No More BullShit, Please, We're All Malaysians

Thuan Chye Kim

Sujets

• Malasia
• Malaysia
• Malaisie

Informations

• Publié par: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) PTE LTD
• Date de parution: 01 mars 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9789814382762
• Langue: English

Extrait

On Kee Thuan Chye and March 8: Time for Real Change
Kee gets to his point at once. And sticks to it. He is all muscle and bone, a basher and a brawler. But, and this is important, a brawler with brains
- Edward Dorall
Kee is brave enough to make a stand for what he believes. His honesty is to be appreciated even if you don t agree with the man!
- Malachi Edwin
Many who have devoted themselves to social consciousness writing in recent times have embroiled themselves in ideological straitjacketing. Kee Thuan Chye s social consciousness transcends that, it is a consciousness that arises from an acknowledgement of the diversity that exists amongst man and his is an evolutionary consciousness, not an imposed one. It includes all and neglects none.
- Eddin Khoo
One of the first books to document and discuss the consequences of Malaysia s history-making general election in March 2008.
- The Star
This book contains the views of Malaysians of all races and from all walks of life who believe the change is for the good and will inspire a brighter future. It is a toast to the real victors of the 2008 general election - the people who voted for change!
- theSun
If you ve never really cared about the future of Malaysia, then March 8: Time for Real Change might just make you want to care about it now.
- Malaysiakini
March 8: Time for Real Change is the other voice. It shouts with great passion from across the wide gulf that separates some of us but nevertheless it wants to be heard. We will be doing ourselves a disservice if we turn a deaf ear to our own people.
- Free Malaysia Today
I m thinking: Everyone should read this book.
- Beth Yahp, Off the Edge

2012 Kee Thuan Chye
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National Library Board, Singapore Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Kee, Thuan Chye. No more bullshit, please, we re all Malaysians / Kee Thuan Chye. - Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Editions, c2012. p. cm. ISBN: 978-981-4382-76-2
1. Malaysia - Politics and government. I. Title.
DS597.2 320.9595 - dc22 OCN775402794
Printed in Malaysia
DEDICATION:
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO EVERYONE WHO WANTS A BETTER MALAYSIA, INCLUDING MY WIFE, LIM CHOY WAN, AND MY CHILDREN, SORAYA SUNITRA KEE XIANG YIN AND JEBAT ARJUNA KEE JIA LIANG.
DISSENT IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF PATRIOTISM.
- HOWARD ZINN
preface

THIS IS A BOOK COMPRISING EXCERPTS FROM THREE OF MY POLITICAL PLAYS, A COUPLE OF POEMS, TALKS I VE GIVEN, INTERVIEWS IN WHICH I WAS THE SUBJECT, AND POLITICAL COMMENTARIES I VE WRITTEN.
I have put it together with the hope that it will serve as some kind of documentation of the times we live in and the kind of politics Malaysians have had to suffer.
I also hope it will impress upon Malaysians the need to speak plainly and openly, without fear of reprisals and persecution.
My style has always been plain and direct - because I believe in calling a spade a spade. I recall my good friend Edward Dorall saying that my writing reflects that of a basher and a brawler . He probably meant it ain t pretty, but it gets to the point.
That, I admit, is true. I admit my writing tends to be confrontational - and being confrontational, some people will say, is not right for our culture. I, however, don t give a damn. Street protests are also said to be not part of our culture and yet we already had street protests against the Malayan Union more than 60 years ago.
I hope this book will demonstrate that so-called conventional wisdom is not always real wisdom. What matters most is what we ourselves believe.
I have put in these pages my beliefs. Not everyone will agree with them, but that s all right. I welcome differences of opinion.
I am just an ordinary citizen who is concerned about how my country is being governed and where it is heading, and I want to have my say, in my own small way.
I know there are many like me who care. I hope they, too, will come out and speak up, so that a multitude of voices can generate sufficient volume to penetrate the ears - and the hides - of the people who decide our present and plan our future.

Together, we can do our bit for a better Malaysia.
I wish to thank my publisher, Marshall Cavendish Singapore, for sponsoring these pages that carry my voice. And Christine Chong, Deputy Head of Marshall Cavendish Malaysia, not only for helping make this happen but also for her encouragement and assistance throughout my years of association with the company.
For allowing me to reproduce articles and interviews that originally appeared in their website or publication, I wish to thank Malaysiakini , MalaysianDigest.com , Free Malaysia Today , theSun , the Penang Economic Monthly , Kairos and Oon Yeoh. I also wish to record my appreciation for the work they are doing to create greater awareness among Malaysians.


KEE THUAN CHYE
CONTENTS
Preface
All We Want Is an Even Chance
Sharing a Commonwealth in Malaysia
Freedom of Expression and Culture in Malaysia: Telling You What You Already Know
Excerpt from 1984 Here and Now (play)
MAHATHIR THE MESS-MAKER
The Man who Created a Culture of Fear
A Blackly Comic Whodunit
Now Showing in Bolehland
Closer to Cosmetic Surgery
Excerpt from The Swordfish, Then the Concubine (play)
MARCH 8 AND MORE
Merdeka on March 8
March 8 Two Years After
The Day Sarawak Woke Up?
The Beginning of Change in Sarawak
Excerpt from The Swordfish, Then the Concubine
NAJIB THE SALESMAN AND FLIP-FLOPPER
Peanuts, Not Sweeping Reforms
Are We Stupid Enough to Fall for the Same Scam?
Just One Empty Slogan?
Najib Speaks with Forked Tongue
If It s a Problem, Don t Recognise It
Turn 1Malaysia into an Action Plan
A Gamble the Government Lost Badly
Anti-Extremism Begins at Home
Anti-national : Right Word, Wrong Coalition
It s a Small Cup After All
Spammed by the Prime Minister!
Can Umno Change or Cows Fly?
Excerpt from 1984 Here and Now
RACE AND RELIGION RUMBLES
Holy Cow! Minister Defends Protestors!
What Will They Do about Racism Now?
Last Refuge of a Scoundrel
Umno s Racial Ra-Ra-Ra!
Hope Has Risen from the Bombings
The Christians Win, But for How Long?
I Am Malaysian First
Peace, Progress, Prosperity (poem)
TWEEDLEDEE MCA
Should MCA Leave BN to Regain Relevance and Dignity?
Open Letter to Chua Soi Lek
No Difference With or Without
Do the Honourable Thing
No Cheers for Farce of the Year
MCA s Three-Ring Circus Rolls Around
Formation of Chinese Perkasa: A Dangerous Way to Win General Election
TWEEDLEDUM MIC
Sam and Pal Get Slapped
When You Gotta Go
Does Samy Deserve a Dignified Exit?
Does MIC Deserve Three Ministers?
How Can Gerakan Recapture Penang?
A Change is Going to Come (poem)
THE OTHER SIDE
Why Be Afraid of PAS?
Do We Want to Be Greater Malaysians ?
Zaid Ibrahim Is Bad News
BN Only Talks, But PAS Transforms
Excerpt from We Could **** You, Mr Birch (play)
SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE
Who Is the More Immoral?
Why Have the Sex Video Trio Not Been Charged?
The Sex Video Comedy and the Malaysian Malady
BERSIH 2.0 AND ALL THAT DIRT
Why is Perkasa Against Bersih 2.0?
What Is This Country Coming To?
Move for a Healthy Democracy
Najib and Gang Say the Darnedest Things
Good Things that Came Out of Bersih 2.0 Rally
Electoral Reform a Must Before Next General Election
Excerpt from The Swordfish, Then the Concubine
OTHER PRESSING MATTERS
Time to Repeal the Sedition Act
Fools No More, They re Breaking Out
Time to Reclaim Our True History
The Truth About the Baling Talks?
Politics Be Damned, It s English
The Malaysian Way to Better English
The Trouble with Titled Beings
Send in the Datuks
How Did We Tolerate the ISA for So Long?
What the Chinese Want
SPEAKING FOR MYSELF
Interview: Kee Thuan Chye
Kee-ping the Faith
Kee to Deciphering Umno Semiotics
A Culture of Fearing the Truth
Kee Thuan Chye Unmasked
New Sunday Times , May 14, 1989
I wrote All We Want Is an Even Chance in 1989 and it somehow got published in the New Straits Times . I heard afterwards there was adverse reaction to its publication from the higher-ups, but due credit must go to the then editor of