The decision by Umno to create the " Hulubalang Umno " class interests me. It asks us the question of reason and revolution in the rise and fall of nations and how combative must politics continue to be. I have some thoughts on the kind of mindset to be created.

In an age wherein the neuroscientist and bio-semioticians talk about "brain gain", "the global mind", "brain power industries", and "the need for renaissance thinking" must the Malays emulate the thinking of the Arabs, the Jews, the Chinese, the Japanese, the European, the French, or the American?