The Ignorant Fools

There is some hue and cry, that I must admit. People are upset yet, not as upset when Uncle Kit calls for a boycott of the swearing-in ceremony for the Perak PAS MB. There are police reports lodged but again, the hues and cries are quite subdued.

Hence I can't help but wonder why only weak hues and cries bring made? Perhaps MSM is not making an issue out of it? Is UMNO leadership any less disrespectful when they protested and called for the state's MB swearing-in ceremony boycott and threaten to sack the same MB which was chosen by the Terengganu palace? Not only that, the very idea of the head of the federal government stepping up and said only his choice is legitimate and anything else is unconstitutional sounds arrogant and unbecoming.

I wanted to believe that the specter of racialism has been buried for good following the May 8 election outcome. But I realised my wishful thinking are just that, a fairy tale best read during bed time to innocent children wanting to get a good night sleep. Yup, the spectre of racialism still haunts the living. We do not see its physical form of course but its manifestation is very real in the psyche of the rakyat.

The good example is of course in relation to Uncle Kit and his directive to boycott the swearing in of PAS MB in Perak. Nevermind he subsequently retracted his statement the next day and offered apology to His Majesty. What one read next in Malaysia-Today.net demonstrate perhaps what many often feel about the Chinese.

On one hand, the so-called DAP Chinese are portrayed as disrespectful and ignorant bordering on arrogance when it comes to following the Adat Istiadat Diraja like refusing to wear a songkok to seek audience with His Majesties or calling for boycott in public. On the other, when it comes to the UMNO Malays, they are somehow "privileged" with a freehand to decide what is the proper adat to follow and what is not. I guess even with adat, perhaps it carries a colour tone to it. I don't know, I believe it should be colour blind. Then again, we live in a real world where haunted locations are often sought after for the thrill of it.

Predictably, thus far no action have been taken. Will an apology from UMNO to His Majesty the Sultan of Terengganu be in the offering? Afterall, if the UMNO Malays themselves showed little respect, I doubt those from the other races be expected to walk the talk for them.

This is to me, blatant double standards when it comes to hues and cries but then again, I am only a Malaysian of Chinese descendant, an ignorant fool when it comes to adat.