Tribute to Tun Mahathir - A True Malaysian

Dear Tun,

Do not be swayed by people who criticized you for the way that you ran the nation for 22 years. I am proud of the stewardship when you were the PM – there was peace, prosperity for all Malaysians. Maybe they (the MMLs : Melayu/Malaysian Mudah Lupa) are not only sightless but “mindless” in their criticisms of you. By the way, those people who claimed to be good in their English and at the same time criticising you, you should consider each of their comments as “(A) tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing” – ahem! just showing off my Shakespeare and I know that you read Shakespeare!

Why can’t all of these people who were critical of you, see what was happening to the political situations, the economy and the “freedom” that our neighbouring countries “enjoy”? The so called “freedom” of the press does not improve the lot of these countries at all.

It is easy to run a country to the south of us – like what the Chinese government said about the great Minister Mentor when he tried to offer his “advice” – we do not need such advice or if we need one, we will consult one of the mayors of our medium size cities (or words to that effect!). As an ex-citizen of that that country (until now I cannot bear to pronounce the name – it fills me with disgust!), I am proud to be a Malaysian citizen! If you want to know what discrimination is, be a Malay, Indian or “others’ in Singapore! Unfortunately, we have a Malay who is a protégé of the Minister Mentor and is carrying out his policies even now in this country!

I can remember the time during the economic crisis, when we may need assistance from our friendly neighbours, instead what that country did was took advantage of the situation – by pressuring us about the water and other issues, trying to buy out our strategic industries cheaply (I am glad of the decisions by the Thai government when they try the same thing! Fortunately the Thais are strong now). I am proud of the way that you stand up to them. One thing is right – these idiots like to think of themselves as the Isreal of this region forgetting that they are just "sitting ducks" (your dismissive comments of them) for medium range artillery (have they forgotten how vulnerable they are - revisit the Japanese invasion of singapore during WW II)!!! I hope that now most Malaysians should know who their friends are in times of need. We must not forget!!!

By the way, I may be a bit harsh by calling them idiots. Though no fault of their own, they are drinking Nuwater; I mean what long term effects (on a molecular level) drinking water from their own waste – urine and faeces, may have on their intellect?. I know what happened to cows that are fed with meal made from waste products of the slaughter houses – mad cow disease! So if you drink water from your own waste – mad Singaporean disease? Health advice for Malaysians, please bring your own drinking water from Malaysia (most of “them” are doing it on their weekly visits to our country!) when visiting or working there!!!

I wholeheartedly agree with what was written by Fadzil. May we all pray that the syberite moron DSAI will not take over the country!!! His simplistic solutions to the country’s economic and social problems will sound the dealth knell of this country. He has done this once, when he was in power, and for those Malaysians who forget - MMLs (Malaysian/Melayu Mudah Lupa), the impact of his “slavish” IMF solutions, for the benefit of the I would like to quote George Santayana: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”.

Hj Jamil