tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post941058610447007869..comments2024-03-14T19:25:05.015+08:00Comments on SAKMONGKOL AK47: The Vicious Cycle of Malaysian PoliticsAriff Sabrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134536173557859031noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-40368267235833626302008-12-26T15:59:00.000+08:002008-12-26T15:59:00.000+08:00RAHMAN NAMHAR RAHMAN NAMHAR RAHMAN NAMHAR ...........RAHMAN NAMHAR RAHMAN NAMHAR RAHMAN NAMHAR ..............K Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06749078377010870157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-64249588792348716362008-12-26T00:59:00.000+08:002008-12-26T00:59:00.000+08:00Hai P.S.My other half is already snoring!heheheSel...Hai P.S.<BR/>My other half is already snoring!hehehe<BR/><BR/>Selamat Menyambut Ma'al Hijrah and A very Happy and Banyak2 Rezki New Year to you and your very loving family.<BR/><BR/>My dear friend,my dearest hubby is still a true-blue UMNO member!And one of the best too!hehe<BR/>Thank you so much..salam to the 'domestic engineer' at home!mamasitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07918597628257831626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-9761448406162730802008-12-25T23:55:00.000+08:002008-12-25T23:55:00.000+08:00Salam Dato' Sak,It's agreed by almost everybody th...Salam Dato' Sak,<BR/><BR/>It's agreed by almost everybody that your writing does reflect your wits, intellectual and sharp thinking. However what is puzzling me is that your jodoh with UMNO was short lived. Was it because you are not part of the vicious cycle?<BR/><BR/>Salam Maal Hijrah to you and your family. Heard from Datin that everybody is coming home.<BR/><BR/>Wassalam.Singh Is Kinnghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07271069991355412458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-40458518695346422692008-12-25T23:52:00.000+08:002008-12-25T23:52:00.000+08:00The other factor is nurture. Students who are trai...The other factor is nurture. <BR/><BR/>Students who are trained and guided as prefects, class monitors are "brought up" to take on leadership roles later in life.<BR/><BR/>They learn as they go along.<BR/><BR/>First-born children are found to be more responsible than their siblings. In this case thay have the same set of parents.<BR/><BR/>Therefore, children brought up in a "political" atmosphereUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058653104014681765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-73005212689557192662008-12-25T23:30:00.000+08:002008-12-25T23:30:00.000+08:00The danger here, is to restrict those very capable...The danger here, is to restrict those very capable ones just because their parents were former leaders.<BR/><BR/>Are you being fair? You go from one extreme to another.<BR/><BR/>If Mukhriz and Hishamudin are really sincere, capable and committed, would you bar them just to break this "stranglehold"<BR/><BR/>So just because someone is not an elite (you mention Khairy) you will vote for him?<BR/><Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058653104014681765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-48563862985753707742008-12-25T19:27:00.000+08:002008-12-25T19:27:00.000+08:00dr putera,i dont expect a short answer like yours ...dr putera,<BR/>i dont expect a short answer like yours to rebut my article. please show your disagreement by persuasive arguments. prove me wrong- but not just by being dismissive. that will only serve to fortify me. show some spunk man.<BR/><BR/>anon at 17:03- well , you can always see a person's weakened position when he cannot offer persuasive reasoning but has to resort to derisory personal Ariff Sabrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04134536173557859031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-42354925799286680282008-12-25T17:26:00.000+08:002008-12-25T17:26:00.000+08:00Anon at 17.03You have been given the plesure to di...Anon at 17.03<BR/>You have been given the plesure to disagree,but please do not link Dato Ariff being bestowed a title from the King as something hes not worthy of receiving!<BR/>Who the hell are you to come into someone's blog and 'punch' him in the face?<BR/>Very2 rude of you.Shame!<BR/>Is it so sinful if Dato Ariff is on KJ's blogroll?Go and make a Fatwa then!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-12969123231199265422008-12-25T17:03:00.000+08:002008-12-25T17:03:00.000+08:00Dato Ariff With KJ being son in law of a PM with o...Dato Ariff <BR/><BR/>With KJ being son in law of a PM with only two kids and a protective parent, KJ is as good as son? <BR/><BR/>And, KJ is "appointed" a post (with all contenderts called or persuaded to make way) while "father" is still in office. <BR/><BR/>Poor example of t his kids like he is as good of that PM's son routine? He was given a post during his father's reign. <BR/><BR/>Great Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-60936150294502394252008-12-25T16:13:00.000+08:002008-12-25T16:13:00.000+08:00i think tis writing was so unfair. is it wright in...i think tis writing was so unfair. is it wright in order to break the glass ceiling we should left out those so called blue bred eventhough they have all the qualities and compromised to chose others eventhough they lack the quality as a leader?<BR/><BR/>drputeraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-76783953234776158952008-12-25T16:12:00.000+08:002008-12-25T16:12:00.000+08:00Dato,Let us take DSAI. Look what is happening toda...Dato,<BR/>Let us take DSAI. Look what is happening today? We can feel and see for ourselves...<BR/><BR/>However, the mentioned kids were groomed from small, see, feel for themselves the sacrifices, errors and achievements, the tears, the joys of their fathers', IN THEIR LINE OF DUTY AS TOP LEADERS OF THIS COUNTRY. <BR/><BR/>I will definitely VOTE for them. <BR/><BR/>Safer, knowing (NORMALLY)they Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-33696057508094870112008-12-25T15:32:00.000+08:002008-12-25T15:32:00.000+08:00Vicious cycle can't be broken softly. It must be s...Vicious cycle can't be broken softly. It must be snapped like a twig.Ir. Hanafi Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09968863774056195660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-1626264542209589082008-12-25T14:59:00.000+08:002008-12-25T14:59:00.000+08:00sorry- the glass ceiling especially the genetic el...sorry- the glass ceiling especially the genetic elite trap, must be broken.Ariff Sabrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04134536173557859031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-317968844392168482008-12-25T14:58:00.000+08:002008-12-25T14:58:00.000+08:00anon at 13.31.i agree with you- that's why i am ar...anon at 13.31.<BR/><BR/>i agree with you- that's why i am arguing for a achievement-norm agenda. select leaders for the qualities you mentioned- minus the ascribed status. the sil which you pointed out, in that context, is a rank outsider. <BR/>the glass ceiling based on artificial barriers excluding the genetic elite, must be broken.Ariff Sabrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04134536173557859031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-80249173207425378492008-12-25T13:52:00.000+08:002008-12-25T13:52:00.000+08:00Incestuous inbreeding results in freaks and a lim...Incestuous inbreeding results in freaks and a limited capacity to think beyond the incestuous mindset. It magnifies existing genetic deficiencies.(right or not doc tabs?)<BR/><BR/>Thus we have our very own political freakshow.<BR/><BR/>Nice is good. But nice isn't going to get us out of this rut. Nice as in obliging towards cronies, agreeable to kickbacks and patronizing to the people. <BR/><BRSaya...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04959724134477425739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-44749282242413259632008-12-25T13:31:00.000+08:002008-12-25T13:31:00.000+08:00Dear SAK-AK47I took note of your views on this. Ho...Dear SAK-AK47<BR/><BR/>I took note of your views on this. However, the way is see it, the people ( or this case the delegates-umno ) should select leaders ( contesting for various positions ) without prejudice. i reject the notion of if ur ben hussin or ben mahathir, your political future shall be doomed . that is an example of 'prejudice' the way i see it. This nation should be allowed to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-35015946096186018922008-12-25T12:13:00.000+08:002008-12-25T12:13:00.000+08:00A thought provoking piece!Dato U r tracking on a d...A thought provoking piece!<BR/><BR/>Dato U r tracking on a dangerous path where many r fear to even set foot on. This is especially so for the feudalistic Malays (excluding U, ;D), who will always waving the royal households as the undisputed proof of Tanah Melayu!<BR/><BR/>That thinking is at best lop-sided. If there r any claims to that title then the red-blooded has more right than the blue. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-92010589058186730522008-12-25T11:31:00.000+08:002008-12-25T11:31:00.000+08:00Many were ambivalent when Raja Nazrin waded in wit...Many were ambivalent when Raja Nazrin waded in with his thoughts on equality, the role of a reformist monarch,etc, some 18 months to two years ago. <BR/><BR/>That the NST editors bestowed upon him an almost-blanket Page One treatment, indicated three possibilities; a) No better stories emanating from the rest of the world, nobody else was making sense.. So this Royalty was filling a void. b) RajaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-43029075980489103862008-12-25T10:48:00.000+08:002008-12-25T10:48:00.000+08:00Again, very well said, sir.I have submitted an art...Again, very well said, sir.<BR/>I have submitted an article on one GLC organisational behaviour to the "proper" channels that can lead to what I termed "a vicious negative cycle of self destruction"<BR/>which is yet to be made public.<BR/><BR/>Just one question, why must we rely on politics to rule the county ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com