Talk about tyranny of the minority. It's amazing the things we
have to endure in the name of racial harmony and tolerance. The
Singapore Government's always getting lambasted about not giving
equal opportunities to Malays, about not helping them enough, about
not giving them a fair chance in school, in the industry, in the
military etc etc. Just recently Lee Kuan Yew got whacked yet AGAIN
concerning this. It will never be enough, I tell you. They will
always strive to be the underdog, to be seen as oppressed, to be
seen as the under-privilaged. Why? It is to their advantage after
all. In a nation full of Chinese, that's the only way to gain some
benefits. And they have done so very succesfully, I might
add.
Especially in areas like education. The MOE's always having a hard
time trying to find ways to so call boost the number of Malay
graduates for all levels. And when they don't perform, it is the
MOE's fault. Wonderful. Now here comes the National Football
Academy to save the day...for the Malays. Finally, they have the
chance to earn good money without studying just by kicking a ball
around for what, $3000-$4000? I would love to kick a ball around
for that amount as well. And how good exactly, is their standard of
soccer? If their so good, why do we need to import so many foreign
players? Is that all the S-League will be made up of? Malays and
foreign players? The foreign players are better than the Malays!
And how come there are so many Malays in the S-League? Oh no, not
that Chinese and Indian players are all that good either, but you
can't help wondering right? Well, it's the Malays ticket to an easy
life. After all, if they can't study, they might as well kick a
ball around and earn good money. It's just too bad that the
obsession of having a local soccer league totally overshadowed
this. Or perhaps not? Ok, let's not talk about soccer.
Talk about normal life. Malays are exceptionally persistent in
honouring their religion. Nothing wrong with that. Every Friday
they go to mosques to pray, which entitles them to the whole
morning and afternoon. Nothing wrong either. In some schools, they
even have a prayer room for them. How privilaged indeed! So much so
that they abuse it. In a certian institution, the prayer room of
the Malays was found to have graffiti on walls, with cigiratte
butts and beer cans scattered on the floor. A complaint was made,
and the warning notices were put up. To no avail. The same thing
was repeated twice, and each time the Malays that used the room
clamimed innocence. Finally, the room was simply closed off. No
more prayer room. Up in arms, came the Malays to the principal,
demanding that their prayer room be reopened. The reply was a firm
negative. But the Malays insisted and insisted and got the help of
religious teachers to back up their cause. The principal made a
deal: Whoever drew the graffiti and smoked and drank, owe up.
Sabotage was out of the question, since it was a Malay holding the
key. The Malays refused. They claim that they were sabotaged. Who?
No idea. And this is not an isolated incident. It may be one of the
worst cases, but it is definately not exclusive to merely a few
schools. To primary schools, secondary schools, JCs and poly ( I'm
not too sure about NUS and NTU ), they are such cases of varying
degrees of mischief. And the Malays always claim innocence.
If that is not bad enough, let's talk about something practical:
food. Lots and lots of halal food out there, one might say. Is it a
problem? Nope. Who cares anyway? Just make it all halal to
accomodate them, never mind the rest. By the way, does anybody here
know about the halal process? Let me explain then. This process is
done by their own Muslim butchers, and they cut up the animal in a
certain way which is supposed to make it halal. Very good. Do you
guys know that they offer the animal that they have killed as a
sarcrifice to their god, Allah? No, they don't do anything to the
meat. They just face Mecca and offer their prayers. Now then, what
is the big deal? If you don't care, it doesn't matter then.
However, if I'm not wrong, the Lord Jesus did say in the Bible that
his disciples must not eat food sacrificed to idols. Christian,
would you please tell me, is Allah an idol? If he isn't, fine and
dandy. And by the way, the term "idol", what does it mean? An
object of worship. By object, I suppose one might mean a PHYSICAL
object. What a minute, there are no images of Allah! Yes, there
aren't, but in Mecca, do you know that there is this thing called
the Black Box? I'm not sure of its exact name, but inside that box
is a stone. And every Muslim in the world when praying, would turn
towards that stone and worship. Now, there is the idol! Don't
believe me? Read up, ask your Muslim friends, do some research.
What I am saying is current and true. So, Christians, have you been
eating halal food? If so, you are guilty of eating food sacrificed
to idols! Have you ever realised that? Ever? No? Go and find out if
you don't believe me Christians. When you do find out that what I
am saying is true, what are you going to do? Oh, that's your
problem, not mine. Most likely you'll just keep quiet and not do
anything, after all, the Muslims will surely be very offended. But
having known this, how does feel it if let's say you do try not to
eat halal food? What a nightmare! Goodness, halal food is
everywhere! Oh nothing wrong for me. Just wondering what you
Christians will do, that is, if you honour God not just in name of
course. But what I have said is merely nitpicking to those who
don't care.
How about this then? Their famous Ramadan, the month-long fast.
They tell you that that they cannot eat or drink anything for one
month. But, if you wish to observe, do you know that in the dead of
the night they will gorge themselves silly? What hypocrisy. I know
a few Malay friends who DO eat during Ramadan. Their job is to push
railway cars containing electrical generators, which weigh around 2
or 3 tons, in order to connect them to trains. No time for fasting,
thank you, we need to eat in order to get the job done. Same goes
for truckers, labourers, and other tasks which require lots of
energy. Fair enough I suppose. Even Ramadan isn't worth losing
their jobs. The problem is when other Malays do the same thing. In
offices, especially, those obese Malay clerks munching away during
teabreak. Who cares? Same goes for the office workers as well,
though they are more discreet. Do I sound as though I'm whining?
Perhaps I am. If they do not wish to honour their religion, that's
their problem. The problem is when they make all sorts of excuses
to justify slacking off. Every year it's the same. During Ramadan.
What irks me most is that they really take advantage of everybody
during that bloody month. Weakness, nausea, loss of concentration,
you name it, they've go it. Which of course, justifies a series of
long breaks and lunch hours. In schools, apparently any and all
project work are automatically dumped onto the laps of their
non-Chinese partners, or if there're all Malays, a postponement of
the project deadline is an absolute MUST. Missing classes becomes
the norm for that month, and somehow or other it is the month in
which Malays get sick the most easily, with plenty of MCs and
excuses as always. Oh, yes, I too would fall ill if I had to fast a
month every year, but what makes me so mad is that I have witnessed
so many eating whilst they are suppose to be fasting, and not a
little bit, and they still act as thought they really haven't eaten
at all! Like I said earlier, if they wish to bluff themselves, by
all means it's their problem. But not at the expense of such lame
excuses to get off work and study! My friends working or studying
overseas also complain of the same, with some telling me that the
school cook was totally fed-up with outrageous requests for meals
in the middle of the night! Indeed, how much longer must we
tolerate this?
I have not even begun to fully detail the benefits the Malays are
given in Singapore in terms of education, housing, etc etc. The
thing is, are they really as in need of help as they say they are?
Do we really have to accede everytime they bring up their religion?
Do we need to always give them a headstart in order to compensate
for their, what, stupidity? Not only in Singapore mind you. In
Malaysia, the so called bumiputras, ah, now there is an excellant
example! They are so coddled by the Malaysian government in this
regard, and then Mahathir complains that the bumiputras are not
performing as well as non-bumiputras. What a joke. Since when did
pampering companies ever helped to improve the economy? How much
more do Malays need to be coddled? How much, and for how much
longer?
Perhaps without these perks they wouldn't able to survive out there
after all. If that is the case, the Malays are truly, and I say so
justly, despicable. Despicable for pretending to be stupid and
helpness; despicable because perhaps they truly are stupid and
helpness, in which case we and the Singapore Government should kick
our own asses for being so stupid by trying to help them so much
and by accomodating them in so many, many ways. Next outburst
please!
[This message has been edited by Allah (edited 21 August
2000).]
