Tasteless!

Some people find the latest movie of Adam Sandler, Don't Mess With Zohan, tasteless due to the sex scene and making fun of Isrealis and Arabs being offending. In my opinion, a lot of movies by Jim Carrey and Stephan Chow are equally tasteless. However, there is something about this movie that is very meaningful. If you observe the movie and use your brain a bit, the movie is not just about making fun of the Jews and Arabs. At one part of the movie which the Jews and Arabs started talking politics, it showed that they are so similar and they have something in common. The movie also shows us that Jews and Arabs can live together peacefully if they try hard enough - there is hope for peace! This is something that Malaysians should learn from this movie that many Malaysians find disgusting and angry with the censorship board for not banning it. I am not praising the Malaysian censorship board though because they did a major mistake for rating the movie as suitable for all ages of audiences.

Related to the topic of tasteless, I find the agenda of the politic and social issues in Malaysia very tasteless these days. We have too many stupid leaders and politicians running the country. There are so many leaders from the ruling party saying things they should not have said and do things they should not have done - their behaviour show that they are childish and stupid.

Example Number 1: When non-Malays asked about the special right of the Malays, a "smart guy" said non-Malays had no right to question it. Are we living in a country run by a dictator? Is this a Malaysian Apartheid? You call this equal right? As a good leader, this kind of question should be tackled smartly and not just sweeping it under the carpet. I dare to bet that a few years down the road, someone will ask the same question again. The question may not come from a non-Malay, it may come from a Malay. I have come across some Malays who are actually smart enough to worry and think something is not right about it. I am not trying to cause any racial tension - I would not want that. I personally have many good Malay friends and I don't want to lose our friendship and trust....all because of race. It's not worth it!

Example Number 2: A "Mr. Smart Guy" called non-Malays as immigrants. However, it's only true for the ancestors of non-Malays. Why bring up this issue when it has nothing to do with the current generation in the first place? Isn't he stupid enough to create trouble for himself? If we trace back the roots of Malaysians, I wonder how many Malaysians are not immigrants based on history. Chinese came from China. Indians came from India. Malays came from various parts of the world (i.e. Arab, Indonesia, China, etc). Even some of the natives were immigrants. Why dig for the roots of our ancestors? If "Mr. Smart Guy" is smart enough, he should focus on the current issues and solve them. We don't need any leader that talk rubbish.

I am pretty sure that these kind of nonsense coming from Malaysian leaders and politicians will never end unless we kick them out of their power to keep their mouth shut permanently. We don't need these leaders/politicians, do we?