From: gt6737b@prism.gatech.EDU (JAAFAR,EMERIZAL AHMAD)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.asean
Subject: Re: To create a better Malaysia III
Keywords: Too many intelectuals but...
Date: 7 Apr 92 19:42:38 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In article <1992Apr6.205150.8616@athena.mit.edu>, zam@athena.mit.edu (Nor Aazizam Mohd Aasif) writes:
> In article <53695@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt6737b@prism.gatech.EDU (JAAFAR,EMERIZAL AHMAD) writes:
> 
> >Even our sultan(whom supposedly to represent us, malays) display an act of
> >sheer arrogant and not to mention extravagance.  Think about all the money
> >($2.3 mill. M'sian ringgit I was told) he could used to help out those
> >malays under his nose out of poverty(that just one case from only one Sultan
> >...some people say the dumbmest and the more unwealthy ones).  Is this a 
> >symbol that the Malays been bragging about? 
> 
> 
> 	I think you owe some Malays on this network an apology for
> calling the Sultan of Kelantan "the dumbest of all Sultans".  You have
> no facts to back up the allegation.  It is an insult to Kelantanese in
> general and all Malays.  I don't mind the statement if it is a fact,
> but your making this remark based on a rumor is uncalled for.  You
> claim yourself to be an intelligent person: how could an intelligent
> person branded a Sultan as "dumb" without basing his comments on any
> factoids?
> 
> 	As a Kelantanese, I believe you owe me an apology for calling
> my Sultan the above.
> 
> ===------ 
> NorAazizam MohdAAsif	 
> The white man made many promises to us but they never kept but one; they
> promised to take our land and they took it.
>                                                         Red Cloud

Dear Zam,

	You are right, it's a rumor but is it really?  If you refrain yourself
from acting hastily you wouldn't have missed the second last line of the first
paragraph.  The key word is,"...some people said...".  I have nothing else
to say to you.

	In my article I never did said specifically that your sultan is the 
dumbmest and you demanded fact(s).  Well, I would be glad to tell you.
However, I'm going to lead you why there is some truth to the allegation.
If you read slowly, you would find that people are talking about this 
particular person's action.  He refuses to pay inport duty on his brand new
luxurious sports car, "steal" it from the customs etc.  Would a wise leader
do that?  Would a wise leader spend a lot on a car knowing that people 
living(his people) living in the most backwards state compared to others?
Knowing that the state needed money badly after the national front left
them with huge debt?  I do not intend to get into religion but I want to
ask you this one thing, is extravagance an approved islamic way of life?
Or is extravagance only approved if the person is a sultan and his relatives?

	you demanded an apology from me.  Well Zam, it's a matter of 
priciple.  I feel I did nothing wrong by writing what I feel is just and 
right.  If you have something against the truth, well that you problem not
mine.  I never claimed myself to be more intellect than you.  There is want
part of me that i think you should know that is I do not look down at people
that easily and I never worship a datuk, tan sri, Yg dipertuan Agong etc 
as a person much better than me(lebih berdarjat dan lebih mulia drp saya -->
that what I meant).

Sincerely,
EME.
"Emak saya ajar saya untuk menyembah tuhan, bila dah besar orang nak suruh
saya menyembah orang lain...mana ada jalan!!!"

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JAAFAR,EMERIZAL AHMAD
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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