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Thursday, 19 November 2009 adminK

By Art Harun

India, apparently is a country which has made the "mistake of being too democratic". And, "democracy can be a hindrance to progress because you spend so much time politicking that you don’t have time to develop your country. In China, there’s not much politics. So, they can spend more time developing their country.”

Those are statements attributed to Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in a IANS report as quoted by Malaysia Today on Tuesday.

I love it when Dr M is being philosophical. Because he makes philosophy, especially political philosophy, interesting. Interesting in a comedic way, I mean.

First and foremost, to put China and India in the same political sphere is an act of questionable wisdom.

India is a parliamentary republic deeply entrenched within the Westminster-typed democracy as practised in the United Kingdom. Malaysia, which was governed by Dr M, practises the Westminster-typed democracy as well, save for the fact that we are not a republic.

China, on the other hand, is not a democratic country at all. It is a communist country. The people have no freedom of speech or at all. They kill their own people for having the guts to stand up and be counted. The so-called leaders do things according to their own whims and fancies. The people just have to accept. There is not election. No voting. No nothing.

(The only good thing about China's administration is the fact that they shoot their civil servants for corruption.)

Dr M must have confused China with Malaysia during his days as the Prime Minister. Save for the fact that Malaysia is not a communist country and we do not shoot our civil servants for corruption, of course.

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written by jaz, November 20, 2009 10:41:45

Would someone strap a bomb to themselves and blow up those bloody corrupts. It's alright. Just toss a bomb is fine. No reason to sacrifice anyone if unnecessary.

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written by jokersland, November 20, 2009 02:20:08

First and foremost my sincere apology to all the MT readersif I've offended anyone. Pleased show some respects to our elders without any insulting name calling like Mamakuty etc. What's the different if we don't show the respect to elders like the UMNO guys. Everyone is entitle to their opinion. If we don't agree to their view, we can argue to the points with much respect. I know who I'm here to give advice as I don't have a good education background, but one word I know is 'RESPECT'.

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written by Ocassey, November 19, 2009 23:53:13

DEAR BRO,

WHATEVER SHE MAY HAVE CONSUMED TO MAKE HER LOOK THE WAY SHE IS , IS HER RIGHT !
WE SHOULDN'T QUESTION THAT.

BUT SINCE WHEN HAS OUR BELOVED NATION AND COUNTRY BECOME "A MUSLIM COUNTRY" ???????
YOU HAVE BEEN READING TOO MUCH AND VIEWING TOO OFTEN AT ALL THE UMNO MEDIAS.
WE WELCOME YOU TO CONTRIBUTE MORE IN MALAYSIATODAY. CHEERS, BRO.

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written by jasonsel, November 19, 2009 17:47:26

BUT YOU DONT WANT CHIN PENG BACK..........

You like China style coz you are a dictator and see you yrself of being the head of state so that why it is good (total power)........but for the citizens........it NOT

You dont want Chin Peng back coz he would have been the leader himself and would not stand for it....

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written by lobster, November 19, 2009 17:18:50

Wow, Mahathir has the mind set of a dictator, what a surprise!

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written by StevenO, November 19, 2009 17:16:40

Wow!! Such clever use of logical thinking by Mr Kutty!!! No wonder, the most develop countries in the world are North Korea, Burma, Zimbabwe. By the same logic those people in Norway, Sweden and Switzerland must be desperate..........

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written by Nixcloud, November 19, 2009 16:30:03

the problem is not the system, it is the person running (or more like abusing) the system. Mr. Ex-PM just managed to make George Bush looks like he is the cleverest man on earth.

Well, for a start, if we want to Look East to China, start shooting the civil servant for corruption (this time next year, there will be no more democracy cos all MPs would be dead by then). and, of course, the Mamak family can looking into donating their ill-gotten wealth back into society cos they will all be dead too - Malaysia's No. 1 family (in terms of corruption).

And this is a message for the mamak's daughter, marina - stop showing off and look around to see if people are staring at you when you are out shopping - malaysia is a muslim country, we don't like to see a big piece of lard walking around!

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written by asherand, November 19, 2009 14:42:52

I always knew he was stupid.

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written by batsman, November 19, 2009 14:39:34

Of course we do not shoot civil servants for corruption, but we DO shoot ordinary citizens suspected of some crime or other.

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written by asguard, November 19, 2009 14:19:37

that senile old man... whom loves to talk more rubbish... apanama?

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written by sydput, November 19, 2009 14:12:12

There are two wankers that have expired and cannot keep their mouth shut. DrM and LKY.

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written by Susanna, November 19, 2009 13:46:06

Ours claim to be democractic country but in more ways than one, acting like want to be all controlling communist country

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written by krising1, November 19, 2009 13:35:19

They more than a dozen major languages and maybe a few hundred dialects. They do not fight about their education system because the parents decide which school to send their children to. They did it democratically without any Ops Lalang being used. So Mamathir has a problem if he is not able to handle a democratic way of life! It is not the problem of democracy.