RESPONSE TO ANTI-INDONESIAN BLOGS
THIS ARTICLE IS RESPONSE TO ANTI-INDONESIAN BLOGS THAT HAVE RECENTLY ARISED

I love Malaysia as a country. Five years of my life I spent there.

But there is something Malaysians should know. Most of Malaysians do not like criticism. However things are not %100 perfect in there.

1. SMALL TARGETS. Most of people are proud by just economically exceeding Asian or Muslim nations. Never comparing themselves with countries like UK, USA, France, and Germany. Why? Is it because they feel themselves as their slaves? Complex? Why don't my brothers/sisters from Malaysia set small targets, like competing with small nations?

2. IDEAL ISLAMIC STATE? Many Malaysians claim to be the ideal Muslim and having ideal Islamic state. I'm sorry, indeed only one thing is actually enough to prove it wrong: HUGE NUMBER OF HOMOSEXUALS that people don't even seem to be bothered by. You can't find many of them in Indonesia.

3. FATHERS RAPING DAUGHTERS. I couldn't read Malaysian newspapers too often because they were of full of rape news. And worst is many cases of rapes inside the family.

4. Is MALAYSIA a NATION? Just be honest? Is it a nation of Melayu or Chinese or Indian? This is the biggest problem of Malaysia. Like fuel it is very flammable. The balances are sensitive. Any time conflict between ethics can just simply arise. So, be careful while trying to criticize others, the fuel in your own hands might get a blaze.

5. LANGUAGE. Malaysian language is destroyed. There are no foreigners staying long time in Malaysia and learning Malaysian. They are content with English. But that's not the case in Indonesia. Despite all those difficulties in Indonesia, foreigners prefer to live here. And this case (failure in preserving the national language) is very shameful for Malaysia.

6. PATRIOTISM? Many of my friends went to watch the soccer match of Malaysian National Team VS Manchester United 4-5 years ago. And do you know what they faced? Malaysians were supporting MU against their own team. The same case was when Arsenal visited Malaysia. Some of my Malaysians brothers/sisters should decide what they are really proud of.

My point is not to criticize anyone. But I just want everyone to know, nobody is perfect. We should be aware of our weaknesses.

From foreigner who has lived in both countries more than 2 years.
- posted by Altas @ 4:42 AM