Critical Thoughts

I am a bit disturbed by the actions of Hindraf as of late (and no, I am not referring to the memorandum they delivered to Pak Lah when they gate-crashed the party for Eid Fitri). One particular incident which bothers me as a long-time blogger (I have been blogging since 2003) is how they had made a fuss over an obscure posting by a relatively unknown blogger who made racist remarks against Indians. Now, I am not excusing the particular blogger in question for those remarks which I think is stereotypical and uncalled for. Labelling any racial group as “thieves” or “robbers” is simply just unacceptable. But had Hindraf not made so much silly noises about the blog post and left the blogger alone, the issue would not even have surfaced in the first place. And for my part, I have seen many anti-Islam and hate-incitement towards the Muslims in Malaysia, should I go around making police reports for each and every one of them?

So while I do not condone any racist remarks from any person, I certainly dislike the actions taken by this extremist group called Hindraf to make a fuss out of a minor issue of racism.

Hindu terrorism. This is what exactly will happen to this country if Hindraf had their way:

Hindu extremists attacked Christians celebrating Christmas in eastern India, ransacking and burning at least six village churches, officials said Wednesday. One person was killed in the violence.

Authorities in the remote district where the churches, most nothing more than mud and thatch houses, were attacked have deployed 450 police to quell the violence, which had tapered off by Wednesday, said Bahugrahi Mahapatra, a government official.

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And I don’t agree with this.

Or to be more accurate, I most certainly support the idea of putting these racist, seditious folks behind bars by going through proper procedures of getting a warrant, having them arrested and let them be charged and go through a proper trial in court under the charge of sedition and an attempt to wage war against His Majesty, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (because this is what they are precisely trying to do).

But not by using the ISA on them. The ISA is an archaic law which should have been repealed a long time ago and worse, it just gives a moral victory to these people. It will further vindicate their position and turn them into undeserved heroes and martyrs.

Kudos goes to PEMBELA (Muslim Organisations in Defence of Islam) for their unequivocal and strongly-worded media statement on the issue of the clear and present danger within our midst, the Hindu kar sevaks that make up this terrorist coalition called the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf). If you want an idea of what Hindraf will do to this country if given the chance, look at the following video.

They are going to find that they are not going to be able to export their brand of Sri Lankan terrorism into this country, insha’allah.

Someone should tell HINDRAF that they are purposely asking for trouble with seditious statements such as this:

Mr.V.Ganabatirau who was arrested detained and locked up and later released at about 4.00p.m has vowed to continue his legal and peaceful struggle against the racist, malay supremacist and Islamic extremist UMNO led Malaysian government’s 50 years of marginalisation and permanent colonialisation of the mere 8% politically, socially and economically suppressed, oppressed and marginalised for 50 years ethnic minority Indians in Malaysia.

And you think that they are not racist? It begs the question as to why they are involving the whole Malay-Muslim community for their own laziness and poverty issues.

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