I meant
“We do not want to have a Kosovo, Serbia-Bosnia like conflict in Malaysia”

back in the 1950’s there was genuine friendship accross Malaysia and if we adopt a “face reality attitude”, things won’t improve. We do not have a Kosovo, Serbia-Bosnia like conflict in Malaysia.

in the Selangor state assembly, notice the Chinese assemblymen (YB Kok was 1) proposed and seconded the nomination of the Malay deputy speaker while the Malay assemblymen did likewise for YB Teng as the speaker.

we have to address the racial tension created over decades of political divide and rule, no longer a monopoly that we can accuse the British Colonists solely practise. If South Africa can heal the wounds of Apartheid, why not we Malaysians who suffered a great deal less.

This defeatist and acceptance attitude could spell the end for Malaysia as hungrier, poorer nations are raising.

not in KL. it is very well seggregated. KK sounds much more mature to me.

I think there was a fella called Jan who proposed first in MT

maybe i join the queue tooo.. he he he he he he he

Next time U in KK, observe we still have lots of shops offering both halal and non halal food, and sabahans can sit down in same table and eat their own choices of food.

Still got in KL meh?

Also in weddng receptions in sabah, both halal food and non halal food is available.

However, should any one tries to make a rule that ONLY halal food shall be serve, I can assure you, that guy will be IN BIG BIGGGG TROUBLE…. !!!

Suddenly, the opposition looks very pleasing to the eyes in more ways than one.

damocles,

one more point to add on to your good analysis…..DAP has no resources to make way into Malay hinterland. The kampongs upstream. Perhaps Pakatan Rakyat should come up with a long term strategy for that. Getting their own newspaper is a good start.

To be fair, there is no lavish waste of funds and the area is predominantly Chinese so the thanks giving ceremony is catering to the majority - an easy thing to do. There are also Indians around so actually there was a “2/3 ajority”

looking at the participants, they are having a great time and it warms my heart to see Mister Karpal getting the respect he deserves and able to see his son inheritng his prowes.

if a non-halal section is opened up, would muslims be happy to attend?

I have to agree with banjaran. DAP is a political party and by the meaning of a political party, DAP needs to do some PR work. Getting Malay supporters is a requirement in Malaysian political scene, like it or not.

On the other hand, when UMNO or PAS organise a function, do we criticise them for being insensitive to Hindus and Buddhist for serving beef? Or should they at least have a “non-muslim” corner (rather than calling them “not-halal” of “haram corner”, that’s politics / semantics again, no?) where non-muslims can take the food that appeal to them then sit and eat together with eveyone.

The above imaginery scenario….can it happen? It has happen before as I can imagine a Malay chap eating his Big Mac in front of his Hindu friend in MacDonald’s who is having a fillet o’fish.

We Malaysians are a bit too sticky with little things like this and we end up missing the BIG BOAT.

At the same token, would Malay chaps like to approach the blog of the DAP YBs, fire hard questions at them and decide whether to join them?

Would the DAP grassroots able to welcome them as one of their own, change party functions to halal settings? It takes both side to move towards each other to reach centre ground.

Ok, chaps. Those who called me, and will be calling me racist, I positive racism whereby we emphasize our diversity as strength, accommmodate each others’ lifestyle just like siblings accommodate each others whims and fancises, and we should learn to LAUGH about ourselves and carry on living productively & happily.