The changing skyline - a worrying trend

Once, I attended a dinner and at the end of the dinner , there was a stand up comedian act. The comedian was a very famous person call Sham. Lets not mention his race but he was very skillful and his theme was to portray, the  Malaysian behaviour in society. One of the act was portraying Malaysians crossing the road with only their hands sign stopping the on-coming traffic and another scene of Indian actors dancing and suddenly hiding behind bushes or tress,etc. These are the comedian side of the Malaysian society at large.But, what is very serious is the changing Malaysian culture and it is getting very  worrisome.

In my younger days, I have friends from all races and I used to play with them in the football field and after that , we drink at the coffee shop and they will come to my house and I will go to their house. There was so much peace and freedom. Yes, to enjoy complete freedom, there must be peace.  Freedom with peace is useless but the more important factor is peace. However, I am seeing a widening gap in the racial line and it must be patched up fast before it go into the extreme.  But, luckily, with the wide spread use of the Internet , communication is travelling very fast and the news spread far and wide to dispel any rumors or half truths and prevent any manipulation of the situation by certain groups of people.

Another serious changing mannerism is the "over kill" behavior. In boxing, there should be no hitting under the belt and if the boxer do it three times, he will be disqualified.  In boxing, when the opponent is down , the winning boxer have to stop and step back until the referee check out his opponent and certified whether he is fit before letting the fight continue. Now, I have seen the rule been change by certain group of people who implant the culture of "over-kill".  That is , they continued to hit below the belt in the glaring eyes of the law  and when their opponent fell on the mat, they continued to hit their opponent continuously until he faint several times over until he die. This extremist is scary and should not be encourage in whatever circumstances. When they is a fight, it should be equal and fair and we should resort to gutter techniques. This is really a sad scene.

These are only two aspects of the many issues coming out today.  I hope to plead for the society not to test the extremes and widening the range of conflict. Let the events  unfold naturally and play by the professional set of rules instead of using gutter techniques. I must emphasize " Freedom without peace is meaningless " and to have absolute freedom , there must be peace and freedom.  Suppression will breed discontentment and sequent reactions.

Namaste.