FEB 7 — Following on Perkasa’s white angpow fiasco with the exposé of Malaysiakini’s pro-opposition journalistic agenda, we all have opened our eyes on how some people are trying to makes things right, while enemies will be waiting for their prey to fall so they can take advantage and attack further.

In some cases, it was just plain dumb — “bila curi ayam tinggal tapak kaki pula” — you get my point. Of course, that was not the only case going on recently, but I would not go on to discuss that; I believe we all have been well “entertained” with news about cow’s and pig’s heads. In conclusion, we have been bombarded with dramas of one against another to the extreme in every aspect almost every day.

My point is the culture of extremism as a result of the clashes between the left and right wings of ideologies and agendas is growing; this is not good at all! Is this the culture that we really want? Can’t we all just acknowledge our differences, receive the good and relinquish the bad, live in peace and harmony like our parents did in the past 50 years? Even if there are disagreements in ideologies, we can (should) all sit down and debate like adults. Moreover, that is how people should behave in a democratic society in the first place.

How would our children behave next time when they have now been exposed to things like these? Is this what we really want for our children?

On the other hand, our beloved Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has called for moderation; have we taken notice of that? Why would he organise a platform for everyone to be moderate, and more importantly, reject extremism?

Our future generation will deteriorate further if we are incapable of doing do the right thing. I believe that’s not what Malaysia is all about, and hopefully will never be.

* A minority patriot blogs at http://i-am-malaysianlah.blogspot.com. You can follow him on Twitter @malaysianlah.

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