tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008995483839146688.post8362561842417208161..comments2023-10-30T07:59:54.020-07:00Comments on Brave New World: Under Threat? What Threat?Elanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15447273349249042635noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008995483839146688.post-41820221891079580062008-05-03T05:16:00.000-07:002008-05-03T05:16:00.000-07:00I think this Malay and Umno under threat makes per...I think this Malay and Umno under threat makes perfect sense.<BR/><BR/>This is what happenes when you blend race and religion into politics.A race is like the evolutionary tribe,each tribe(race ie.in this case Malay) will tend to out-compete other tribes(races i.e chinese,Indian etc.) <BR/><BR/>So when you mix race into politics,each race will have the tendency to make messy interventions so that their own race prevail.And now,we all know Malay was the original tribe in this land,while Chinese and Indian came later,so it will make perfect sense that like high IQ people will expel low IQ people into their society, as a result, Malay found it very hard to be friendly with Chinese and Indian ! <BR/><BR/>That is why you see the news today for example:Malay have NEP as the defense line of Malay tribe,Education Minister(sorry i will certainly spell wrong his name..) raise keris symbolizing their Malay tribe supermacy over other tribes;Chinese fight for own race education;Chinese adapt to intolerant environment,they do business,because they know money is another tool,the means,to survive which is the ends... ;Minority Indian becomes fierceful err.. Indian is the most fierceful race in Malaysia,right?and desperate to survive,they are marginalised and etc... <BR/><BR/>In this case,Malay people as the tribe members and the UMNO as the tribe leader should indeed feel under threat.<BR/><BR/>So indeed,race and religion in politics will always make decision-makers irrational,biased towards own race UNLESS we think beyond this evolutionary 'curse'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008995483839146688.post-20309550449594183262008-05-02T21:17:00.000-07:002008-05-02T21:17:00.000-07:00Something as specific as the reservation of quotas...Something as specific as the reservation of quotas for Malays/natives should not ever have been in the constitution. It's like "the right to beat arms" in the US constitution.<BR/><BR/>Either that or the constitution should not be considered to be sacred. This is not to say it is violable. But we have to keep in mind the objectives behind the clauses.<BR/><BR/>Thinking that "if Malays are those most in need, they will get the help anyway" shows how pervasive racism is that even those who are supposedly against it also fall into the trap of distorted perception.<BR/><BR/>There are the poor, and there are the rich. The poor don't enjoy as high a material standard of living as the rich. Therefore we want to help the poor. Ok now let's extend this to race. There are poor races and rich races. But is poorness or richness experienced by such a fantasticaly abstract entity as race? Does race have consciousness to experience wealth or poverty?<BR/><BR/>You are right to say if discrimination against Malays is the issue, then it is discrimination that should be tackled directly.<BR/><BR/>But saying "oh but the opposition wont have a 2/3rds majority anyway" simply weakens your stand. Because that is not what ppl have to worry about. All you have to show is that their fears of losing out due to discrimination once the NEP is removed are unfounded. But then discrimination affects individuals, not races. We need to make SURE there isnt discrimination. Not that there arent racial differences in average income.<BR/><BR/>But looking at racial differences in income wasnt about using it as a proxy to detect discrimination was it? It was always about race. Malays are losing out. As if there was such a superindividual suffering from lower standard of living compared to its peers The Chinese and The Indian and The X let X be whatever arbitrary groups you have in Malaysia.zcerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12635799267909581959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008995483839146688.post-86716789608632173922008-04-17T11:14:00.000-07:002008-04-17T11:14:00.000-07:00Yep, Malays are their own worst enemies and critic...Yep, Malays are their own worst enemies and critics. Their history from murky mention of Langkasuka through the Lost City of Champa to the story of how Umno Lost its Cawat is replete with pandirisk missteps and oversteps. Now and then however you get a Hang Nadim to set things right only to be bumped off into the barohs.Zaharan Razakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11689133789755876100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008995483839146688.post-6910635787449039482008-04-17T08:27:00.000-07:002008-04-17T08:27:00.000-07:00Hi! OMG! I was looking for one of Prof Azmi's prev...Hi! OMG! I was looking for one of Prof Azmi's previous articles and came across this site. All I can say is "Thank you thank you thank you". I keep missing his column, being too busy with work and all. So now I'll be visiting quite frequently to catch up on those i'd miss. Thanks again for the effort!!KJ aka GThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03944712542332634166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008995483839146688.post-60637311978178374562008-04-17T07:49:00.000-07:002008-04-17T07:49:00.000-07:00It was a very well written article. Very objective...It was a very well written article. Very objective. Spoken like a true Malaysian. I aplaud you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com