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I must say that my initial response was "What? Another racial thing? And Indian!"

However, after thinking it through, I must say the Hindraf rally is OK. It has a valid point to make and I support it, in principle. That principle certainly applies to all non-Malays in Malaysia and it is about equal treatment. Therefore, it is a fight for all non-Malays that Hindraf is making public globally.

I am apt to say that the original New Economic Policy or concerns of the Malays, as enshrined in the constitution, has been perverted, twisted and abused by scallywags within the Umno wagon. Its about time this is stopped and stopped good. It has been more than 50 years, more than enough time for the "eradication of identification of race with economy" (and government and armed forces for that matter).

Instead, the NEP has now gone into fourth gear with clear intentions for Malay domination and identification with the Malaysian economy. Shoot this camel! It does not know when to stop. No wonder that prospective foreign investor stated, "Invest anywhere in Southeast Asia but Malaysia!" When I wanted to start a business, the first thing they ask is about a Malay partner. You can decide what is implied and what its implications are.

Obviously, the sick value systems perpetrated by Mahathir-ism is so widespread that daylight robbery and corruption is perfectly okay and are normal, every day values. Heck! So, rally for equal rights and equal treatment now and in the future, Hindraf. You have my support. In fact, all of us should go rally for equal rights and freedom for all.

Will Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and company try to reinvent Umno to save it from being ditched by the people? I think he should, for the sake of the country and the people, remove all vestiges of Mahathir-ism and Mahathir-ists from Umno. End the NEP. Let's get back to being a normal country where every Malaysian is equal. Mahathir-ism is not him and his group of good men. Why make themselves irrelevant?

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