COMMENTS by Theantdaily readers
Valentino Chan: I beg to differ. It's only the dumb Umno Malays who are responsible for the nation’s mess, not Malays in general.
Norliza Salleh: Agree to the core but not all Malays. The ones that support the current government. They are idiotic and brainless. I am so sorry, if I've insulted a few. Happy New Year, everyone.
Ravi Arumugam: It's unfair to squarely put the blame on our Malay brothers and sisters. I think it's only fair for all of us to shoulder some blame ourselves although it's more because of a lousy and incompetent government!
Ray Ong: Not only the Malays in BN and PAS but also the non-Malays in MCA, Gerakan, PPP, MIC and the East Malaysian BN parties too.
George Guansing: Not all Malays but a few in Umno do not like to see the rakyat progress in knowledge, maturing in mentality, acquiring a sense of reason and getting more civilized and their love for living in harmony and peace.
Jimmy Foo: We are all to be blamed because we all voted for the worst government in history.
Lester Lou: Not all voted the current government. Thousands of illegal immigrants with ICs voted for them especially in East Malaysia
Mikey: Dear Ahmad Mustapha Hassan, your comment on "The Malays had been made the ‘kuda tunggangan’, the vehicle for Umno to remain in power and to plunder the wealth of the nation" sums up so aptly that you may be accused/referred as the Red Bean Army (RBA) working for DAP if they don't know who you are. If I were to write this piece of article, IGP will be in my doorstep in a jiffy.
The title "Malays are responsible for the nation’s mess in 2015 " is so true to the T that it may be too hard for the Malays to chew. The fact that PM was not in Parliament but let his deputy speak for three minutes to clarify the 2.6 billion only shows he has no respect for Members of Parliament. Malaysians in particular the Malays have been made a laughing stock of when it was highlighted by WSJ.
Yes, 2016 is unlikely to see any change in this despicable situation in the country if the Malays allow PM/Umno to dictate with the NSC enactment coming through. Looks like the majority of the rakyat will suffer especially the rural poor Malays under Felda who took loans to buy shares and continue to pay for their loans.
Packed Heat: 1MDB and corrupt leaders aren't the only thing the Malays should answer for.
Malays should answer for allowing the rising tide of fundamentalism that infected this nation's Muslim majority and drove the wedge between them and their countrymen.
Malays should answer for allowing and encouraging hundreds, maybe thousands, of their own people to participate illegally in the Syrian civil wars, joining ISIS or any militant groups, to usurp Bashar Assad, in some delusional hope that they get first class seats in heaven when the Kiamat rolls over and cleanse the Earth. They should have stayed and fight a peaceful jihad against corruption here, instead of fighting in other people's wars.
Malays should answer for the rise of child marriages. Not just allowing these to happen but also defending this outdated deed for some arbitrary reasons, like preventing maksiat or upholding (their version of) Islam
Malays should answer for their sudden attitude against human rights. For the past few years, we've had ministers and religious elites venting hateful rhetoric and indoctrinating naive Malay minds against human rights, claiming that human rights is a Western invention, and giving excuses that moderation is enough. Never realizing that these human rights are what gave Malaysia her Merdeka in the first place and help in fighting poverty, racism, and corruption.
Finally, Malays should answer for turning against their own people who they deemed "murtad": the Shiites, the Ahmadiyyas, liberals, LGBTs, dissenters, critics, Malays who helped non-Muslims, Malays who helped dogs that needed shelter etc. These "murtad" Malays have been humiliated, punished, arrested or exiled for the crime of just being different, of not conforming to the conservative Umno-PAS standard of being a "good" Malay. Malay lawyers, teachers, intellectuals, activists, reporters and so on have been arrested on vague, arbitrary charges, while real terrorists, along with racists, perverts and corrupt civil servants, roam around freely.
Brian Michael De Souza: They won because the Malays generally still gave them their votes
Kit Chang: They won by seats. Vote count-wise, they had less
Alif Haidar: Eh Mr Brian? The Opposition won the popular votes already. Can’t you see what it means? Even 'generally' we Malays pushed Najib already. They won by cheating.
Amir Kazan: Be End needs a lot of gerrymandering just to stay in power.
Raja Citroen: It's not right to blame only the Malays for the mess in 2015. Overall, the rakyat are to be blamed as they had voted for the morons to govern the country. In 2016, let's open our eyes and minds and vote out BN in GE14.
James FC Lee: I object that we say Malays are responsible for the mess we are in. This is not fair to the Malays in general. The mess, it is the result of the very indulgent Umno and their gravy train, plus several narrow-minded NGOs and extremists.
Benjamin Phang: It is not good to generalise and pin point to our Malay friends. Just because of a few rotten apples, let's not tarnish the whole barrel. We have bad Malays, Chinese, Indians, Kadazans, Dayaks and other leaders but generally all of us are good, peace-loving and honest Malaysians seeking a better life for ourselves and our children.
Clement Jaikul: It is caused by nothing but dirty politics, racial and religious conflict.
Richard Chin: Unfair to generalize and you forgot about the complicity of Sabah and Sarawak
Liaw Ks: We are all equally to blame! We are in this together!!
Jee Hai Peng: It has nothing to do with race. This is purely about failed governance.
Tony Lim: We don't blame anyone but the government of the day.
Mok Khuen: Please, En Ahmad, not ALL Malays, just the blind loyalists and of course, the beneficiaries, Happy New Year.
Loo Beng Siew: Disagree. It's the inefficient government and the biggest liar that are screwing up the country
Liberta Laut: Chinese should lead the country. Problem solved!
Wong Kim Poh: Good reminder to the dumb voters who voted this lousy government but sadly, the dumb voters can't read or understand this article.
Mohamad Ayob Mohd Noor: DAP is the problem...
Stanislaus Anthony: It is very wrong to blame others. Just look at yourself. Why not give ideas to improve the institution instead of just complaining?
Kee GC: Better blame the usual suspect - Israel. Anything bad or wrong, just blame Israel. Doesn't matter if they don't even care what’s happening here.
These comments are in response to the article Malays are responsible for the nation’s mess in 2015 published on Dec 31. However, these views from our readers should not be represented as fact.
-The Ant Daily
