Beer Issue in Selangor (Part 2)

29th Aug 2009
Another sad article to read beside feeling disappointed with attitude of Malaysian these days. Our PM is trying to come out the term 1Malaysia but then, certain quaters are taking this lightly or should i say, do not think about this at all. Today article explain a lot why 1Malaysia WILL not exist easily. The article from Star paper read as below:

"SHAH ALAM: More than 1,000 residents of Taman TTDI Jaya here have signed a petition against the sale of alcoholic drinks in their housing area.

The residents and delegates of the Al-Itisam mosque also headed to a mini market and two convenience stores here after Friday prayers to hand over a memorandum protesting the sale of alcohol.

Mosque committee member Yusof Mustapha said they had sent the petition to the state to voice their concern over the issue of more young Muslims consuming alcohol.

“I have seen it with my own eyes.

“It is worrying. We must do something to stop it, especially in the holy month of Ramadan,” he told reporters during the protest here yesterday.

Yusof said he had questioned a few boys who were drinking in a field in front of his house and were told that they had bought the drinks from nearby shops.

“We hope the shops will heed our advice to stop selling alcohol in view of the fact that 90% of the 3,000-odd population here are Muslims.”

“We are not against the sale of alcohol.

“It’s okay to sell it in places with fewer Muslims such as in Petaling Jaya,” he said."

Have a few points which are debatable, from my view point that is.

Beer Issue in Selangor

6th Aug 2009
Really fed-up on hearing this beer ban issue. There is no justice at all in this country........(i can assure you that i know this since day one and not only now). This is another issue of another racist in action. Last time it was shown clearly in UMNO but now more to PAKATAN. What's the matter with you guys? (i'm referring to Selangor PAS commissioner Datuk Dr Hassan Ali and Kulim Bandar Bahru MP Zulkifli Noordin)

I'm not quite sure how Ronnie Liu handled the situation at that place and at that time but looking as a whole on the concept of banning the beer in the first place, it should not have taken place at all. I'm not going to touch on racism here but then again, this topic seems kind of more to racism but i apologize if i offended anyone, except to those main 'actors'.

First of all, we are living in a country that full of multi-culture background and by no mean, any place is the same. If there is a definition saying Muslim-majority area should impose this kinda of ban, then should i say Chinese-majority i should have more freedom on selling pork (from house to house, dragging its feet everywhere), beer(promoting it some more at the road stalls) and many more..... is this what they want? Normally we don't see this kind of behavior is because everyone respect each other and thus, we would understand that the things you don't like, we just do it out loud but if it does happen, just try to hide it as much as possible.... but imposing a ban on something that ONLY Muslim people cannot consume is not really showing respect to other who can consume them. Why want to ban them when Muslim people has the knowledge that they are not allow to consume it which means, they have an option not to take it if they see it anywhere but then, if they really want to consume it, what can you actually do? Ban the whole thing from this country? Can...... try do so and see what happen then.

To be frank, there is no Muslim-majority area or Chinese-majority area or even Indian-majority area that are big enough to have a new law governing it. We only have one law and please don't change it as you like.