The Pot Calling The Kettle Black ?
The Pot Calling the Kettle Black ?
I read the Editorial comment by Johan Jaafar in New Straits Time’s POINT BLANK: Condoning torture in war against terror. Johan should look at how foreigners are being treated in this country first rather than adopting the double standard of commenting on human rights issues in other countries thousands of miles away. I sincerely doubt he has the facts to understand the issues correctly. The world will be a better place if we can learn how to keep our mouth shut when we do not have thorough understanding of the situation. Speculative comments based on emotional preferences create dangerous polarizations and biased profiling. So, the decent things to do now is to refrain from indirectly incite anti-Americans sentiments here in Malaysia.
I have read news reporting from major newspapers in Malaysia during the past few days regarding how foreign women are being humiliated and mentally torture by our own Malaysians. And yet we still felt that we have the moral rights to comment on other countries’ human rights records. Are we not ashamed of our own conducts ? My conclusion is, Malaysian has lost all decency and moral credibility to comment on other countries human rights issues. As far I am concerned, whatever Malaysians said and tried to champion in the international arena, are merely fartings in the wind. It is smelly !!!
With humiliated pride and sadness, the best thing for me to do now as a Malaysian, is to make a cup of Black Coffee, add more sugar to dilute the bitterness, smell its aroma, and emphatically watching the clouds move and feel the breeze of the bitter winds.
I read the Editorial comment by Johan Jaafar in New Straits Time’s POINT BLANK: Condoning torture in war against terror. Johan should look at how foreigners are being treated in this country first rather than adopting the double standard of commenting on human rights issues in other countries thousands of miles away. I sincerely doubt he has the facts to understand the issues correctly. The world will be a better place if we can learn how to keep our mouth shut when we do not have thorough understanding of the situation. Speculative comments based on emotional preferences create dangerous polarizations and biased profiling. So, the decent things to do now is to refrain from indirectly incite anti-Americans sentiments here in Malaysia.
I have read news reporting from major newspapers in Malaysia during the past few days regarding how foreign women are being humiliated and mentally torture by our own Malaysians. And yet we still felt that we have the moral rights to comment on other countries’ human rights records. Are we not ashamed of our own conducts ? My conclusion is, Malaysian has lost all decency and moral credibility to comment on other countries human rights issues. As far I am concerned, whatever Malaysians said and tried to champion in the international arena, are merely fartings in the wind. It is smelly !!!
With humiliated pride and sadness, the best thing for me to do now as a Malaysian, is to make a cup of Black Coffee, add more sugar to dilute the bitterness, smell its aroma, and emphatically watching the clouds move and feel the breeze of the bitter winds.
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Have you heard of the saying: that which protest the loudest is the guiltiest? I think it applies here. It applies to countries who hide behind religious beliefs to justify their own sad and misled views.
My dear friends,
I believe you wrong. It got nothing to do with religious beliefs. All religions preached goodwills.
This is about natural human's weaknesses. Sometimes we are so obsessed in criticising our neighbour's backyard without realizing how messy our own backyard is !
The point i try to put across is, we need to keep our own house in order first before we comment on others.
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