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So Malaysia goes to the polls tomorrow. BN, the ruling party, has won every election in 50 years. (It's easy when you control the press). But until tomorrow, it's interesting seeing the hypocrisy in BN's political campaigns focused on promoting their "1 Malaysia" concept.

Because in 50 years BN has launched policies that only DIVIDED Malaysia into religious and ethnic lines. And now their political motto is "1 Malaysia".

If BN really wanted a Malaysia whose citizens were truly united despite ethnicity and religion, here's what we'd need to fix.

1. Stop teaching one religion in schools. Developed nations have a secular education system. The only way to teach kids religion is to teach them ALL religions.

2. Make English the medium of instruction for math and science. Teach every kid fluent English so all ethnicities can communicate freely with each other and the rest of the world. Our education system is in ruins. Easiest way to fix it? Bring back English.

3. Give gay people the same rights as straight folks. And stop treating them as pariahs. Anyone against gay rights today is on the wrong side of history. Gays will be given the right to marry on pretty much every country on the planet sooner or later. So for now, stop making them feel guilty and abnormal ok?

4. Get race and religion OFF Malaysian passports and identity cards. In this day and age, why would it matter?

5. End the NEP, the system of benefits and perks given to locals because of their race. I understand why reverse affirmative action was needed at one point, but it's not needed today.

6. Stop issuing titles like Datuk, Tun etc. Malaysia has the highest rate of "Power-Distance Index" on the planet today. Power-Distance index measures the extent to which the less powerful members of a country accept and expect that power is distributed unequally. It implies that poorer Malaysians feel disempowered - more so than the people of any other country in the world which has been measured by this test. http://www.clearlycultural.com/geert-ho ... nce-index/. Archaic titles based on wealth do little to reverse this feeing of helplessness among the poor.

7. Remove the laws forcing people who marry a Muslim to have to convert to Islam. I'm tired of seeing Chinese and Indian friends of mine who marry a Malay spouse have to leave the country so they don't have to convert. We're adults. Let us choose.

8. That said - allow people to freely change religions. Apostasy should not be a crime.

Nothing suggested here is radical. It's pretty much how most of the developed world runs.

In Malaysia, we're just rather blind to our own dysfunctions or afraid to speak out in case we get jailed. And please vote out BN tomorrow. It's been 50 years with one political party. Here's hoping for a change.

1. Stop teaching one religion in schools. Developed nations have a secular education system. The only way to teach kids religion is to teach them ALL religions.

LuckyGirl писал(а):У моих друзей malay-chinese сегодня траур, они все на FB поменяли аватарки на черные квадраты в знак протеста

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LuckyGirl писал(а):У моих друзей malay-chinese сегодня траур, они все на FB поменяли аватарки на черные квадраты в знак протеста

То-то и оно, что как дети малые. Забыли уже историческую родину

ежели вы здесь без году неделя, то не лезьте со своим уставом, и все кто проездом, нам здесь жить, у кого семьи и дети, и кто понимает в этом побольше вашего.

А исламская партия никакой опасности никому не представляет, они очень лояльные люди

МАДО писал(а):

Kot uchenyi писал(а):

LuckyGirl писал(а):У моих друзей malay-chinese сегодня траур, они все на FB поменяли аватарки на черные квадраты в знак протеста

То-то и оно, что как дети малые. Забыли уже историческую родину

А чЁ эт про историческую то Родину в виду имелось? Типа китайцы домой шо ли? А кто решает то это? Сколько ж указателей, прям ужасть!

ПОКА, не выиграла.

МАДО писал(а):Kot uchenyi, я спокойна, следите за своим языком, и вам и отвечать мне не за чем будет. Тем более, что ответ мне ваш не нужОн и в помине.

Ed-Abram писал(а): и ежу понятно было кто победит, здесь, как и в России это было очевидно