They say that when one ages, they may go senile. Some is unavoidable a natural thing that afflicts the aged due to illness setting in and faculties slowing down.
Some are deliberate, which means they exhibit signs of senility deliberately so they can be forgiven for uttering rubbish or common sense depending on which one choose to look at it.
The ole sage Tun M is the latter group, who makes statements that some construe as a sign of senility while others may think its just the old hard core self, his suppressed id exhibiting itself partly to cling on to past glories. His latest theory seem to suggest ole sage is afflicted a cunning form of senility with a grand delusion that he is still running the country by running it down or running his own battles.
Sometimes his remarks may also be a reflection of some unfulfilled desires, the wish lists as you would say, trying to live it out before his age and real senility catch up on him and prevent him from carrying out his unfulfilled wish list.
His latest remarks are a mixture of all, he has often claimed he isn't senile but he creates his own senility in the statements he makes. He relishes in the sort of leadership style he carried out and if he were given the choice of being no1 again, perhaps impose the experiment he did not have a chance to implement, those unfulfilled wish lists.
The report in a local media (see below) quoting the ole sage on his preference for a commie administration over a democracy will win him support from the commies and brickbats from those who have suffered under commie rule or enjoying their democracy with the commie wolves at their gate waiting to bring forth their socialist, autocratic and often ungodly rule over the action and thoughts of every single being under the commie ideology.
India too democratic, says former Malaysian PMTuesday, 17 November 2009 Super Admin(IANS) Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has singled out India as an Asian country that has “made the mistake of being too democratic” and compared it unfavourably with China’s authoritarian regime.Such an arrogant statement and must be a humiliation to the Mahatma who must be carrying on a 'heavenly' fast to prevent the Mahatma from getting mad with a Mahathir! It's really an insult to the Indians who have decided on their own the choice of a democracy over a commie ideology.
Who is he to point out the fault of India being too democratic and think that BolehLand democratic model of less democracy is a better one and to assume BolehLand fellos are all joyful and grateful to the type of democracy that the BN government is practicing and advocating?
Mahathir said: “India, of course, will grow, but more slowly than China. It has the numbers but is not making use of them well.”He identified China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and, “to a lesser extent”, India as the countries which would lead the Asian charge, New Straits Times said Tuesday.Mahathir, who ruled Malaysia for over two decades, told a seminar on Asia and 21st century that people “do not understand the limits of democracy”.“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.”Yup becoz they have bludgeoned, clobbered, locked up dissents. And they send in the army, mob squad, corrupt officials who have no compunction to beat, harasses, kill, maim, imprison and suppress those who oppose their rule.
He could have invited back ex commie Chin Peng to be his no2 if he thought commie ideology will bring progress quicker to BolehLand and help him achieve his 2020 in 1990?
He blamed the West for making democracy and freedom the cornerstone of progress.Perhaps he may care to ask the present no1 to do away with democracy and freedom and impose a commie or better still an Iranian or taliban type of administration. What about his ole fren mugabe's style? That way he can dispense off with the opposition, elections, ngos, anyone who don't follow the dictates of the ruler be done away with in the name of achieving his 2020 vision in a free reign!
It is the West’s focus on democracy, civil rights and individual liberties - attributes flaunted by Western governments - that Mahathir identified as being the reason behind “its economic flaccidity”.Hmm, let's see if the western fellos stop buying from commie countries or exporting to them the materialist things that the commie fellos want and see if the commie economies will survive.
“The British believe a lot in so-called freedom. Their workers must be allowed to go on strike all the time. So, they have the problem of being a very unproductive population.“They must be free of everything. When you do that, productivity will drop. When productivity drops, you cannot compete.”Just as there are extremes in a democracy which is quite difficult to achieve, they are extremes in commie rule which is quiet easily implemented without any check or balance. The commie leaders are probably using their iron clad commie rule to enable them to check what their balance is in their account as long as they can gain material wealth without worries some democratic fello questions how he got so rich that contradicts the essence of commie ideology.
Talking about Asia, Mahathir ruled out a role for “strife-torn” West Asia.“They are not going to make much progress, unfortunately. They are not going to contribute to the Asia of the 21st century. But it doesn’t matter because Asia is such a big place,” Mahathir said.Yup, a big place where democratic leaders bestow commie country leaders so much respect and kow towing, than they treat their own citizens of their own countries!
East Asia’s emerging economic dominance over the West is due to its productivity and strong work ethic, he said.However, the former premier warned of the increasing trend among young Asians to ape Western culture.“Today, there are places in Tokyo where you see young people with multi-coloured hair. They look like Red Indians. These are the young Japanese who have adopted Western values,” said the octogenarian who continues to draw crowds six years after he quit office.Wasn't he the one who had the 'Look East' policy not knowing the country he was trying to emulate were also looking in the easterly direction across their ocean to a western democracy called the US of A and emulated them to become an economic superpower!
“They want to be free and be able to change the place they work, hop from one place to another and take marijuana. This is what the Europeans do. This is progress for those young people.”Maybe ole sage hasn't seen the copycat nihoen jins in urban BolehLand. If he sat long enough in his Loft, he'd think he's sitting in some bread joint in Shibuya or Shinjuku! Better have these 'red indians' enjoying their freedom and individualism than to have the moral squads PAS or JAIS fellos literally poking their nose to peek at you and smell what your are eating or drinking!
Is the ole sage trying to make history sanction and go easy on the travesties he committed while in power.
Ole sage must want to stand along the commie leaders such as Stalin, Lenin, Pol Pot, the Kims of South Korea, Castros, past Eastern European commies, uncle mao ad Chin Peng?
Or is he suggesting that autocratic anti democractic leaders such as the idi amins, mugabes, talibans, saudis, pinochets are what brings progress to their nations.
It's an insult to India to suggest that democracy is the cause of it not being materialistically better off than commie china. The fellos in China are willing to sacrifice personal freedom SO LONG AS THEY ARE ABLE TO GAIN MATERIALLY. They won't blink an eye if some peasant stood for their rights to save their land from being forcefully taken by the capitalist commie official in cohort with greedy ala commie businesses.
It would be interesting if the commie government decide to tax the materialistic chinese and take away half their wealth what they earn. Then we shall see if the chinese fellos will feel victimised and cry for justice. That will prove to ole sage if the materialistic commie fellos are happy under the commie sense of justice. After all aren't the rich supposed to have equal 'wealth'
like those not 'rich'!
It would be interesting in ole sage can ask his UMNO fellos to give up their status and wealth acquired through 'democratic' means! If they thought like ole Tun, there may not be so much of wastage, leakages and corruption in the government won't they?
BolehLand fellos are happy not to never know what it is like under a commie rule and pray God we never ever will experience one in our lifetime. Most we hope are happy with the flawed democratic system than a commie one, though seeing the kind of abuses and supposedly 'injustice' happening in BolehLand, some fellos are foolhardily to think that a commie alternative will rid the society of the ills of the 'bourgeoise' class.
Well history has shown the evils and more cons (pun intended) in a commie system over a flawed democracy.
I'd rather have a flawed democracy and suffer the consequences of my laziness than under a commie who dictates my action, thoughts, dreams and hopes!
Would BolehLand fellos want the State to direct your life and the law is enforced behind the barrel of the gun?
If ole sage think BolehLand democracy is slowing down his 2020 agenda, he may perhaps choose to stay in any commie nation or government that think democracy hinders their nation's progress.
North Korea, Zimbabwe? perhaps eh Tun? Or Iran, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Yemen and closer to home, Myanmar?
Just becoz he has tasted and enjoyed what authoritarianism gave him doesn't make him qualified to know a commie is a better fello than a democrat?
He needs to look at the current state of BolehLand and take blame for it than to conveniently make 'democracy' the scapegoat for the ills that has befallen BolehLand today.
I'd rather choose democracy and its warts and what not than any commie ideology that will give me the warts and pain Tun.
