tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post6721331674535456076..comments2024-03-17T15:10:12.273+08:00Comments on rocky's bru: Malay Mail for Sale?Rockybruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08187242806213153913noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post-78680877697634634082007-01-15T18:58:00.000+08:002007-01-15T18:58:00.000+08:00The Malay Mail, the country's oldest homegrown new...The Malay Mail, the country's oldest homegrown newspaper, is not a racist publication. It can be owned and run and edited by anyone who can produce a great newspaper, which it was even not too long ago. So what if it is sold to a non-Malay or run by one? If that person can resurrect the paper's past glory and make it a viable entity once again, then why not?!<br />In fact, if i take a guess, the reason why The Malay Mail has not been doing well is because the reading/buying public is racist. They don't want to read or buy a paper that has the name Malay. If you don't believe me, do a survey and ask people if that is not so. Many will unwittingly admit their racial bias. Frankly, The Malay Mail is not a name that appeals to the current population. Only those with nostalgic feelings still have emotional ties to the paper. The new owner of the paper may even want to subtly change the paper's name, but only to reflect changing times, not to completely junk the paper's historic brand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post-16815218665024150082007-01-14T22:07:00.000+08:002007-01-14T22:07:00.000+08:00Bros and sis,
Just ignore that monster. I am a C...Bros and sis,<br /><br />Just ignore that monster. I am a Chinese and I do not share his view.<br /><br />He will defend Lim Kit Siang and his son, hte Sleeping Beuaty, Khairy na dKalimullah. So what is there for us to atalk about him. Let just iognore him so that he will fade away and join the Lim Kit Siang and the Tingkat Empat sponsored blog.<br /><br />Whatever the Lim Kit Siang and Sleeping Beauty said he will support.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post-85923954965767346032007-01-14T08:31:00.000+08:002007-01-14T08:31:00.000+08:00To 'abang'Freelunch,
Must u be consistant in bein...To 'abang'Freelunch,<br /><br />Must u be consistant in being forked- tounged?If u think i'm not worth replying to than why reply at all,?Replete with insults in capital letters and all.<br /><br />Marah ya bang?<br /><br />And do u realize that your sentence " NVM, U R RIGHT NOT WORTH REPLYING TO" is also in itself a reply? Tsk, tsk ...cerdik sunguh abang Freelunch ni<br /><br />anyway when i said u r saying the Malays r stupid, it is by INFERANCE- if u state that Mahathir's book was stupid especially on what u deem " Malay supremecy" and the mass malays beleive it, than by using YOUR chain of logic, by implication u r saying that the Malays must be stupid to believe a stupid book..comprehende? <br /><br />Anyway I agree Mahathir's book is a stupid book with a few snippets of wisdom, so y do u say that Malays believe it? <br /><br />That’s what u are saying u know, when u wrote, I quote “ Dr M’s book, The Malay Dilemma- a blatantly racist book which may not have introduced the idea of malay supremacy but surely mass produced it.”<br /><br />That quotation was from ur second reply which was rephrasing your original statement on the issue where u wrote in ur first comment “all this is because of the US vs THEM mentality still harping on the 1969 victory parade by the opposition shouting "balik kampunglah melayu" and believing that STUPID fascist book by Dr M, Malay Dilemma, which hammered the idea of Malay supremacy into the community.”<br /><br />So on wat basis r u saying most Malays buy into the " Malay supremacy" baloney? In the process care u explain what YOU mean by it?<br /><br />Anyway, all that is secondary.<br /><br />More importantly, if u dont want others to put words into ur mouth than DON’T SHOVE WORDS OR BELEIFS IN THE THROAT OF A WHOLE COMMUNITY without CLARIFYING<br /><br />On this, pls dont say it ws just ur 'opinion ' after the fact.<br /><br />If it was, than u should state that qualification WHILE making the statement, not by inserting it retrospectively- after all, unlike ur nick, not every statement is a bloody freelunch<br /><br />But u dont have to reply. After all, u said i'm not worth replying to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post-79275084882401770802007-01-13T12:33:00.000+08:002007-01-13T12:33:00.000+08:00I wish professional journalists, editors and forme...I wish professional journalists, editors and former editors are given preference to buy the MM and Weekend Mail, if they are really up for sale.<br /><br />If we don't recognise professional journalists, we will have another problem later on. As a former NST reader and now a student of mass communications, I know that two factors destroyed the NST; political interference and unprofessional editors like Dato' Kalimullah Hassan Masheerul Hassan and those he engaged to edit the Weekend Mail.<br /><br />I don't like Datuk AKJ. He was too pro-government when he was the editor of NST. But at least Berita Publishing survives and some new magazines were launched.<br /><br />I think professional journalists, senior editors and ex-editors should get together and bid for the Malay Mail and Weekend Mail and for all the newspapers which are for sale.<br /><br />Judging from your blog and other blogs run by prtofessional journalists, i am confident a journalist-owned and operated papers will be well received and successful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post-61065649415038015572007-01-13T12:18:00.000+08:002007-01-13T12:18:00.000+08:00To annonymous 11:49,
Actually, it doesnt matter w...To annonymous 11:49,<br /><br />Actually, it doesnt matter where u ask the Chinese where are thier roots..lots of them, dont know if its the majority, but many says its Malaysia..and they dont make remarks like the 'Monster' either.Good people<br /><br />So i dont think its fair for us to generalize too much because of some bad apples.Just like there are people like Hishamuddin Keris, there are also many non- malay clones of him too.<br /><br />N another thing- dont take our 'Monster' too seriously especially when he says "101% accurate and well written"<br /><br />His comments r soo totally devoid of both ingrediants that probaly he doesnt even know what those two words meanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post-72683903387321066432007-01-13T12:07:00.000+08:002007-01-13T12:07:00.000+08:00TO MONSTERBALL,
(From now on i'll abreviate ur na...TO MONSTERBALL,<br /><br />(From now on i'll abreviate ur name to 'Monster')<br /><br /><br />What's the point of having a civilization of 5000years or 5million even, if the upper classes of that civilization oppress the lower strata of thier society to the extant that they have to leave n search for a new life elsewhere?Including to places where people live on trees?<br /><br />Maybe they can build a very long wall and call it "Great" but sadly after thousands and thousands of years still no respect for life..too me that's not very civilized. <br /><br />Remember Chairman Mao ? Remember the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution?He'll make Saddam look like an angel.<br /><br />When the great friend of Democracy Lee Kuan Yew says'the only language the Chineses understand is coercion' I culd never appreciate it..But then i'm not Chinese, what do i know?<br /><br />Sedih sekali.Usia beribu- ribu tahun tapi nilai nyawa masih belum belajar...aiyah<br /><br />PS- This post is directed only for Monsterball.My Dr Tan says, when i read his post i get infected by an acute version of 'Selective Amnesia/Memory' virus that he has. <br /><br />Folks its deadly! But luckly it passes of after reponding to him.<br /><br />So to any of u that take offense to my comments, m soo sori.Its the virus talking..the one i got from the Monster.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post-47761180404378245812007-01-13T11:49:00.000+08:002007-01-13T11:49:00.000+08:00monsterball...ditto... we are proud of OUR roots, ...monsterball...ditto... we are proud of OUR roots, even though it's not 'more than 5000 years' and even if we did not invent medicine, martial arts, paper, printing etc. I've always wanted to say this, it has nothing to do wuth malay supremacy (whoever came up with that term?). I dont believe in that. Its just that this place is our roots and our our great grandparents fought for this country (much more than yours anyway) and I'll be damned if some people are telling me otherwise. <br />If you ask most Chinese where are their roots, they would say China. If you ask most Malay where are their roots, they would still say Malaysia. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post-31901828884991523292007-01-13T05:26:00.000+08:002007-01-13T05:26:00.000+08:00Yang Berbahagia Datuk Ron
Saya kenal Tun Dr Mahat...Yang Berbahagia Datuk Ron<br /><br />Saya kenal Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, tetapi Tun dah tentu la tak kenal saya (siapalah aku! melancholic sikit...)<br /><br />Tetapi, kalau saya ada peluang bercakap dengan Tun seperti Datuk, saya akan mintak Tun "buat hingaq" tentang nasib bloggers yang Datuk sebutkan itu.<br /><br />Rocky nampak seperti jatuh ditimpa tangga, terkena pulak taik ayam pandu.<br /><br />Kena buang kerja (walaupun guna ayat lain yang bagus-bagus), buat blog yang dipantau polis dan akhirnya tekena taik ayam pandu bila saman sudah mari.<br /><br />-lahbodo.blogspot.com (cc: Rocky's Bru)lah bodohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09014979324873803487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post-74528741519012112532007-01-13T03:29:00.000+08:002007-01-13T03:29:00.000+08:00Been a while. Can't resist Anon's grading for edit...Been a while. Can't resist Anon's grading for editors. Rehman belongs to "writer/columnist" category. Kadiaq should be B+, the bugger got balls but abused some reporters and editors but certainly made of sterner staff than most eds. Haji Datuk Kali a/l Hassan is an big F, which stands for F... well, I won't let Rocky edit me so I'd leave it at that.<br /><br />Thanx.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post-42052801692640718382007-01-13T03:02:00.000+08:002007-01-13T03:02:00.000+08:00anonymous 4:43 PM: "My grade for some journalists....anonymous 4:43 PM: "My grade for some journalists..."<br /><br />agree with your list except abt AKJ. i'd sooner put Dolah Kok Lanas in yr f for floaties list.<br /><br />perhaps it's personal animus with AKJ, non?<br /><br />as for the incomparable RR, he's with aljeez now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post-24206303764542144152007-01-12T21:21:00.000+08:002007-01-12T21:21:00.000+08:00rocky,
what happened to my reply to mat rempit?
nv...rocky,<br />what happened to my reply to mat rempit?<br />nvm, u r right, not worth replying to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post-66908148101418994822007-01-12T21:12:00.000+08:002007-01-12T21:12:00.000+08:00Pasquale: "So at the end of the day we can always ...Pasquale: "So at the end of the day we can always say the original Malays owned Persekutuan Tanah Melayu and the rest are just visiting, so dont make us say that!"<br /><br />My dear Pasquale, you and many Malays, have been saying just that for years. Even the East Malaysians like Kadazans and Ibans, who joined Malaya to make up the federation of Malaysia, are disgusted with people like you. <br /><br />By the way, what you call Malays are actually descendents of people who migrated from the Yunnan region and chased the original Orang Asli (please note the term carefully here - ORANG ASLI) into the jungle. See:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_Malaysia<br /><br />Furthermore, over the years, the Malays mixed with Indians, Chinese, Arabs and Pakistanis resulting in the Malay we know today. A Malay who without British intervention (and before that, protection from China) would be speaking Thai and taking orders from Bangkok. <br /><br />And instead of accepting the consequences of 500 years of colonization - which included the extensive importation of Indians and Chinese to this country while it was under 150 years of British rule - the Malays like to pretend they never lost control, were never colonized, and that these migrants are somehow here on their favor and arrived perhaps two years before 1957. In short, they are trying to escape the consequences of British colonization while penalizing the non-Malays in the process. What does that say about the quality of your character and the character of Malays like you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post-70999920227817861102007-01-12T17:36:00.000+08:002007-01-12T17:36:00.000+08:00All the big guns can come armed with their cash an...All the big guns can come armed with their cash and buy the MM, but they will get shot fatally if the dont have the right management team.<br /><br />obviously, they cant rely on the crap management currently running the MM. They need good, solid journos to put the MM back on track. Mind you, it can be done.<br /><br />There is talk in the advertising industry that a bunch of former journos are also in the running to buy the MM. <br /><br />These boys will get the job done. I know two of them personally and it would be sheer joy to have them back in action.<br /><br />Anyone want to guess who these former journos are?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post-26787684544386752232007-01-12T17:08:00.000+08:002007-01-12T17:08:00.000+08:00If less than RM 5, I buy...If less than RM 5, I buy...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post-67928697808690847642007-01-12T16:43:00.000+08:002007-01-12T16:43:00.000+08:00Rocky,
You have got balls. I grant you that. Howe...Rocky,<br /><br />You have got balls. I grant you that. However, to gain credibility you must diassociate yourself from that professional arse licker, the Scribe Kadir A. Jasin.<br /><br />It was during his watch that the NST and MalayMail began their downward spiral.<br /><br />They say "cream rises to the top." I say "so does scum." And even shit floats. <br /><br />I aint no Kalimullah fan but I rate the Scribe lower than scum.<br /><br />My grade for some journalists:<br /><br />A+ Creme dela Creme (Samad Ismail - nobody like him since)<br />B+ Cream (Reman Rashid - man he could write)<br />C+ Milk (Rocky - a pro who was just getting better)<br />D- Froth (Ahmad Talib - ask yourself why?)<br />E- Scum (Kalimulah Hassan - professional boot licker)<br />F- Floaties (the Scribe Kadir A. Jasin - Common readers you know why)<br /><br />I wonder if you will censor this Rocky? The jury is in deliberation.<br /><br />dgrimreamerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post-48917976730031314552007-01-12T15:35:00.000+08:002007-01-12T15:35:00.000+08:00Uncle Rocky,
Akhir-akhir ini, komen-komen di blog...Uncle Rocky, <br />Akhir-akhir ini, komen-komen di blog uncle selalu berbaur perkauman. Walau apa isu yang saudara bawakan, nampaknya...semuanya dikaitkan dengan perkauman. <br /><br />Kalau tulis tentang kumbang terbang atau ayam berlaga, atau ikan keli sekalipun pasti individu-individu yang mengaku mereka tidak racist ini akan mendahului komen-komen mereka dengan bau perkauman.<br /><br />Persoalannya, adalah ianya bermotif baik atau ada yang tersirat???<br /><br />Pada pandangan saya, ini hanyalah satu helah untuk sabotaj blog-blog yang terang-terang mempunyai pengikut yang ramai dan anti AAB n co. sahaja.<br /><br />Selepas ini, jangan terkejut jika AAB n Co. mempunyai sebab yang kuat untuk mengambil tindakan tehadap perjuangan blog sperti uncle atas nama membendung unsur perkauman.<br /><br />Jadi, pada pandangan saya..Uncle mesti mula menapis komen-komen yang tidak bertangung jawab ini untuk kepentingan perjuangan dan keseronokan pembaca semua.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post-42686023786723873252007-01-12T14:50:00.000+08:002007-01-12T14:50:00.000+08:00Rocky!
To Ahbeng, I dont know why I have to go t...Rocky! <br /><br />To Ahbeng, I dont know why I have to go to Canada, if I have to go backI will go back to my little village in Cyprus, not far from Nicosia, about 11kms to the sea! Ahbeng do you know where Cyprus is! Over there there are only us Greek-Cypriots, and the Turkish-Cypriots are on the other side, just to let you know Turkey will never be allowed to join the European Community! Want to know why Ahbeng? We are racist just like you guys over here but pretending to be liberal! Very sad! Kalispira! <br /><br />PS. Moron, by the way, is a Greek word!Pasqualehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02023178136515254869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post-19121060767490573682007-01-12T14:22:00.000+08:002007-01-12T14:22:00.000+08:00Rocky!
To Ahbeng and the all the delusional visit...Rocky!<br /><br />To Ahbeng and the all the delusional visitors I have a question! Here goes: Do you guys really believe Australia should be given back to the Aborigines, should North America be given back to the native "Red Indians", should New Zealand be given back to the Maoris, should Queen Charlotte island be given back to the Haida Indians, the answer to the above is NOooo! But, I agree with Ahbeng that I think Persekutuan Tanah Melayu should be given back to the Orang Asli (notice in caps)! DSo you okay now Ahbeng!Pasqualehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02023178136515254869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post-52455312867883372582007-01-12T12:43:00.000+08:002007-01-12T12:43:00.000+08:00Sdr Rocky,
I can't believe that AK is interested ...Sdr Rocky,<br /><br />I can't believe that AK is interested in the MM and Weekend Mail (WM).<br /><br />Why should he bother himself with puny venture like the MM and WM?<br /><br />He made his fortune in petroluem via his intimate friendship with Tengku Razaleigh and later Dr Mahathir. Now he's Abdullah's sailing buddy.<br /><br />He flirted with the print media before by launching the magazibe V Mag but that soon failed and was terminated.<br /><br />But he has tonnes of money to lavish. His foreign-domiciled companies like Astro All Asia PLC and Tanjong PLC have amassed billion of ringgits through IPOs and government franchises like satellite, paid-TV, telecommunications, power generation, lotteries and many more.<br /><br />AK is perhaps the best known MalaysianPutra after Robert Kuok. But both are taking their assets, money and corporate control out of the country.<br /><br />MalaysianPutra like AK, Kuok and Patrick Lim could be fishing, dining and partying with Pak Lah but they are progressively moving their wealth out of this country.<br /><br />So why should AK want to buy MM and WM? Maybe he wants to use the venerable papers to fool us that he's still committed to this country when in actual fact the control of most of his Malaysian-generated assets and wealth have been moved abroad.<br /><br />Don't talk about NSTP being an Umno asset. I don't think Umno cares or dares to get involved for as long as Kallimullah is there. What Kalli says, Pak Lah will concur.<br /><br />But I know there are no shortage of Malaysians and MelayuPutra who are willing to relieve the NST of the MM and WM. But they won't get it bacause MelayuPutra ada dangerous unless they polish the Big Malaysian Apple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post-24280620970679131522007-01-12T11:08:00.000+08:002007-01-12T11:08:00.000+08:00why can't AK buy Malay Mail.Is he not a Malaysian(...why can't AK buy Malay Mail.Is he not a Malaysian(sorry pak Ghani from UMNO johor..take a hike, can't yo see the unity during the flood). Are they giving it free to him?If not, why can't he buy it at willing buy willing seller price.<br /><br />AK may make MM a great paper and give others like Star a run for the money when clearly no one is able to compet e with Star. And in the process he will give better employment opportunity to all Malaysians and give consumer choices. The commenst are the same if Ibrahim or Tony buys the MM.<br /><br />Go for it AK or Tony or Ibrahim Nor!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post-29739292896806994562007-01-12T10:49:00.000+08:002007-01-12T10:49:00.000+08:00With love for Pasquale..
This country belongs to...With love for Pasquale..<br /> This country belongs to the Orang Asli brother, the Malay pirates landed here from all over the archipelago seeking shelter from the monsoon and a hideout, and if it was not for the tin-mining chinese, and the rubber tapper Indians, the Malays would still be living by the river fishing their ikan keli, growing kangkong and eating it with kicap.<br /> All the towns in Malaysia, except for Putrajaya, were opened by the Chinese -- hence the distinctive architecture of kedai sederet from Johor to Perlis.<br /> So, brother in parting, I leave a passage from Khuswant Singh's book which he wrote when visiting New York for the first time in 1968.<br /> "I went to the men's to urinate, and never felt more relieved in my life. There was graffiti on the wall which said Go Home Yankees, This Country Belongs to the Indians."<br /> Khuswant said it was his proudest moment being and Indian.<br /> So, go home to Canada Pasquale, this country belongs to Malaysians.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post-11893273365157285622007-01-12T10:33:00.000+08:002007-01-12T10:33:00.000+08:00err Pasquale,
Racist. Ithink you just showed how ...err Pasquale, <br />Racist. Ithink you just showed how racist you are.<br />And judging by you post, why use Pasquale...are you French?<br />Just use Pak Kuale, maybe that may suit you better.<br />Someone mentioned chinese being helped by the Govt, yes and they moved on to greater things, and creating many jobs for MALAYSIANS (not chinese, Indians, or Malays)<br />But as for the Malay run companies, all they get is bailouts from the Govt. I don't mean all, but evidently you can see there are more of these companies as opposed to the ones run by 'DLL'.<br />The point is the sooner we discard this mentality, i.e chinese, Malay, Indian, and we can unite without boundaries, we will sink Singapore in no time!<br />But who in the right mind will give up 45% equity 'given'by the govt??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post-6321900799911062822007-01-12T10:30:00.000+08:002007-01-12T10:30:00.000+08:00Someone commented on the lack of self-made Malay m...Someone commented on the lack of self-made Malay millionaires in M'sia. There's a newly minted one - the RM1m TM winner from Kelantan. So here you go...Blueheeler - the hound who sniffs out fishy newshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01258708201680596931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post-65765223833051384452007-01-12T09:52:00.000+08:002007-01-12T09:52:00.000+08:00Errr... people still buy the Malay Mail??? Jeez......Errr... people still buy the Malay Mail??? Jeez... that's like a grown man buying Mangga, URTV and Hai, all at the same time! Sorry, personally, I find the Malay Mail trashy, albeit its civic-consciousness (ala "the paper that cares")... <br /><br />Ananda might be rich to buy it, but owning the Malay Mail sounds like Queen Elizabeth wearing a Calvin Klein jeans! Come on, Ananda, you have bigger and better things to eye on....<br /><br /><br />Jeez... the Malay Mail! <br /><br />- myview_aiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post-43576716485684200362007-01-12T09:50:00.000+08:002007-01-12T09:50:00.000+08:00Rocky!
A line in this new very good movie "The Goo...Rocky!<br />A line in this new very good movie "The Good Sheppard" when an Italian Mafia emigre who came to the US when he was two months old was told by this stone-faced WASPy (White Anglo Saxon Protestant = WASP) spyman that he would soon be deported if he refused to help the US government to overthrow Fidel Castro, he said I have live all my in this country have owned everything around him, and the arrogant Italian descent Mafia-man asked the WASPy stone-faced spyman (played by Matt Damon): "What do YOU have?"<br />Stone-faced spyman took a short breath before answering and said:"I have the United States, and you and the rest of your likes are just visitng". So the Mafia man helped!<br />So Rocky just remind your racist non-Malay posters, this country was orignally, and still does, occupied by the Malays and their sultanate-governance and the rest just came and stayed and overstayed. We are not even asking them to like us, just tell them if the Malays want the Malay Mail they can have it, remember everyone can play the racial card, and the Malays are way better at it! So at the end of the day we can always say the original Malays owned Persekutuan Tanah Melayu and the rest are just visiting, so dont make us say that!Pasqualehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02023178136515254869noreply@blogger.com