mercedes Benzes and BMWs when they return to Malaysia. The government (whether Barisan Nasional or Pakatan Rakyat) has to understand this. And, of course, the Chinese blame the New Economic Policy (NEP) for this great injustice. But the government is not about to abolish the NEP. The NEP is a powerful political tool. It keeps Umno in power and if abolished Umno will be out of power. Even Pakatan Rakyat will not dare abolish the NEP. If they do that would be the end of Malay support for Pakatan Rakyat. At best Pakatan Rakyat can declare that it will review the NEP and make it fairer and more equitable, without giving any specific details. Okay, in what way is the NEP going to be made fairer and more equitable? Will UiTM be opened up to the non-Malays? Will 40-50% of places in local universities be opened up to the Chinese, Indians, Orang Asal and natives of East Malaysia? Would 50% of students sent overseas be from the non-Malay community? Yes, what are the details of this fairer and more equitable NEP? And note that I am only talking about education, the first item on my list of priorities. I am yet to talk about places in the civil service, business opportunities, licences, permits, quotas, plus a host of other things. And before you start posting comments accusing me of asking you to vote for BN or saying that you are still going to vote Pakatan Rakyat and scream ABU and so on, this article is not about that. It is about justice. And justice, or the lack of it, is colour-blind. *************************************************************** 其中一个让华人很生气的原因 我们经常提到正义/公正。对很多马来西亚人来说，正义/公正只局限于法庭内。其实，正义不应该只限于司法系统内。正义也取决于教育系统。如果你得不到公平的教育机会，那根本毫无（社会）正义可言。 原文：Raja Petra Kamarudin 译文：方宙 我常跟我朋友谈及两样我认为很重要的东西，一为教育，二为医疗，第三才是'找吃carimakan'（这个顺序很大原因跟我的年龄有关）。当然，身为一个退休人士，我看重的当然是我的退休生活而不是我的工作环境。房屋一般来讲跟赚钱有很大关系，但如果要把它们分开的话，房屋会是第四重要的。 我把教育列为第一，因为一个人未来的生活都视乎于他所受的教育。你的生活是被你学到的东西所定型的，所以，除非你学习东西不然你的生活将会不大好过。 当你年迈了----正如我一般，我还有个10年就偷笑了----你的健康将会逐渐成为你主要考虑的问题。所以，我把医疗列为第二。 期间，你需要'生活'。你要生活你就必须工作/有事业，而你的事业很大取决于你受的教育。 所以，我把人生归纳为三个阶段。第一个阶段，在你出生后的二十年里，你开始接受教育。第二阶段，往后的40年里，你开始'找吃'。最后的二十年里，你只需要关注你的健康（假设你在前60年都有关注你的健康，你才能走到第三阶段）。 所以当我评估一个好的政府时，我会以他们的教育与医疗方针为主。这个政府会提供有素质且便宜（最好是免费啦）的教育与医疗吗？它的教育与医疗系统能够媲美先进国吗？（当然，这也不是说所有先进国的教育或医疗系统都是很好的，如美国的医疗系统） 当我们有了这两个基本且重要的元素以后，我们就要考虑这个政府有没有能力提供就业机会促使国民过上安稳的生活。如果我们都是没有教育且身弱的一群，那不管经济多强，就业机会多好，对我们来说都是没用的。因为我们根本就没有资历或体力去'找吃'。 所以说，在拥有了良好的教育与健康，加上安定的住处和便捷的交通工具（以移动和上班）后，我们才应该开始注重政府的其他问题。这包括管理能力，透明度，信用，廉政度，资讯自由度，选择权自由度（宗教，性取向，社会团体等等），公平治国（针对种族，宗教，性别），司法方针（公平的法律，司法自由）等。 在一个理想的环境中，能够拥有所有以上当然是最好的。然而，虽然我也想要全部，我们还是得懂得分先后：哪一项我们应该先达到，哪一项后达到。我们必须先拥有良好的教育与健康，尔后才能拥有管理佳，有信用，清廉，容许资讯自由，尊重个人自由，一视同仁，司法公正。。。等的政府。 我们经常提到正义/公正。对很多马来西亚人来说，正义/公正只局限于法庭内。其实，正义不应该只限于司法系统内。正义也取决于教育系统。如果你得不到公平的教育机会，那根本毫无（社会）正义可言。 正义也取决于，当你生病时，你能否享受医疗设施。如果你必须是个百万富翁才有人为你治病的话，而如果你是个穷光蛋就必须等死的话，那也是不正义的。为何只有富人才能得到医疗而穷人因为没有钱而必须等死呢？这发生在很多所谓的发达国家。 对华人来说，教育是非常重要的。只要你把第一阶段过好了，第二和第三阶段就会过得很顺利。有了很好的教育，你生活的第二段（20-60岁）将会一帆风顺。而当你进入第三段时，若你已存有300万令吉，基本上你得健康就有保障了，即使你必须付自己的医疗费。 300万令吉，这就是你60岁退休的数目（以今天的生活水平来讲）。当然这个数目会随着时间而增加，如2030年的退休金肯定会高过300万令吉。但如果说你今天就退休而还会活多15-20年的话，你就需要300万令吉。 设想你现在在麦当劳打工，抑或你一个月只赚2000令吉，请问你要怎么才能存到300万？你连你日常生活也顾不了呢！ 40年内存300万，即每年需存7万5千，或每月6250令吉。换句话说，你的月收入必须是1-1.5万，然后你的公积金存款+利息才能在60岁达标。（以上只是我粗略的计算，请别再这数目上转牛角尖） 所以，除非你有很好的大学文凭，不然你很难月入1万/以上，你的公积金也无法在你60岁时达到300万。 除此之外，你还要为每位孩子拨出30万的大学教育费（医学则需100万）。如果你，就像一般马来家庭般，有五名小孩（我就是），你至少得准备上百万。（这点我很清楚，因为我从自己的口袋出钱让我孩子在英国读大学） 这是其中一个华人最大争论的焦点。他们都花了很多钱送他们的孩子上国外大学，然后他们看到很多马来人在国外都拿政府奖学金，而当中有些马来小孩的成绩是不太好的。 如果我是华人我当然很生气。身为马来人我也已经很生气了，因为我必须自己花钱送我孩子进大学，然后我就看到那些YB，丹斯里，拿督斯里，拿督等的小孩拿着人民的钱在英国享福，然后大摇大摆得驾辆马赛地或宝马回国。 政府（不管国阵民联）必须看清楚这一点。华人当然会讲着都是新经济政策（New Economic Policy ，NEP）的错，但政府是不会废除NEP的。NEP是个很厉害的政治工具，它能让巫统继续掌权，所以如果巫统废除NEP的话，它就会立刻下台。 即使民联也不敢废除NEP。他们这样做就代表他们完全放弃马来人的支持。他们顶多只敢宣布他们会从新审查NEP以让它更为公平，但他们不会给任何太详细的细节。 好了，请问NEP必须怎样才算更加公平呢？开放UiTM （Mara大学）给非马来人？开放40-50%的本地大学学位给华人，印度人，原住民？50%海外大学学位必须给非马来人？ 是的，'更加公平'的细节是什么？ 请注意，我们现在谈到的只是教育问题，是我所有关注问题中的第一项。我还没开始谈及公务员，商业机会，执照，准证，固打。。。。等等其他课题。 在你开始诬赖我怂恿你把票投给巫统，或开始大喊ABU。。。等等前，我要告诉你，这篇文章的中心点是'正义与公正'。而正义与公正，他们都是色盲的。
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