Please go to Lim Kit Siang's blog and read an article by Kee Thuan Chye - 'If it's a problem, don't recognise it'. Very well written and worth noting, it appeared in Malaysiakini on Sep 22, 2010.
Read it. We need to be alert and not be conned by "sales talk". Basically, the article zoomed in on Idris' speech at UCSI about Malaysians moving from merely tolerating each other to celebrating the differences or celebrating diversity.
He also talked about two two types of issues and in his own words, “in life, there are only two types of issues”. They are problem and polarity - the former is something that can be solved while the latter is something that cannot be solved but must be managed. He likened polarity to a relationship between husband and wife and illustrated by giving the example of his wife and him. She is fastidious in wanting him to place his socks in a proper basket for washing, but he is used to leaving them all over the house. Despite her repeated attempts to get him to conform, he is incorrigible. She on her part takes an inordinate amount of time to get ready when they have a function to attend. It annoys him that because she can't decide on what to wear, they often turn up late.
Ahh...so, there you have it! The polarity in Malaysia is the Malays and non-Malays or the Muslims and non-Muslims. So, the Malays have to accept the non-Malays' way of life just as much as the non-Malays have to accept the Malays'. Don't change the status quo. Don't force one's view upon another. The Catholics have been using the word 'Allah' in the Herald publication for years. If talk about polarity and managing, then the Catholics should not be stopped from using the word 'Allah' - just like you don't stop your wife from taking an inordinate amount of time to prepare herself and she doesn't stop you from leaving your socks all over the house!
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