Comments on: Have you watched 15 Malaysia before? http://rinaz.net/2009/08/15-malaysia/ Diary of a Singaporean in Rome Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:33:50 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: MKL http://rinaz.net/2009/08/15-malaysia/comment-page-1/#comment-125675 MKL Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:51:12 +0000 http://rinaz.net/?p=1675#comment-125675 @Fabrizio, don't be apologetic :P You didn't hurt anyone's feeling, especially not mine. I am from Slovenia, I just happened to date a Malaysian girl and I've stayed few month in Malaysia. The CNN news you mention, is rather an exception. Yes, bad things happen in Malaysia, their government is not what we would deem as a good one. And many young Malaysians are disatisfied with how things run in Malaysia. I recommend you to read this Malaysian blogger, Zewt http://zewt.blogspot.com/ He usually writes very good posts and you'll get the best idea where Malaysia currently stands. If you're in Malaysia and you're not involved in politics or have to deal with the police, life is sweet and wonderful. People are great and mostly tolerant, a lot of races and cultures and it's a food paradise. I never felt unsafe or unwelcome or unfree in Malaysia. But I know many horrible stories from my Malaysian friends. I only stayed few months. Many say once you live for real there, things are different. I don't know. Maybe I am biased, because sometimes I feel like Malaysia is my second home :) I'd say it's a partly free country and the sharia laws are only applied to ethnic Malays (who are mostly Muslims). Chinese and other minorities have their own civil laws. Yes, it's weird, like 2 nations within one. But that's Malaysia :) You just need to learn Malaysia boleh! (I'll let Rinaz explain that to you, hehe) @Fabrizio, don’t be apologetic :P You didn’t hurt anyone’s feeling, especially not mine. I am from Slovenia, I just happened to date a Malaysian girl and I’ve stayed few month in Malaysia. The CNN news you mention, is rather an exception. Yes, bad things happen in Malaysia, their government is not what we would deem as a good one. And many young Malaysians are disatisfied with how things run in Malaysia. I recommend you to read this Malaysian blogger, Zewt http://zewt.blogspot.com/ He usually writes very good posts and you’ll get the best idea where Malaysia currently stands. If you’re in Malaysia and you’re not involved in politics or have to deal with the police, life is sweet and wonderful. People are great and mostly tolerant, a lot of races and cultures and it’s a food paradise. I never felt unsafe or unwelcome or unfree in Malaysia. But I know many horrible stories from my Malaysian friends. I only stayed few months. Many say once you live for real there, things are different. I don’t know. Maybe I am biased, because sometimes I feel like Malaysia is my second home :) I’d say it’s a partly free country and the sharia laws are only applied to ethnic Malays (who are mostly Muslims). Chinese and other minorities have their own civil laws. Yes, it’s weird, like 2 nations within one. But that’s Malaysia :) You just need to learn

Malaysia boleh! (I’ll let Rinaz explain that to you, hehe)

]]> By: Fabrizio http://rinaz.net/2009/08/15-malaysia/comment-page-1/#comment-125592 Fabrizio Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:23:51 +0000 http://rinaz.net/?p=1675#comment-125592 sorry i don't want hurt anyone, mine was only a good wish, i'm italian and in many countries malaysia is not seen as a totally free counrty. However, italy neither is considered so in last times (cause of our bad government). my opinion is that a free country must guarantee free access to the internet, and must respect human rights and minorance rights (for example homosexuals, specially women, are persecuted in malaysia with 20 years of detention). i also think that a religious government, based on the National Fatwa Council dictats are unacceptable (. obviously this can happens because all the oppositors are arrested or banned, as happens in other dictatorial countries. simply i hope to not read in the future other news like this, about women humiliated for unright and medieval laws. http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/20/malaysia.caning/index.html that's all and sorry again for the misunderstanding. sorry i don’t want hurt anyone, mine was only a good wish, i’m italian and in many countries malaysia is not seen as a totally free counrty. However, italy neither is considered so in last times (cause of our bad government).
my opinion is that a free country must guarantee free access to the internet, and must respect human rights and minorance rights (for example homosexuals, specially women, are persecuted in malaysia with 20 years of detention). i also think that a religious government, based on the National Fatwa Council dictats are unacceptable (. obviously this can happens because all the oppositors are arrested or banned, as happens in other dictatorial countries. simply i hope to not read in the future other news like this, about women humiliated for unright and medieval laws.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/20/malaysia.caning/index.html
that’s all and sorry again for the misunderstanding.

]]> By: MKL http://rinaz.net/2009/08/15-malaysia/comment-page-1/#comment-125573 MKL Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:45:54 +0000 http://rinaz.net/?p=1675#comment-125573 Malaysia is a free country or partly free, just that there's too much stress on each race and the unique laws they have to abide and rights they can enjoy. It's good that young Malaysians don't seem to be so divided. Malaysia is a free country or partly free, just that there’s too much stress on each race and the unique laws they have to abide and rights they can enjoy. It’s good that young Malaysians don’t seem to be so divided.

]]> By: Fabrizio http://rinaz.net/2009/08/15-malaysia/comment-page-1/#comment-125564 Fabrizio Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:39:14 +0000 http://rinaz.net/?p=1675#comment-125564 Hope Malaysia will be soon a free country .... :) Hope Malaysia will be soon a free country …. :)

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