Illegal-but-made-legal-robbery in our country

I would like to voice my opinions and frustrations against Dr. Mahathir’s comment on the Malaysian Insider titled “Ex-premier blames ‘extremists’ for increased race strife “on 12th September 2011.

(http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/ex-premier-blames-extremists-for-increased-race-strife/)

A quick recap, Dr. Mahathir mentioned that the “extremists” from the three main races in Malaysia are making increasingly unwarranted demands. He gave one example, that non-Malays asked for Malay rights to be abolished.

He further gave a comment that all races must compromise with each other, and that not all demands from all races will be met (only 50%). Dr. Mahathir gave the example that the Chinese were given the right to continue studying Mandarin in vernacular schools.

Since he talked about language, let me first voice my frustration on our ex-PM’s distasteful comment.

Let me give you a story and let’s have a think of it to see if it is fair. There is a bag that can give any group $10 daily. Of that $10, 40% must be given away (as tax for example). EVERY GROUP is given a map to look for these bags (think of it as treasure hunting). Hence, these bags can be gotten if people actually try and look for it. From this story, who is benefitting and who is losing? Is this system fair?

Next, assume group Z has this bag, and they must give $4 (40% of $10) away as tax. Group A, B, and C that do not own this bag need not pay tax, but demands all groups that has this bag to share 30% of their profit with them. Even more so, because group A, B, and C are bigger than group Z, they made it a rule that only people from A, B, and C can have this special right.

So the mathematics goes like this. Group Z that has this bag earns $10/day, gives $4 as tax, leaving behind only $6. Of this $6, $1.80 must be given to groups A, B, and C as their special rights, leaving behind only $4.20 for group Z.

Every other group that has this bag must also give $1.80 to A, B, and C. Of that $1.80, 40% or equally, 72cents must go to tax and hence, A, B, and C gets $1.08 from every other group by just sitting there and implement more policies that favours them and announce to the world that this is a "fair" system.

HOWEVER, if group A, B, and C ever decides to look for the bag, they are allowed to enjoy a total profit of $6 in addition to the $1.08 gotten from other groups.

And now the question, who is benefitting and who is losing? Is this system fair?

What I aim to tell in this story, is that this miraculous bag, is our human capital such as knowledge and language. And that the map to this miraculous bag, is free education. China is now the world’s largest economy after America. Malaysia should be blessed to have people that possess the knowledge for Chinese culture and the Chinese language.

These are the major tools that can help link the Malaysian businesses with China strongly. The more amazing news about the Chinese language is that it does not stop in China, but can be branched out and further linked to the Singapore, Taiwan and even the Hong Kong economy! And just so you know Mr. ex-PM, even the ex-PM of Australia, Mr. Kevin Rudd, a white guy, is fluent in Mandarin and can score higher than me, a Chinese, anytime.

Let me share one more good news to all Malaysians. Our third main race is the Indian race and India too is booming rapidly. See how blessed our country is right now?

With such an unfair system, what makes you think that groups with the miraculous bag will want to remain in that economy when they can go elsewhere, and maintain their profit of $6? See how this relates to the brain drain problem?

And so my dearest ex-PM, judging from your message, are you saying that non-Malays must tolerate the Malay special rights, in exchange for them to gain more knowledge that can benefit the country? I find this logic very disturbing. What do you think? If you yourself choose to not find this bag, should not this be your problem? Why are the hardworkers punished in the end and the lazy A, B and C be rewarded? We are given the map, and we choose to find this bag. Implementing such unfair policies that favours such groups are pure illegal-but-made-legal-robbery in our country.

The principle of equality is basic human rights. Everybody deserves to be treated equally. Every developed nation demands in their law, that their citizens to be treated fair and just. No one is asked to behave differently.

If you, Dr. Mahathir, is so keen in maintaining the Malay special rights, do tell me, aside from the mass murder of the Jews, how are you different to Adolf Hitler when he demanded all Jews to behave differently and that Germans deserves to stand above them?

And for the Malays, if you are standing beside this man, go think whether if you are different to the Germans in WWII that sees Jews as the inferior race that they are, and hence do not need to be treated on equal grounds.

Lastly, for the Malays that chooses to stand strong and fight this temptation of having the easy way out, I want to thank you and if possible, personally. I pray that you will continue to live this spirit and spread it like a wild fire towards the whole nation and wake people like group A, B and Cs before they start to make every other group to leave the country in future.