Sunday, December 09, 2007

Distressed

I've been thinking long and hard whether I should be writing about this issue. Someone told me that I shouldn't and I was very afraid myself that I do not have enough information or knowledge to talk about this but it keeps running through my mind despite me heavily teling myself not to think about it.

I cannot sit still and laugh at jokes when my nation is in distress. It's a ballooning issue and I have a strong feeling that it would not end soon. The most depressing part is that the both ethnic race (damn, we're all supposed to be just Malaysians) that are having this feud between them are parts of me. To think of it rationally, it shouldn't have been a racial issue. If one group comes forward with their petition, it should be something that the other groups should respect and try to understand why there is such a dissatisfaction within the nation. If a sibling complains to the mother/father, do we go and kick him in the head? If you do so, all I can say is that means you probably come from a family with troubles and not enough emotional support.

I was very disturbed with a few bulletins in my social network webpages written by Malays saying that they are racist and they are proud of that fact. Some wrote that the other races should go back to where they come from. If South Africa asks the Malays there to go back to their country, do you think it's fair? If Australia or United Kingdom asks the Malaysians there to go back to where they came from or Malaysians getting hassled all around the world for not belonging where they are despite having the expertise and knowledge to improve themselves, how would you feel? For all Malaysians, there is no home other than Malaysia. Stop telling people to go back where they came from because even you (in retrospect) might not belong where you said you do.

We're all in this together. Stop saying that you don't care because you should. This petition that came after another one by a separate ethnic movement about 7 years ago is an alarming sign. It is not enough to think of it as a phase because although some claims seemed pretty much far-fetched, others might have a strong case. Stop thinking that one is more superior than the others because honestly, we're no different from one another. The earth belongs to God and we were sent to govern it with harmony and equality. And we are obliged to do wholeheartedly regardless of our differences.

4 comments:

Rosyada said...

sedihkan to see the state of our country is in now... :(

Anonymous said...

i guess i'm definitely in a constant denial when it comes to whatever is happening in our country right now.

selalu ade this what i believe VS what i want to believe feeling. but again, as cliche as it sounds, ignorance is not a bliss.

it's kinda scary, isn't it?

-tasha-

Anonymous said...

erkk silap.

what i want to believe VS what is really there to believe (truth)

-tasha-

Jarod Yong said...

Truth has become subjective!
People have stopped believing in absolutes...
Everything can be justified/twisted...
Even God's words...

I'm impressed you're thinking this way Anna...
Very very impressed actually...
May we be as innocent as sheep & as cunning as a serpant.