Today, i.e. Sunday at 8.40pm on RTM(Radio Television Malaysia) 1 there was a 20 minute slot called blog, where Raja Petra was invited to speak...

oh, and what a nice 20 minute show it was haha.... it was hilarious, at some parts, when he spoke without giving the commentator a chance to speak.. I mean let's face it, we readers of RPK's blog now he has a lot of things to say.. heck I'm not sure how many people can beat him in a debate on politics...

As for me personally.. I might very well just agree with 90% (or less, depends what he talks about..) of what he says... haha... the things he says.. some of them are things that, even i have realised since i was in secondary school.... but one thing, that i'm sure he might get some backlash sooner or later from BN is the way he talked about Islam..

But he said things which even I knew as a secondary school kid... and that was Islam is a good religion in theory.. but it's some of the people that practise it, that gives the whole basket of apples a bad name..

It was so funny when he associated Islam with communism... In response to an argument he said that the kind of thinking that the government has.. i.e. curbing freedom of speech for fear of it affecting stability.. is a communist government's exact sentiment... and which countries ruled by Islam adopted.. thus making the west associate Islam with communists... haha.. that was funny... i didn't even know you could associate things that way..

anyway, apparently he will be back again, same time, next week. so be sure to catch him :p
At the rate and things he speaks about.. I wonder how long BN will allow him to speak...

on another note..this was something interesting i got from his blog which made me laugh too..

"Are Chinese & Indians merely hedging?"
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NO HOLDS BARRED

Raja Petra Kamarudin

The Chinese and Indians are not happy. They have not been happy since Merdeka in 1957. They were also not happy in 1969. The Chinese and Indians would like to see a level playing field. They want the special rights/privileges of the Malays abolished. They resent being called Malaysian Chinese and Malaysian Indians. They want to be just called Malaysians, period. Ketuanan Melayu and the New Economic Policy tantamount to Apartheid, argue the Chinese and Indians. They want all this racial discrimination to end.

The Malays have a counter-argument to this. This was what was agreed upon, say the Malays. Before Merdeka, all the races agreed to enter into a ‘Social Contract’. The ‘immigrants’ would be granted citizenship and the original ‘sons of the soil’ would be granted special rights/privileges. To ‘cement’ this ‘Social Contract’, this was stipulated in the Federal Constitution of Malaya.

The ‘Social Contract’ is ‘carved in stone’. Even more than two-thirds of Parliament can’t amend it or remove it from the Federal Constitution. Only the unanimous agreement of the Rulers can do this. Not even a simple majority vote of the Rulers can touch these ‘special provisions’. It must be unanimous. Therefore, to remove it, you must first abolish the Monarchy and turn Malaysia into a Republic. But to suggest that the Monarchy be abolished and Malaysia be turned into a Republic is a crime under the Sedition Act and you will be sent to jail if you do. So, by law, you are not allowed to suggest such a thing.

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haha.. so basically it's saying we can't do anything haha.. but if you read the whole article.. RPK was saying that for 53 years, the Chinese and Indian community has been supporting BN.. Well with the statistics that he showed it can't be denied.. but i think... That the swing in the votes for this year.. is also due to the younger generation..

People from my generation, who aren't afraid to speak out, and who are tired with all this racist politics... also with Malaysians becoming more open minded & educated, ... especially those who had their education overseas and came back.. and with the increased usage of the internet people change.. and well for the people who voted against BN... although it took them 53 years, to say: "enough is enough"..Well...it might be 53 years later.. but, as they say.. better late than never...

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