Is this true? Many of you who post comments in Malaysia Today appear to think so. Some say that, finally, the racial divide has been bridged and today people think as Malaysians and no longer as Malays, Chinese and Indians, or as one of the natives of East Malaysia.
We would like to believe that a new political culture has emerged. The 2008 General Election is said to be a landmark for Malaysia's opposition. Some kick the cat, some punch a ball, and many of you post nasty comments in Malaysia Today.
It is like going to the gym to punch the punching ball because you are sexually frustrated and/or your job is a dead-end job with no real future. They just want to vent their anger and frustration. They are not really interested in debating or to enter into any discourse. I understand, and at times even appreciate, that readers are taking the opportunity to post comments merely to lepas geram (let off steam). There were more than 100 comments and none answered the point of that whole article: which is, how is the opposition going to woo the Malay voters? That is what the whole article was about and which no one addressed. Yesterday's article, Malaysia at the crossroads, is a most interesting experiment in comprehension. Do you think we really should end the New Economic Policy (NEP) in favour of meritocracy? What will happen to the Malays if we do that? Won't we 'lose' the country to the Chinese? I speak to Malays here in the UK - professionals who work in the UK, say for the last 10 or 20 years, and whose children were born and now school in the UK - and they still ask me whether what I am propagating is wise.
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