Monday, May 14, 2007
Friday, May 11, 2007
To Smithereens....
I was reading the NST paper today. There wasn't much that caught my limited attention, except for the new arrival of Perodua Viva, a new, Kancil-style car which I seriously doubt I can fit into. Then I saw this.
Well, the link is up above.
Basically, the piece reported that during the Parlimentary debate between the government and opposition reps about the current fiasco regarding maintenance problems in public offices(leaks, falling ceilings, cracks, you know the drill...), Datuk Bung Moktar Radin (BN-Kinabatangan) and Datuk Mohd Said Yusuf (BN-Jasin) had both mentioned some stuff which had in effect said:
"Where is the leak, the member for Batu Gajah also leaks once a month."
This was actually in response to Opposition leader Lim Kit Siang(who raised the whole leaky-leaky issues first) but directed to Fong Poh Kuan (DAP-Batu Gajah).
My thoughts on this:
1. WTF. WTF dude, WTF. What. The. F**k.
2. Right. Ignoring my less-than-intellligent initial thought above...
Seriously, what gives? That statement shouldn't have been said in the first place! First, it has nothing to do with whatever the other party is arguing about. What's a woman's natural menstrual cycle got to do with crappy leaking public buildings?
Second, it is downright insulting and discriminatory! What is this, sexism? The rep had made fun of what comes natural to all women, and in effect had insulted womankind. Doesn't he know that that was discriminatory? Doesn't he had any respect to women? Doesn't he know anything about being sensitive? Come now! His mother, sister and daughter are all women, no? So what with this sudden crap? Didn't he care about other women's feelings and rights, apart from those close to him(blood-related or not)?
3. This kind of statements made by our politicians show just how crap those holding the powers right now are. It's exactly these kind of stuff that made our Parliment more ridiculous than the average popup spam encountered on the Internet-
But wait, there's more! This particular statement was not written in the link, but in the paper version it was. Datuk Said Yusof(BN-Jasin) has said that:
" I said it in the hear of the debate. I don't see what they are fussing about. They also call us names. Like Kinabatangan (referring to Bung Moktar), they call him Kinabinatangan and 'orang liar'. We never kicked up a fuss then."
So what? Just because you didn't get all riled up because someone called you something less-than-polite doesn't mean that you can make rude statements to others and expects them not to get pissed off because you aren't. Remember, one man's mean is another man's(or, in this case, a woman's) poison. Maybe you're okay with people calling you a 'mangkuk', 'bengong', or even 'mereng', but if other people are given the same treatment, they may get get dissed off. Especially when the person in question is a woman who had her woman-ness(you'll ge tthe idea what it means...my vocabulary is not that good) made fun of. Picture this. If a random hip-hopper suddenly address an old lady as "yo, dog!" , and the old lady got realy upset, would it be logical if the hip-hopper claim innocence to his act cuz his friends did the same thing to him and vice versa?
Well, maybe he could do so, but in the end he'll end up being beaten by the mob around, so what the hell.
Just to conclude this, no wonder our country are going to the dogs. The select idiots holding political power had turned the Parliament from what should've been a platform for serious national discussion and improvement into something less tangible than crap. That's a job well screwed up. Just wait till the people outside Malaysia who don't have the word "WARGANEGARA" on their ICs know about this.
Well, the link is up above.
Basically, the piece reported that during the Parlimentary debate between the government and opposition reps about the current fiasco regarding maintenance problems in public offices(leaks, falling ceilings, cracks, you know the drill...), Datuk Bung Moktar Radin (BN-Kinabatangan) and Datuk Mohd Said Yusuf (BN-Jasin) had both mentioned some stuff which had in effect said:
"Where is the leak, the member for Batu Gajah also leaks once a month."
This was actually in response to Opposition leader Lim Kit Siang(who raised the whole leaky-leaky issues first) but directed to Fong Poh Kuan (DAP-Batu Gajah).
My thoughts on this:
1. WTF. WTF dude, WTF. What. The. F**k.
2. Right. Ignoring my less-than-intellligent initial thought above...
Seriously, what gives? That statement shouldn't have been said in the first place! First, it has nothing to do with whatever the other party is arguing about. What's a woman's natural menstrual cycle got to do with crappy leaking public buildings?
Second, it is downright insulting and discriminatory! What is this, sexism? The rep had made fun of what comes natural to all women, and in effect had insulted womankind. Doesn't he know that that was discriminatory? Doesn't he had any respect to women? Doesn't he know anything about being sensitive? Come now! His mother, sister and daughter are all women, no? So what with this sudden crap? Didn't he care about other women's feelings and rights, apart from those close to him(blood-related or not)?
3. This kind of statements made by our politicians show just how crap those holding the powers right now are. It's exactly these kind of stuff that made our Parliment more ridiculous than the average popup spam encountered on the Internet-
But wait, there's more! This particular statement was not written in the link, but in the paper version it was. Datuk Said Yusof(BN-Jasin) has said that:
" I said it in the hear of the debate. I don't see what they are fussing about. They also call us names. Like Kinabatangan (referring to Bung Moktar), they call him Kinabinatangan and 'orang liar'. We never kicked up a fuss then."
So what? Just because you didn't get all riled up because someone called you something less-than-polite doesn't mean that you can make rude statements to others and expects them not to get pissed off because you aren't. Remember, one man's mean is another man's(or, in this case, a woman's) poison. Maybe you're okay with people calling you a 'mangkuk', 'bengong', or even 'mereng', but if other people are given the same treatment, they may get get dissed off. Especially when the person in question is a woman who had her woman-ness(you'll ge tthe idea what it means...my vocabulary is not that good) made fun of. Picture this. If a random hip-hopper suddenly address an old lady as "yo, dog!" , and the old lady got realy upset, would it be logical if the hip-hopper claim innocence to his act cuz his friends did the same thing to him and vice versa?
Well, maybe he could do so, but in the end he'll end up being beaten by the mob around, so what the hell.
Just to conclude this, no wonder our country are going to the dogs. The select idiots holding political power had turned the Parliament from what should've been a platform for serious national discussion and improvement into something less tangible than crap. That's a job well screwed up. Just wait till the people outside Malaysia who don't have the word "WARGANEGARA" on their ICs know about this.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Back from Whatever.
Right. It's been like two straight months since I last posted. No surprise there.
I've been busy doing stuff all thing time; assignments, tests, quizzes...and what other things the average overweight teenager would do.
Now, it's Tuesday, or to be more accurate, Wednesday morning. The next week, I'll be having my finals.
I'll come back with something else that's worth posting about.
Hopefully. Later.
I've been busy doing stuff all thing time; assignments, tests, quizzes...and what other things the average overweight teenager would do.
Now, it's Tuesday, or to be more accurate, Wednesday morning. The next week, I'll be having my finals.
I'll come back with something else that's worth posting about.
Hopefully. Later.
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