Ms Tow Truck epitomises MCA's arrogance
YOURSAY 'My hypothesis and greatest fear is that for all our criticism, MCA will never want to change. We are just wasting our time.'
Stop harassing Jessie Ooi, says MCAAnonimous Z:
Ms Tow Truck thought she was pleasing her MCA president and to attract
his attention by ridiculing and belittling LGE (Lim Guan Eng) and DAP.
Unfortunately,
she was too stupid to realise that not only she made a clown of herself
and the party she represented but also she was actually ridiculing and
undermining millions of audiences sitting in front of TV.
A
timely public apology from her would have defused the situation.
Instead, and as typical characteristic of the egoistic and arrogant MCA,
she adamantly preferred to create more lies, trying to cover her
earlier lies and false allegations.
Gobbie:
Sigh. My hypothesis and greatest fear is that for all our criticism, MCA
will never want to change. We are just wasting our time.
The
reason is because MCA no longer wants to win over Chinese support (which
is never there anyway). They realised long ago they are fighting a
losing battle trying to win Chinese Malaysian support.
They have
already surrendered their values and dignity and the only way to survive
politically is to play up to Umnoputras. They are more than prepared to
sell not only themselves but the Chinese community as well.
This
way the Umnoputras will still see some ‘value' in MCA and will continue
to influence the Malays to vote for them - their only mode of survival.
A
part of me is disgusted with MCA, but a bigger part of me is crying to
see my fellow Chinese Malaysians stoop to such levels just to survive
politically.
Myop101: Jessie Ooi, you did what
you did and you know you had your five minutes of air time. Being poorly
prepared is a poor excuse for appearing like an incoherent idiot.
As
for MCA talking big about governance, what has MCA to offer as a matter
of policy to improve the governance of this country? MCA only knows how
to harp on Islamic state. But how are they addressing corruption,
cronyism and abuse of power?
At least, even though it might sound
outlandish, perhaps the Islamic state is one of the better solutions
available to seriously stop these criminals who go scot free.
I
am tired of listening to a party that continue to harp on fear instead
of inspiring others how this nation can move forward. Doesn't MCA get
that? We want leadership.
Onyourtoes: All these
are just a farce: we have a half-baked politician wannabe making an
insignificant comment; the people and even the municipal councillors
reacting disproportionately and making almost irrational reactions as if
their lives depend on it; and of course now, we have media including
online media devoting and focusing on this nincompoop issue non-stop as
if the whole survival of this nation depends on it.
I have long
realised it is not difficult for corrupt, incompetent and stupid
politicians to govern this country because the people are essentially
nincompoop. We get excited on non-significant issues, while the more
important ones are left attended.
Just compare the number of
comments on news items that carried more complicated but important
issues with those that are gossips and no-brainer issues, and you will
know what I meant.
Maybe the strategist consultants Umno-BN
engaged have finally "broke the code" of the people. What they need to
do now is get more people like
Ms Equality and now Ms Tow Track to do the distraction.
You
know, I even want to think perhaps the Pakatan Rakyat municipal
councillors and supporters are also unwittingly drawn into the game. Why
the almost spontaneous reaction of the councillors as if the municipals
are beyond criticism?
And now why the response of the whole MCA
hierarchy to defend this insignificant party apparatus. You don't get to
find MCA officials defending their president or deputy president the
way they defend this Ms Tow Track.
Bob Teoh: Can
we please put a stop to this unfortunate episode? What if it were you
who made such a mistake and being abused non-stop on the Internet. Let's
move on to things that make a difference. By the way, I am not an MCA
member but PKR.
ONG: Bob Teoh, I feel that you made two wrong assumptions when you said, "What if it were you who made such a mistake."
Assumption 1: Jessie Ooi made a mistake. So far neither Ooi nor MCA has admitted that her uncouth behaviour was a mistake.
Assumption
2: The rest of us may also make the same 'mistake'. I find it extremely
unlikely that others can emulate Jessie Ooi's unique performance.
Her
question to LGE was presented in the form of an outright attack from
the word go. She went into a lunatic frenzy without any provocation from
LGE.
However, I agree with you that we should move on to more
important issues. But how to move on from this rather petty issue when
Wanita MCA Beliawanis chief Tee Hooi Ling and MCA Youth
secretary-general Chai Kim Sen will not let the people move on?
They
are renewing the provocation started by Ooi last weekend. Tee described
critics behaviour as "uncouth" when it was Ooi who was uncouth, while
Chai made irrelevant and unconnected statements in Ooi's defence.
Jessie
Ooi should learn to live with her self-inflicted wounds instead of
complaining about them. The more important question is whether she has
learned anything useful from her uncouth behaviour.
Instead of
complaining about other's "uncouth behaviour", I suggest MCA persuade
Ooi to make a sincere apology instead of making silly excuses for her
behaviour. After that, maybe the public will allow her to move on.
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