saya anak bangsa malaysia

Posted at August 7, 2007

Here’s a rhetoric: What is a Malaysian?

What makes you a Malaysian? How do you define Malaysian-ness? Is there a difference between being a Malaysian and a ‘warganegara Malaysia’? If you cannot speak Bahasa Malaysia, does that make you less Malaysian? How about not being proud of products and culture made in Malaysia, not because they are deemed Malaysian but because they are just not up to standard? If you criticise those at the helm of the country, does that automatically mean you are being unpatriotic, and according to some people, is un-Malaysian?

Ahh headache think of so many labels. It’s a bit like high school, where your status within the four walls of your school is determined by the company you keep. Stand out like a sore thumb (exception of academic achievements) and welcome to a life of social outcast. Until graduation anyway.

Here’s another one — does flying Jalur Gemilng up high before and during Merdeka Day automatically renders you a Malaysian? “Fly the flag if you are Malaysian!”, “Be patriotic and display the flag!”, “You ain’t Malaysian if you ain’t got no flag, yo” and other silly nuances like that. That is something I never understood — why hiking up the Jalur Gemilang is deemed a necessity for one to be patriotic or Malaysian. What are we, 5?

Since Asian values are purportedly to be of tremendous value here, why not be done with the PDAs and sayang dalam hati saja? Heh…

Anyway, I thought mob1900 created a bunch of lovely banners, proclaiming ‘Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia’, and here’s one of them:

mob1900's Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia

Now, THAT is something I would display.

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