Why do Malaysians live in denial?

Question

Why are they so highly strung up with simple questions like these? Aren't Malaysians going to improve themselves? Its a democratic country anyway and everyone deserves their own opinion. Why are they denying their own problems? How is this problem going to result in a positive image of Malaysia towards foreigners (and Malaysians alike ---why don't Malaysian doctors return to serve the Malaysian people???)

Why is the Malaysian society so racially biased???

Reader's digest don't lie. Read this: http://radicalhop.com/blog/2006/07/13/stop-living-in-denial-for-the-sake-of-malaysia/

Answer 1

i wonder why u are so interested on my county..
:) i know we are that good & prosper ..
thats why u need do something or jealous about it..

we protect our ppl.. what kind of democratic with your life.. living in great country & attacking other ppl culture & rights..

u behave just like your country.. so kiasu & proud of yourself.. democracy is about the right of own countries ppl to choose...

american attacks iraqs..
singaporean desciminate malays...

so why u still bother in this section...
i think u maybe living in regret why u dont born in malaysia..

WE DONT NEED PPL LIKE U TO ADVISE US..
GO HOME MATE..

Answer 2

So, meaning if we all agree to your nonsense that makes us all a better person. Come on. I'm sure from where ever you came from, you too do have this kind of problems. No country is perfect. Many Malaysian doctors prefer to work in other countries probably the wages are much better than. And not many Malaysians are racially biased, but i can see you are by the way you post your questions it's full of hatred. I do agree as well that the Reader 's Digest don't lie, but as Superman said , if you do a poll tomorrow you will be surprised.

Answer 3

Malaysia is a complex country, I believe that it is one of the few stable multiracial country in the world. We may be racially biased, But it work for us, we leave in relative peace not like some other countries with a few races ..... staying together

As for Malaysia living in denial, on the readers digest report mention, well it all depends on whose points and whose values. Malaysian values differ from international values. Even among the races in Malaysia, there are different values .... We try to learn to live with it. eg. some malaysians do not shake hands............

Answer 4

Why is the Malaysian society so racially biased you ask? you ask that like you don't know what the answer is.

you only spread negative thinking about malaysians,stop it,please.

you have to remember not only some malaysians are like that,peoples from other country could be like that too.

Answer 5

I don’t know you but why are you being so bothered on Malaysian? Why don’t u come over to Malaysia and make some changes. Stop blabbering like an S.

Answer 6

And if you ask such questions you get answers like those from nowhereman_716 and Holyman. Understand that Malaysians aren't happy if you criticise them or disagree with them or just pinpoint to some of their mistakes.

If KL was voted 3rd rudest in the world it's not their fault in the eyes of Malaysians, it's all work of "evil foreigners". Malaysians are living in an illusion. And all Malaysians are racially biased because there are two major ethnics, both of them very different, coexisting in one place - one holding political power and the other one holding nation's economy.

Government is taking actions to change people's mindset. But at the same time all sorts of chauvinist programs are destroying their efforts by making people over-confident and arrogant and thus blind for the reality. Most of Malaysians aren't willing to improve. All they want to hear is that they're already good.

Another thing you have to understand: Malays only rely on their numbers in Malaysia. You see them very loud and proud when they're among their own people, but they quiet and humble when they are a minority. Displays of rude behaviour are product of racially mixed society and Malaysian double standards. When they imprisoned Malaysians for overstaying in Saudi Arabia, Malaysia protested, while Malaysians themselves not only imprison illegal foreigners, especially Indonesians and Bangladeshis, but they also cane them on their buttocks which is humiliating.

Another factor is absence of dominant civilisation: although Malays are Muslims they cannot be considered a part of Islamic civilisation as their development was independent from Muslims of Europe, Middle East, Africa and South Asia. Malays have never fully implemented Islamic legal system, neither have they known about Muslims' scientific achievement in Europe. Chinese presence is more recent and they have settled in already cultivated land dominated by Malays.

Malaysians believe that foreigners must love them just because they're Malaysians. They aren't aware that their independence was a result of good will of UK which found it difficult to maintain so many colonies after WWII so they have disbanded most of them, rather than a result of Malay struggle.

The answer to your question lies in Malaysian traditions. Malaysians are brought up constantly told that they're the best. But when someone tells them they aren't they are like a kid when you tell him Santa Claus isn't real. They go mad with you. They'll call you a liar and tell you to get out of Malaysia. I haven't seen any Malaysian being told to get out of UK or Saudi Arabia or US. Malays believe they're the chosen people (like Jews) and they've written 'ketuanan Melayu' (Malay supremacy) in their constitution.

Malaysians who are aware of the problematic are labelled unpatriotic. The cause of the problem is 'orang kita' mentality, which still separates people based on their ethnics or now more common - citizenship. Until they can't see their own mistakes they won't be able to improve. They'll keep on having problems until they blame foreigners for them. The fact is that Malaysian voice in the World is not being listened and even though Malaysia is currently the head of OIC, UAE people were laughing at Malaysian PM when he made statement that Malaysia could be a role model for other Muslim countries (GDP of UAE is about three times higher than Malaysian).

Answer 7

You are correct to a point about 'Reader's digest don't lie', but we all know how wildly inaccurate polls and surveys can be sometimes.

It wouldn't surprise me if they took another poll tomorrow and found out that KL is the friendliest city!

Answer 8

Readers Digest don't lie but the Radical Hop might. They are reprinting what has been printed.

Answer 9

Only some do not all. its like different people different view. we all have our own comment on some thing.

Answer 10

I wouldn't be surprised to read the answers. I guess the attitude speaks for itself. Do I need to say more?