Freedom
Well into a week without any blog, lazy butt!
So many things came into my mind, just don't know where to start and ended up not publishing it. Besides, work really is already up to my nose and i gotta prioritise my schedule. (schedule for a sanguine? wow wee! )
The news is still about demonstrations and riots against the western ( Europe ) media publishing the cartoon or rather the caricature of Nabi himself. The issue is a taboo one in Malaysia for sure and we have leant thru the years to NOT do or even say a lot of things in the name of 'sensitive issue' in Malaysia. Kind of numb about so many things. I thought this issue will die off soon ( at least in Malaysia sudah reda ler, guess we are a forgiving bunch of people :P ), but it is still a hot issue in the middle east platform to be specific.
Yes, for this, I read the columns by a few columnists both in STAR paper and also Sin Chew Daily. I guess being so many years of just plain drawings and not penning down my idea, I am rather blank when it comes to voicing out my own opinion.
I guess it is the word respect that we are looking for in this matter. Yes, freedom of speech is important, freedom to do things are important, but there should always be a set back when we do things. A limit to simply put it. If it is just mere freedom without any constraints, the society would be in such chaotic states. Oh yes, it is certainly true that the best way to solve this is not mere apology, and still know nothing about the religion, custom and practise of another group of people. We need to learn to at least RESPECT.
So, while the west is still cocooned in their comfortable zone thinking that the rest of the world is inferior to them, ahhhrrgh! Please wake up! It is 21st Century now.
To the aggressive Muslims, start doing something MORE to educate the west. Stop the aggressiveness as this will tarnish the image of the rest of your fellow Muslims friends even more! And while you hope others to respect you, pllleeease respect the rest by not bombing their Buddha statue, restaurants, banks, hotels, churches as when when u r not happy. Please let the rest of the world know that u deserve to be respected.
And for those in Malaysia, please respect your other counterparts. There is no pork in a packet drink, so there is no need to specifically choose a sundry shop owned by your own kind. When we are paying for a canned 'go chan bak', please don't give us a weird look and start using a plastic bag wrapping to hold the can ( i thought mom always ask us to wash our hands prior to meals? Is it the pork or is it the coachroach wee wee that the casher lady worried about???). Stop calling the Chinese Ah Moi, babi or anything u can imagine that i don't know of. We are born in Malaysia, hence we are not Ah Moi ( ladies in the 1930's / 40's migrating to this region of Malaya ). We are born with 2 hands and 2 legs, we speak but not oinking, no resemblence to any species of that animal at all, so please don't do the mistake by calling us 'babi' anymore lor!
I am glad and THANKFUL that nothing serious happened in Malaysia after the publishing of this explosive piece of caricature and riots orchestrating in other parts of the world. But at the same time, to all races in Malaysia, start acting cool and mature when u see another person different colour than u yourself. Stop teaching your next generations the 'wrong' things. Otherwise, the government will continue to make a fuss out of 'sensitive' issues and ripped off our freedom of speech as a normal citizen.
P/S : if you r of different races than me and feel angry or annoyed after reading this, I bagged a lil of your respect for my freedom to at least say what i wanna say in my blog ler. ha ha ha!
Colours are fun. Peace V!
So many things came into my mind, just don't know where to start and ended up not publishing it. Besides, work really is already up to my nose and i gotta prioritise my schedule. (schedule for a sanguine? wow wee! )
The news is still about demonstrations and riots against the western ( Europe ) media publishing the cartoon or rather the caricature of Nabi himself. The issue is a taboo one in Malaysia for sure and we have leant thru the years to NOT do or even say a lot of things in the name of 'sensitive issue' in Malaysia. Kind of numb about so many things. I thought this issue will die off soon ( at least in Malaysia sudah reda ler, guess we are a forgiving bunch of people :P ), but it is still a hot issue in the middle east platform to be specific.
Yes, for this, I read the columns by a few columnists both in STAR paper and also Sin Chew Daily. I guess being so many years of just plain drawings and not penning down my idea, I am rather blank when it comes to voicing out my own opinion.
I guess it is the word respect that we are looking for in this matter. Yes, freedom of speech is important, freedom to do things are important, but there should always be a set back when we do things. A limit to simply put it. If it is just mere freedom without any constraints, the society would be in such chaotic states. Oh yes, it is certainly true that the best way to solve this is not mere apology, and still know nothing about the religion, custom and practise of another group of people. We need to learn to at least RESPECT.
So, while the west is still cocooned in their comfortable zone thinking that the rest of the world is inferior to them, ahhhrrgh! Please wake up! It is 21st Century now.
To the aggressive Muslims, start doing something MORE to educate the west. Stop the aggressiveness as this will tarnish the image of the rest of your fellow Muslims friends even more! And while you hope others to respect you, pllleeease respect the rest by not bombing their Buddha statue, restaurants, banks, hotels, churches as when when u r not happy. Please let the rest of the world know that u deserve to be respected.
And for those in Malaysia, please respect your other counterparts. There is no pork in a packet drink, so there is no need to specifically choose a sundry shop owned by your own kind. When we are paying for a canned 'go chan bak', please don't give us a weird look and start using a plastic bag wrapping to hold the can ( i thought mom always ask us to wash our hands prior to meals? Is it the pork or is it the coachroach wee wee that the casher lady worried about???). Stop calling the Chinese Ah Moi, babi or anything u can imagine that i don't know of. We are born in Malaysia, hence we are not Ah Moi ( ladies in the 1930's / 40's migrating to this region of Malaya ). We are born with 2 hands and 2 legs, we speak but not oinking, no resemblence to any species of that animal at all, so please don't do the mistake by calling us 'babi' anymore lor!
I am glad and THANKFUL that nothing serious happened in Malaysia after the publishing of this explosive piece of caricature and riots orchestrating in other parts of the world. But at the same time, to all races in Malaysia, start acting cool and mature when u see another person different colour than u yourself. Stop teaching your next generations the 'wrong' things. Otherwise, the government will continue to make a fuss out of 'sensitive' issues and ripped off our freedom of speech as a normal citizen.
P/S : if you r of different races than me and feel angry or annoyed after reading this, I bagged a lil of your respect for my freedom to at least say what i wanna say in my blog ler. ha ha ha!
Colours are fun. Peace V!
posted by blinka.Li at 1:49 PM
4 Comments:
Hi Blinka.
I agree totally. But this post sound macam geram aje. I suppose you've been in negative situations as you mentioned above.Keep cool. Yg pasal the cashier holding the can with the plastic bag tu, ada reason. Being muslims, we're not allowed to have anything to do with khinzir (Babi).So, if the can contains pork but the outer doesn't have any traces of pork, i suppose tak payah guna plastic bag to hold it. But we never know whether kena or tak kena kan? But actually, if the cashier was sensitive to your feelings and being fellow malaysians we should, the cashier could just hold the can and then 'samak' her hands later. The problem is, she then needs to samak her cash register and other things that she might have touched before she get to samak her hands. So, in all fairness, she didn't mean to offend you at all. She's just respecting what her religion says. But I stand to be corrected. I hope this goes down well with you. Just thought I'll help make things clearer. Sorry if I offend you in any way..
wah.. so serious one?
I guess living in Malaysia, we somehow has learnt to tolerate and respect each other. I think only minority does the bombing and riots that created that bad impression. Anyway, Peace!!!
pu1pu3:
geram because a bit bored ler. so much of work lately but payment slow aje. :P
thanks for the explaination. never learn never know but what is samak huh? can you enlighten me? can be thru my mail if it is too length. appreciate that. :)
ally:
oh, do i sound serious? man, i guess the mood i had when i was writing the blog was a bit down..mood swing a bit la
Samak is a cleansing ritual of oneself or things/items that came in contact with dogs and/or pigs.
One has to wash oneself or the things with 6 times of a mixture of water and soil and one time with clean water after touching the P&D.
For example, if a muslim moves into a chinese apartment, we have to clean the entire home with this ritual if we think the previous tenant might have been in contact with anyform of Pigs/Dogs. Its a matter of principle, really and its a long story of how this ritual came about. I think for now, you're more aware of this issue and would in future be more tolerant should another muslim behave the way they do.
I am sometime myself still at a loss of how the other races/religions practice their beliefs and culture. So, I pretty much understand your predicament.
Hope this helps.
Take care now..
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