Prejudice could have changed the course of history

While we await our next general election with much anticipation and hope for a drastic change, of government and its leaders, Pakatan Rakyat leaders are expected to select their candidates with a view to the possibility of taking over the federal government. People have questioned the lack of a shadow cabinet as a sign of unpreparedness. I believe there is no shortage of capable leaders. In fact, they are spoilt for choice and even have problems of intense rivalry among coalition partners and within parties. Pakatan government leaders are expected to be of a different breed, of higher moral standards and hopefully without skeletons in the closets which might be revealed or blackmailed later. We have seen how Perak was wrested from them because some were greedy or entrapped to do their bidding.

The irony of it is that periods under detention or in jail are counted positively as some sort of badges of honour because of the perceived injustice meted to them. If ever Anwar could be PM as a result of Pakatan victory, assuming he escaped jail sentence, he would be the first PM to have served a jail sentence before! We have already a Chief Minister of Penang who had a history of detention under ISA and a jail sentence. What a fine example he has shown in governing Penang!

The following are popular examples of how not to prejudge someone's character based on our prejudices:

Question 1:

If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis, would you recommend that she have an abortion?

Question 2:

It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote counts. Here are the facts about the three candidates.

Candidate A
Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologists. He's had two mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day!;

Candidate B
He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening.

Candidate C
He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and never cheated on his wife.

Which of these candidates would be your choice?

Answer to Question No. 1

If your answer to the abortion question: Is YES .. . . .. . . you have just killed Beethoven the GREAT musician because he was born as the 9th child with such family history.

Answer to Question No. 2

Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Candidate B is Winston Churchill.
Candidate C is Adolph Hitler.

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