The State of the Nation.

The Penang government must do what it thinks is right. If it thinks and believes that screening of the film Tanda Putera would likely cause hatred and communal tension, then it must ban the screening. It’s not up to the film director to pronounce whether cinemas in Penang are likely to lose their licenses. She is just a business person hoping to recover enough money to repay the loan she takes. Or to justify the grant given her by the right wing UMNO politicians.

If the national body of film FINAS endorses such a move, then FINAS itself is a racist nest.

The Penang government must never be a shilly-shallying government like Najib’s. Many of us know the true nature of Najib. He believes in a twisted version of elegant silence.  That’s insulting TUn Musa Hitam.

To him saying nothing seems to infer some halo of statesmanship around him. So he thinks. Well, if its winter time and he is skating on a pool, his political bullshit is warm enough to liquefy the surface on which he stands. His mind says the film is not good, but his blackened heart wants to go along with the right wingers of UMNO. He plays both sides. Front and behind. 

But the Penang government must also be even-handed. The film New Village must also be disallowed if it causes the same emotions.

If the government wants to test the maturity of its citizens, allow both Tanda Putera and New Village to be screened. If not, ban both.  The films can either be bad or good. They can’t be both. Either they will create racial tension or not. The government must decide promptly.

My own feeling is the government will allow Tanda Putera to be screened while outlawing New Village. Might is right and the mighty defines how the script is written. The fact is, the UMNO hoi poloi needs this emotive booster. They have been brainwashed for so long into believing their sorry lot is caused by others not but the incompetency of this government.

The movie Tanda Putera is necessary to reaffirm the reason for UMNO’s existence. The reasons for its being have been eroded by the compromising posturing of the diffident Najib , such that some deliverance and redemption are needed. Tanda Putera fulfils the yearnings. It has to be screened and it must. 

This is what UMNO does best. It redirects energies of people away from the basic and most fundamental issue- are they running this country with the best talent in the best manner? UMNO is afraid to answer these questions and so it directs people’s attention to contentious issues that sap the energy and vibrancy of this nation. And judging from the quality of people Najib places in his cabinet, we are indeed marching speedily towards mediocrity. What can we expect from these people if the standard responses from BN MPs are to ridicule, discredit the person and asking opponents to go outside and have a fight?  We can’t run this country with mediocre talent like how UMNO is doing. And so, it puts up all the smokescreen and red herring issues such as debating whether to screen Tanda Putera and New Village or not.

The present generation is not stupid. They grow up with different life-experiences and has acquired knowledge and awareness in the process. I am confident enough, if both Tanda Putera and New Village are screened; people will not go into the streets to look for a fight.

So I am a little amused to see a person of calibre like Wee Ka Siong warning the director of Tanda Putera to be responsible if there are racial riots. There won’t be if our police do their job well. They won’t be if the government comes down hard on the right wingers in UMNO and NGOs are prevented from doing so.

But the obvious glaring point is, Wee‘s caveat only displays the effeminate nature of the current MCA. That is why MCA is being buggered. Now, that is substantive sodomy!

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