Paula Khoo speaks our mind

"And why are Chinese Malaysians braver now? It is because they are fed up. Angry. Frustrated. Even after contributing to the vibrancy of the Malaysian economy by opening up all kinds of enterprises, even after trying to be positive contributors to the development of this country, even after trying their best to integrate and to assimilate to the best of their abilities, they still have to fight for rights before the government gets to be more hard core in marginalizing and sidelining us. All this is done while they have the cheek to grandly deny that they are NOT sidelining us and worse still, we cannot voice our concerns or question this."

Rest of her article: The Winter of Chinese Discontent
http://masterwordsmith-unplugged.blogspot.com/2011/09/winter-of-chinese-discontent.html

It is useful to have someone who is passionate about what she believes in and able to articulate her views succinctly. I am not sure if others have noticed, but there are now an increasing number of senior citizens (not referring to her yet) who are openly criticizing the spins by our ministers who presume us to be fools with their double-speak and hypocrisy. It helps tremendously if they are well known personalities with popular websites.

Yet, recently I had a heated argument with a retired teacher who could well be a model fan of BN: someone who fervently prefers the status quo, never mind the corruption because we are enjoying the convenience of the North-South Expressway; cannot stand Lim Kit Siang because since she became aware of national politics she had only come across criticisms from him; do not even want to listen to Lim Guan Eng's speech, and when told about his incarceration, 'he went in to gain sympathy'! How many of us are willing to go into prison for that reason or even for political reasons? The fact that she would not listen to someone's speech showed her prejudice, similar to people who criticize without first hand knowledge. I suggest that she write to the press (likely to be published for her slant of views), comment in popular online news portals so that she could judge for herself whether her views are acceptable to the readers (problem is, she would not read online news, just newspapers and watch television news); and so on. But she insisted that she is happy just arguing with anyone who wishes to argue with her! At a dinner table for 12 persons, she was the odd one in her opinions. I rest my case.

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