SOS The Government might think that the “civilised” and “softly-softly” approach that is is undertaking is suitable for a country that has high-income status, and that it gains us respect in the eyes of the First World countries. Well, I have always said, “You can build a highway in three years but it takes more than ten to teach people how to drive on one.” The level of civic-behaviour and political maturity vary across ALL sections of our citizenry. Some high, some low, some gutter low. We are a small nation. And in a small country, tighter discipline needs to be kept in order for the maintenance of overall peace in the country. A few weeks ago, the Deputy Prime Minister made a statement warning us not to discount the possibility of May 13 to re-occur. These were not light words. However, as heavy were the DPM’s words, the Government cannot expect the young and the reckless to heed to such warnings, immeaditely drop what they have doing since 2008 on an ever increasingly vicious basis. Why should they? They have no idea how and what May 13 really was. Does the Government really think by holding open houses, councils & committee and endless jogathons and marathons, conferences and seminars will actually make these “less matured” sections of society wake up and learn to be responsible? Do they, in fact, attend these events? Such methods take many, many years, if not decades, to reach any effective results. The problem is NOW. It is also the fault of our schools that we did not inculcate multi-racial relationships. I do not blame those “less matured” for being so. Their environment dictated their minds to be so - low wages, cramped living spaces, urban stress - can we realistically expect them to sing “1Malaysia” with a gusto, skipping merrily down the streets feeling grateful? But like unruly children, the Government cannot keep giving out chocolate candy. As anyone who is a parent knows, such largesse only result in short-term returns. What burns longer in their memory are the sticks. Why do God made us sensitive to heat? To protect us from burning ourselves. Similarly, if we make it sufficiently painful for them, we may just save Malaysia from burning. The Government needs to realise that not everybody in this country really abides by our Rukunegara. Not everybody had the benefit of a good education that taught us to be civilised gentlemen who knows how to debate and knows how to conduct civil discourses. In fact, it is a jungle out there and everyday guerrilla warfare is being conducted to undermine peace in this country. Face it, we have all sorts of penyangaks out there. Not smart, hard thinking critics who are well-versed in the principles of democracy but just plain uneducated penyangaks (from all races). In a non-fully matured society, it is not wise to treat people who only knows how to throw buckets of shit with velvet gloves. It might be a very high-income pair of gloves but, believe me, tt is a futile effort that can only result in us having a very dirty stained horribly smelling expensive pair of gloves. (Akhir-akhirnya sarung tangan itu kena di buang juga). It is, therefore, I now have come to think that the means justify the end - for the Government to take tough action on the few, regardless of faith, colour or creed, to maintain peace for the overall public good. The word “amok” comes from a Malay word of the same meaning. The Malays are, by nature, gentle and accommodating race, sometimes too accommodating. And because we generally do not like direct confrontations, we are perceived to be “pushable”. Well, yes, I guess, we are, but only to a certain extent. Push a Malay too far and see what happens - amok. We do not want the Deputy Prime Minister’s prophecy to be come true, do we? Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 09:45:18 +0000
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