Storm over vernacular school statement
The Umno Youth chief candidate Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir’s suggested that the vernacular school system contributed to racial polarisation and should be scrapped.
As expected, the opposition party leaders leapt up to attack him and our deputy prime minister tried to calm things down. Some opposition leaders want him to be detained under the seditious act, and the evergreen Lim Kit Siang brought out several similar cases in the past where people who commented similar things were found guilty under the seditious act.
HELLO....last time when the opposition spoke out on certain issues and kena detained by ISA, does that mean everyone who speaks out against the same issue should be detained by ISA???
The whole point of progress is the abolishment of ineffective policies with better policies!!! What the hell, the politicians are making all the noise for the SAKE OF MAKING NOISE!!! Didn't the opposition use to say that without the questioning of the status quo, there will never be progress??
It turned out the opposition is not any different from the current government after all.
Haih...
Oh and ppl from the MCA, MIC also, as expected, made noise...what to do, last election so lousy already..must defend themselves....so this was what MIC youth chief sai. He said Mukhriz did not understand the significance of vernacular schools to their respective communities, adding that children not only learn to read, write and speak their language, but also learn the cultures, traditions and the heritages of their race. Walau, if we have truly national schools, we can learn the cultures, traditions and heritages of our race as well as other races. Isn't that the whole freaking point???
And the statement Mukhriz made with regards to the vernacular school system is not made without much thought(unlike the Bukit Bendera UMNO person who asked the "immigrants" to return to their homelands). The arguments were totally sound. And yes I agree with what he had to say. There will never be TRUE UNITY unless all MALAYSIANS go through the SAME education system. This argument doesn't just apply to vernacular schools btw, it also applies to secondary school and MARA, as well as STPM and Matriculation..
As expected, the opposition party leaders leapt up to attack him and our deputy prime minister tried to calm things down. Some opposition leaders want him to be detained under the seditious act, and the evergreen Lim Kit Siang brought out several similar cases in the past where people who commented similar things were found guilty under the seditious act.
HELLO....last time when the opposition spoke out on certain issues and kena detained by ISA, does that mean everyone who speaks out against the same issue should be detained by ISA???
The whole point of progress is the abolishment of ineffective policies with better policies!!! What the hell, the politicians are making all the noise for the SAKE OF MAKING NOISE!!! Didn't the opposition use to say that without the questioning of the status quo, there will never be progress??
It turned out the opposition is not any different from the current government after all.
Haih...
Oh and ppl from the MCA, MIC also, as expected, made noise...what to do, last election so lousy already..must defend themselves....so this was what MIC youth chief sai. He said Mukhriz did not understand the significance of vernacular schools to their respective communities, adding that children not only learn to read, write and speak their language, but also learn the cultures, traditions and the heritages of their race. Walau, if we have truly national schools, we can learn the cultures, traditions and heritages of our race as well as other races. Isn't that the whole freaking point???
And the statement Mukhriz made with regards to the vernacular school system is not made without much thought(unlike the Bukit Bendera UMNO person who asked the "immigrants" to return to their homelands). The arguments were totally sound. And yes I agree with what he had to say. There will never be TRUE UNITY unless all MALAYSIANS go through the SAME education system. This argument doesn't just apply to vernacular schools btw, it also applies to secondary school and MARA, as well as STPM and Matriculation..
posted by Li Hong at 10:42 PM
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