Saturday, May 24, 2008

MCP in Parliament?

No, not the defunct Chin Peng's party... the other one.

It is fortunate that Ibrahim Ali, the political frog, is still an independent, as I think he is an embarrassment to any political party. Perhaps, the only good thing about him is his honest opinions, without consideration for political correctness. Maybe, it is his trademark to get attention as his remarks in Parliament seemed to suggest:

Malaysiakini:
Older men still wanna have fun, says Ibrahim Ali
The Independent MP told Parliament that there would be fewer marital problems and a lower divorce rate if Muslim women were taught to accept polygamy.

Ktemoc:
Ibrahim Ali said 50-year old women no longer fun
Well, Ibrahim declared: “… there would be fewer marital problems and a lower divorce rate if Muslim women were taught to accept polygamy.”

Ibrahim was responding to Fuziah Salleh, an opposition lawmaker, who questioned the qualifications of Syariah Court counsellors. She revealed that whenever there were marital problems, the women were blamed and forced to take the blame.

She stated: "They are not counselled but given 'advice'. And every time, they are told that the woman is to be blamed. If it is a family problem, they must be patient. If they are beaten up, they must also be patient."

He said: "Such problems happen because women cannot accept polygamy. From a preventive point of view, what about doing a big campaign so that women can accept polygamy?"

He elaborated that women don’t realize that the … er … fun stops for husbands when those women become pregnant or when they hit their 50s.

Aiyoh, yang berhor(mat)ny, 50 ta’boleh liao? Haven’t you heard of the saying “Many a fine tune has been played on an old fiddle”, and really, a woman of 50 isn’t old yet.

My comment:

I think it is time to put it another way, can Ibrahim Ali accept the following retort from a wife?:

“His new bride said, 'No, that's fine with me. Just understand that there will be sex here at seven o'clock every night .......... whether you're here or not.'

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