Been reading a Malaysian blog - their politics interest me - it have been a long standing view of mine that despite being a minority, despite being marginalised by consitution, the Malaysian Chinese plays a more active and pivotal role in Malaysian politics than the typical Singaporean - Chinese or not.
Here's an interesting article there commenting that there is no reason to treat Mahathir as a hero, simply because he is attacking the government now he have left it.
A poster named Kufar posted some rather fundamentalist opinions - that chap is advocating that all Malaysians should convert or ship out of Malaysia; and he seems to believe that he will be treated like a full Bumiputra simply because he embraces Islam. So I went in and added my 5 cents worth on his misguided belief.
'It is not just Islam that opens doors in Malaysia. It is about race. It is about political background. It is about patronage and it is about connections.
As the dominant race is Malay, and most Malays are Muslims - Islam gets tagged in as well - as a convenient means to reach out to the masses; and a convenient means to package and sell one's politics.
There will never be a Chinese Defence Minister in Malaysia regardless of whether a conversion to Islam have occured; and there will never be a Chinese Foreign Minister, Finance Minister, Deputy Prime Minister or Prime Minister.
And yes, Kufar will be discriminated against for being Chinese no matter how much of Islam he embraces, no matter how he forsake his roots.'
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it is not worth reply to the person that goes by the nick "kufar". He is just a troll. In fact, I believe he is Garywbush which has been caught for socketpuppetry. If you explore a little bit John's forum, you'll find Garywbush talk about the same shit all over again.
Further, careful when interacting with him. Make him mad and he will impersonate you, as he has impersonated me, John and several others that caught him.
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