The Ahmad Ismail-Koh Tsu Koon episode has exposed Barisan Nasional’s true colours in terms of racial unity - they have none. I think BN’s accusation of Pakatan Rakyat’s marriage of convenience now echoes loudly back at them. There has never been room for true racial integration in Barisan Nasional’s communal politics. Each of its main [...]
The prodigal son has returned…Dr. Tan Kee Kwong, the son of Mr. Opposition, the late Tan Sri Dr. Tan Chee Koon (former Labour party MP and later Gerakan founder) joined the chorus of conscientious Gerakan leaders to cut ties with the hopeless UMNO’s-rubber-stamp party to joined the Pakatan Rakyat coalition.
Welcome home, Dr. Tan
Dr. Koh Tsu [...]
As I was reading Ahmad Ismail’s statement and his reiteration of the supposed “racist” statement, I remembered a little “berbalas pantun” I had with a Malaysiakini reader two years back:
He wrote:
Ishak Abd Rahman:
Surat protest di katakan ultimatum Pemuda
Memorandum komponen BN dikatakan permintaaan saja
Jeff Ooi dan Malaysiakini nak main isu apa?
Bebaik nanti termakan kata kata [...]
A suprising paragraph from a new book I bought:
Brian Keenan (An Evil Cradling) describes how, after being beaten by one of his captors, his first thoughts of revenge were replaced by something else:
As my anger diminished I felt a new and tremendous kind of strength flooding me. The more I was beaten the stronger I [...]
