How many of you partook of the game of ‘Chopping’ in your primary school years?
Where, during the school recess, after a quick meal in the tuck shop and onto the playing field, you sadistically took aim at the nearest person with a tennis ball, or any ball of almost similar size, and hoped to hit that person good and proper.
I did.
From Standard 1 to Standard 4.
Then I stopped.
Why?
Because May 13 happened.
And the game was not the same after that.
When we finally came back to school almost 1 1/2 months after the race riots, during the recess break on that first day back at school, the game was the same for me.
Take aim at the nearest person.
For some others, though, the game had changed.
If you were Malay, you aimed your throw at a non-Malay, and vice versa.
And I was ostracised by some of the Malay boys because I refused to go that way.
Some of the Chinese boys, too, treated me differently because I was seen as Malay.
Clearly, these were young, impressionable minds being influenced by things said and done at home.
Today, the nation witnesses irresponsible quarters playing up issues of race and religion and sounding warnings of a return of the spectre of those race riots of 45 years ago.
And impressionable minds, young and old, having no access to the alternative media and hence always dependent on a not so honest mainstream media for news on what is happening in this nation, may well be going the way of my young school mates 45 years ago.
Observing this dangerous trend, concerned citizens have come together in the hope that we can collectively save our nation from a certain ruin if this mischievous play on race and religion is allowed to continue unabated.
Later, this morning, at 11am, a press conference will be held at the Kuala Lumpur & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall to announce the formation of a people’s movement to reclaim this nation for her people.
The main proceedings of that press conference will be carried live on The Rakyat Times
The People's Parliament 
shanghaifish
July 10, 2014
Hear hear !
bumi non malay
July 10, 2014
The Soup Kitchen Fiasco is a HINT to Rakyat Malaysia….when we occupy…. set Camp and start the Protest of 200,000.. ITS TIME to cook for each other .. survive and unite against EVIL…………this is the moment to take UMNO-Barang Naik down!!
Taipan
July 10, 2014
A government that sustains its legitimacy by evil means and commits crimes against the people is not fit to rule. UMNO Baru has to go for Malaysians to be united to save their country from further bleedings!
Another Anak Bangsa Malaysia
July 10, 2014
Haris,
With the greatest of respect, May 13 is a distant memory to me and I refuse to let it define the way I think about my fellow Malaysians.
With or without May 13, I will always dislike some of them – Ghafar’s elder brother was always cocky, and I will always like some of them – well, virtually every young red-blooded guy, regardless of race or religion, in the village was secretly in love with the Imam’s daughter but we were all too scared to make any moves on her because she was one tough cookie.
My best of wishes on the formation of a new people’s movement and as always,
More power to you, Haris Ibrahim 🙂
Alwin Lim
July 10, 2014
I played Chopping from standard 1 right up to form 3 when it was looking childish to continue to do so.
I chopped Ramasamy I chopped Saiful Nizam and I chopped Lim Han Wen.
Non of the reason because they are of race
If was the need to play the game. The Malaysian game.
Baba
July 10, 2014
Very interesting. Hope to see and hear more about this Negaraku movement.
Voter Wan Abdullah
July 10, 2014
Negara ku….my country…my beloved country.
Love my country but hated this evil BN G.ment.
A song dedicated to ALL Malaysians…lets get rid of BN.
rajan
July 11, 2014
So Where do we sign up to be members.
With pak samad and ambiga at the helm, im assured that no hanky panky takes place.
Whats up with ABU ?