Whether we acknowledge it or not there is a similarity between Nazism and the practice against the Non-Malays for the last 53 years based on the ambiguity of Article 153.
Now let's look at Nazism, naturally we can google up the whole history of this that the whole world condemned it for a particular race to rein supreme on their ideology that they are a superior race to the rest . The practices outreached policies, methodologies and all possible way to ensure that one race controls everything.
The Nazism remnant seems very obvious with interpretation of Article 153 that is being propelled although that is not what it should be. This blogger has drawn a reasonable and fair argument in his interpretation on this Article 153. See http://www.facebook.com/l/f66c3;art-harun.blogspot.com/2010/03/article-153-on-special-position-of.html
We all know that Nazism was where the great Adolf Hitler put forward political and economic doctrines from 1933 to 1945 including totalitarian principles in order for the Aryan race of Germans to achieve and assume racial superiority and supremacy. Now when you look at statistic of Malaya after independence in 1957 to at least early 1980, the balance was there. Then came our great Dr Mahathir, a reincarnation of Adolf Hitler to ensure his artificial Ketuanan Melayu survives not so much for the betterment of the society but to ensure his legacy that promoted and encouraged cronyism, nepotism, corruption in the name of Ketuanan Melayu. To some extend the blame also lies on the Non- Malays as we were captivated with material needs as oppose to what suppose to be humane for all Malaysian. Dr Mahathir was the chief architect a ditto Adolf Hitler to ensure that the race supremacy ruled beyond humane needs.
Let's look at this way, if I as a Non-Malay can make some money and achieve material needs with this Ketuanan Melayu, why bother? We can talk all we want but this is the reality that is practiced whether you like it or not. Dr Mahathir knew how to cajole you and ensure he is able to sustain the false Ketuanan Melayu but today we feel the long term effect.
Ketuanan Melayu is an artificial paraphrase that has been conveniently used as it fits its agenda. I must say both factions of the politicians run an agenda, but we the public need to heed the need of the public under current circumstances to shut them down for the betterment of its people not howling and hailing when its fits our own agenda.
As for the British, there are numerous written constitution since independence from Britain, the longest being India and the shortest being USA. All constitutions written had never given preference to a superior race but accepting and treating all in equal for the sake of humanity. Even the archaic constitution of Medina instituted a number of rights and responsibilities for the Hindu, Muslim, Jewish, Christian and pagan communities of Medina bringing them within the fold of one community what we call it Ummah. Amongst them was the security of God is equal for all groups, non-Muslim members have equal political and cultural rights as Muslims. They will have autonomy and freedom of religion, there is to be no treachery between the two.
So, what is this jack shit Article 153 and a purported Ketuanan Melayu about?
The freedom for an individual within a society or a nation to prosper, enhance in their socio development should never been hindered based on a supremacy of a religion or their so called Ketuanan Melayu but more so the natural cultures of the societies that live together with each other.
The British to appease the royalty to maintain their status quo to continue to reap the benefit of Malaya accommodated to such unprecedented unheard written constitution akin to what Hitler was doing implicitly. Funnily, Dr Mathathir was able to strip these royalties of their power and all who shouted about Ketuanan Rakyat just sat and accepted in those crisis years in 1980 & 1990s. Now suddenly you have Ketuanan Melayu creeping again without a goodwill for the society but how it can be used and manipulated for political needs.
We, the public need to grasp and participate beyond the typical know how, bickering based on affiliation to understand why all these are possible. If we cannot united for a humane cause no matter how skewed it looks as long it is for what is the truth and reality that faces everyone else except to please our own need, then you know it is a cause worth fighting for.
It is not a political party, nor what is the populist contest, but what is the truth and reality and how much time you are able to expand to understand that and act upon it besides the lazy man/woman blogging and commenting to let out your frustration. Get involved.
Who is the actual stakeholders in Malaysia, Ketuanan Melayu race itself, which in its existence & birth, is not the actual Bumiputra and in itself had encroached the basic natural lineage of the actual stake holders' of the land in Malaysia " How do we deal with the natives and today me and you as native Malaysian as this is our country of birth and its aspiration irrespective of race, religion, creed or belonging.
Just got this email!!! Interesting, when non-Malays do their religious obligations, that is not tax-deductible unless the Church or temple has applied and obtained the approval for tax exemption, which they are normally very stringent with and is seldom approved. Even if they are approved it is only 10% of your aggregate income. Now let's look at Zakat, it qualifies 100% even if it is not tax exempt from the government as it is you know what? So how, Article 153 equals to Nazism? Do you agree?
R. Shan (Human Being)
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