Alliedmaster said :
“Bangsa Malaysia shall for now remain in the realms of the cyber world. For as long as we have Malays who feel and enforce this biased policy, then I fear Bangsa Malaysia will remain a dream”.
Alliedmaster then advocated that those who want a Malaysia that is fair to all its sons and daughters must vote for change.
I want to address 2 things. First the dream.
If Bangsa Malaysia for you (no Alliedmaster, this ‘you’ does not mean ‘you’) is still a dream, something that only exists in cyber space, I want you to know that for me it is real.
Why is it real for me and just a vision for you?
For me, Bangsa Malaysia is not conditional upon someone in authority declaring that henceforth, there shall no longer be bumiputras and non-bumiputras, no more racist divisions between the people.
Bangsa Malaysia is real for me because I feel it and I live it.
Eagle referred to Prof Khoo’s explanation about why there might be no such thing as a ‘Bangsa Malaysia’. He is referring to a label, not a ‘feel’
No-one can take this away from me. No Malay in authority, no Kasturis, no M Sahajas and no Ashfaruddins.
Vote for change.
Yes, but before the vote for change, we must ourselves first change.
Until ‘sons and daughters of Malaysia’ can truly mean each is a brother and sister one to the other who look out for each other at all times and not only when it is ‘safe’, those who continue to dominate us by the ‘divide and rule’, ‘Malays must have political power cos the Chinese hold the economy’ and ‘don’t you dare question our rights’ rethoric will continue to rule the day.
Until you are unable to sleep because there are brothers and sisters languishing as ISA detainees, poor and the impoverished, religiously persecuted, know then that your own desire for Bangsa Malaysia is only skin deep.
Until you are prepared to purge the racist and the apathy in you, Bangsa Malaysia will always remain a dream for you.
Libra
May 15, 2007
Haris,
Creation of Bangsa Malaysia is a Northward bound journey but unfortunately this country is heading in the opposite direction and in haste too. Things are getting from bad to worse everyday. There isn’t the slightest indication of any honest intention among the leaders in the government (and political masters) to change course. They prefer to wallow in the cesspool of racism for political survival , cling onto ill gotten gains and ravage the country and empty its coffers.
Yes, Bangsa Malaysia is possible but it is going to be long drawn out battle between real patriots and pseudo-patriots.
And the latter out number the former at this point of time.
As I have commented somewhere before, this country will have to implode before any change for the better occurs. It will take two generations to undo the damage.
Till then I will also dream on , do my bit and hope for the better.
Patricia
August 15, 2008
Haris,
I returned to read it again. So don’t whack me in your other post! Please.
I hear what you are saying here. It is not just about me. It is about how I feel about other ‘anak bangsa Malaysia’ as well.
So yes, it isn’t always about me.
But don’t you feel that after being constantly reminded that you are not, you begin to believe that you are not? That’s what has happened to me, and many others I’ll bet.
When I was in uni, 25+ years ago, we were all gung-ho about this issue. And then it fizzled out because ‘life’ happened: we opened our eyes and saw the reality.
So yes, I get all that you say. But for me, it remains a dream that I fervently hope comes true.