I’m sure many of you have heard the ‘Malaysians are a courteous lot’ campaign on the radio. I remember one of them was to ask us not to dawdle in our vehicle when leaving the parking lot, as other motorists might be waiting for our spot. Then they top it off with the campaign slogan - “Malaysians are a courteous lot”.
Alright, let’s have a moment of silence here review our sins… Malaysians…
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for we have lied to ourselves, to our God and to our dear animal friends on this planet here. “Malaysians are a courteous lot”…hhhyeah right…
Each time I hear this deceitful phrase, I feel a spasm of emotional sting inside my mind. Like, if we Malaysians are so ‘courteous’ as claimed, why would we need somebody to remind us that on the national radio? Doesn’t make a lot of sense, isn’t it?
“Oh, assholism in Malaysia must have escalated to such severe level, that they need to be periodically reminded to use their common sense and not to act like an asshole …hmmppffhh”
As if the “non-courteous lot” would listen. Maybe out of the odds, they would… But if that were to happen, then shouldn’t this be used for an even better cause? Like… perhaps to urge people not to break the law and we would have zero crime in the society? Oh then we won’t have to hire so many law enforcement officers liao… we just need a few radio stations to run the country.
How nice.
Well, don’t get me wrong… not that I’m against the idea of changing our festering mindsets into a better one. In fact, I think it’s a commendable effort (ambitious, I should say)… to hope for something positive out of it. It’s hard to believe that I’m listening to something that supposedly have been taught at schools, and indoctrinated by religions…
Just look at our Malaysian society today. Manhole covers getting stolen (oh fuck, I have lost count on how many times I have quoted this…), modesty being outraged, the old and the weak being take advantage of… and politicians worrying about dresscodes instead of deteriorating public conveniences (check out the majority of our Malaysian bumpy roads today, it’s as rugged as toad’s head).
Hell, can’t you see it people?? This is beyond what education, religious preaching & campaigning on the national radio could help. We need law & enforcement. As in - to think of a way to strictly enforce our laws and regulations to the society. Somebody violate traffic rules? Our government should make sure somebody is there round the corner to slap a big fine onto the violaters’ asses. Maybe suspend their license for a couple years… if necessary. Those who refuse to pay their fines? Mandatory jail term for 6 months and caning… if necessary. They key thing - ENFORCE. (We have nothing of that sort around…)
Our traffic police officers are only good at setting up roadblocks at the wrong place and wrong time, and to impersonate traffic lights. Some of them have even seen so much idle times, that they have grown as fat as a rhinocerous with eating disorders, that they need their uniforms to be tailor made by a juru-ukur tanah… (hey, try register that to the Guinness World Records for biggest girth on a traffic police officer and confer him a datukship).
I don’t know man, maybe someone could come up with a better idea. But you get the point anyway. “Malaysians can be a courteous lot if they want to…”
Dude,
Live with it is all I can say. Else move out of Malaysia. Look at it from different side, in other countries like in Africa, some even don’t have enough to eat. So what can we say - count yr blessing and live with it.
On the note of courteous shit, i think scrap it and stick to Masyarakat Penyayang stuff that they had many year ago.
i also dunno what went wrong with us?
was it because of the hot weather?
was it our education?
was it because of we are malaysian?
or was it because we are in malaysia?
i think fellow malaysian dont act like that while in foreign country…. even in SG, they behave very good. Every malaysians will obey the law written or unwritten while overseas….
if thats the case, perhaps we should change our country name to like Malaypore or Malaylia or just plain Boleh….
or make every malaysian a non-malaysian, revoke the citizenship and from there put them on work permit and only make them a resident if they are good…
how bout that?
but then again tht will surely encourage corruptions….
sigh
how about “Malaysians can be a courteous lot if they were rewarded with token/points that are exchangeable for money.”
I agree with you. But enforce?. Traffic wise, they’ll ask for bribes at any chance they get. Maybe the gov should work on their staffs first.
live with it isn’t an option. why can’t we be one step better than expected?
make it here in our own country - rather than sibuk abiding other country’s law to show off how considerate people we are but in our own home we stink and don’t give a dime of what our fellow countrymen think.
sure there are worst case scenarios. but that’s soooooo history, it sounds more like an excuse than a fact. if we are living it better, we could make poverty history.
among other things.
The most powerful force in this whole wide world is not the police, armies, not even god.
It’s money. Put up fines everywhere and fine every single damn immoral thing you can possibly do ! This applies to all humans, whether or not they have good conscience and judgement.
With the money colllected from fines from idiots, hire more police to enforce the fines !! No money, then go to jail and work as public cleaners !! Enforce 3 strike laws for heavy criminals ! (3rd time u get permanent life jail) Oh yeah rapists should have their weapons removed. With acid poured on their dicks by their victims. Hell yeah revenge is best served hot.
I’m sick of reading rape cases in newspapers every single day. Damn animals.
journey - WOW that’s an interesting way to counter it. Like if you can’t solve the problem, why not live with it? Very interesting indeed…
zbjernak - I don’t know man. All along, I thought education played an important role… but we all know Malaysians are DEFINITELY an educated lot. It must be the petrol price…
KK - Errmmm… that concept is applicable to the entire human race ler. You pay them 5 thousand bucks an hour, they’re willing to be your slave…
Zer0 - Well, corruption will only work if both party condones the act. If you get my drift…
suessy - But the top management in our country are sibuk-ing about bow ties and uniforms… they don’t have enough time to worry about other things worrr…
NicEvil - I’d say, to leave the rapist binded inside a room with the family members of the rape victim… of course, all of them armed with baseball bats and bicycle chains… You can imagine the rest…
Dude,
Another point to argue with this - you can’t f**king change this country. We have a screw up system. You can change a shit, nobody gives a rats arse, senseless demons in shitheads and police/governments are powerless. So, my question back to you - What do you do? Bitch abt it or live with it or leave the country?
Michael, I have not heard of the campaign (yet). But I do beleived that, to eradicate all these double standard practices, the whole enforcers in the country need to be totally revamp as they are the root of all these evils. Say whatever you like but most of them are corrupt and slack someway or another. Sad but true!
Can you imagine if they have been truly dedicated, our malaysian public wouldn’t have the mindset of apa boleh buat, tidak apa lah, or the infamous live with it or else thingo.
journey - What do I do? I do my part by not acting like an asshole. I do my part by not breaking the law and follow traffic rules. I do my part by feeding back info to my Wakil Rakyat (ok, I lied, but it’s something I can do…).
You know why we can’t fucking change this country? That’s because we have nincompoops like you.
S1A - Yep. You got a point there. And I like your pseudo email address… hehehhh (youare@screwed.org)
“Sistem pembelajaran berorientasikan peperiksaan” is one of the causes for this. At least this is what I’m going to write in my SPM essay if this issue ever comes up as the essay topic. hehe. My BM teacher said so.
I doubt Malaysians are courteous. Adults ignoring people one generation younger. I won’t use kids as I’m no longer a ‘kid’ but my fucked up neighbour still ignores me when he comes over. Fucked up tosser. They think that they are so high and mighty. As the cliched saying goes, ‘children are the future yadda yadda bullshit’
And the policemen only start setting up roadblocks at the end of the month. Why? You know I know can edi lah hor?
The world works by a simple rule. Cause and effect. If there’s a problem, you voice out, that’s the first step. Then you unite with others for the common cause for what you believe is right. Nothing is perfect in this world. But it’s a bonus to strive for small perfections every single day. Voice out. See a problem, let the authorities know, voice complaints, use your vote as a medium to demonstrate that u have a say, write to newspapers, do something about it. You have a say. Every voice and opinion counts. You pax taxes, you work and obey the law, you deserve every right to have a good society free of corruption and crime. Remember this. Politicians need you. Not vice versa. Little by little.. it might not do much for now… but people will see. People will follow. Strength in numbers. It has been done before
(ex : blacks fighting for equal human rights), you can too.
The police force needs more motivation. Try imagining being in the police shoes. Think about it, if your pay is low, and the society continously blames the you for the crime that occurs, there’s not much reasons left to do your job efficienly, yah ? I say, raise their pay and rank depending on the number of criminals they nab, and treat them with more respect. They are the very foundation of a peaceful society, after all. The police force need to have something worth protecting for. A good society that respects and encourages them. This is a national problem. Everyone should butt in and help. If we don’t change now, when will we ? Problems only gets worse without solutions in the long run. Like michael pointed out.. we all should do our part.
Yeah, tell me about it. Do not walk on pedestrian crossings. Please bribe OPSIKAP. Tailgate at 180kph on the highway. See car signal? Make sure he/she doesn’t get in.
Somebody here acting goody-goody. He sure reminded me of the non-courteous lot.
just live with it?? what kind of attitude is that? people can change only if they want to. i suspect Journey is the type that doesn’t complain at all, menerima tanpa mahu berubah. haih, wrong mentality la, mr journey.
This is what we called Malaysia BOLEH!
Hey, Uncle Michael..can u put up some pics of your own face..curious
wow…courteous??? are we??? remember the song ’senyum seindah suria…’ hell…i dont know but it seems like our government loves campaigning for no reasons… this courteous thing is supposed to be inculcated through formal and informal education. definitely not through campaigns and worse still, national radio or anything. what a big disgrace if i were a foreigner tuning in to one of these channels. this clearly shows that something is very very wrong with our education system.
i agree with u uncle michael. we cant go on complaining and do nothing. the best thing to do is to do our part by being courteous. DO OUR PART. if only we can adopt this mindset, wouldn’t it be a peaceful place to live in?
i dont know, but the way the government handle issues like this is disappointing. i cant help but feel angry. we voted people like these to debate on dress codes…first in the parliament, now they even want to extend the dress code rules to the public. what about wearing the Mao’s suit huh? MPs my foot!!