I found the article by Fathi Aris Omar a very interesting read.

I had some difficulty understanding it, but managed to perhaps carve out the important points I suspect the issue is about the application of science which one party is convinced should be delivered based on norms and culture of individual location, while another seeks to apply pure science for the sake of it.

I think we should accept science for what it is, as we cannot reconcile science to cultural or language interpretations. That is why religion is always at loggerheads with knowledge derived from scientific application.

For example, it is well known that science assumes that we evolved from monkeys, while some religion says otherwise. I am not a scientific person but I am more prone to believe the science-based argument as our behaviour - selfish, destructive, insensitive to others and territorial - reflects it.

Jokes aside, we should not even try to reconcile the differences between both , as that will be as futile as trying to figure out the differences between man and woman.

The article also touched on the attempt to discard the usage of the national language in favour of the English language. I think this is a unnecessary worry created by uninformed lot. English will never replace the national language.

Each serves different needs. I think the points made by promoters of the English language is that there will be better avenues to pursue scientific and intellectual pursuits if we are equipped with English rather than Malay. No one is forcing anyone to forget the Malay language.

In any case, where were all these language zealots when the government assimilated so many English words into the national language? Why are we saying 'biologi' rather than 'kajihayat' or 'live' rather than 'secara langsung'?

The language is not what I studied when I was young. Someone has murdered the language and that person should be tried for treason. Why is there no outcry over this? In Malaysia we tend to criticise based on our political allegiance.

I think those calling for national language supremacy should not pick on English but rather pursue attempts to reverse all those illogical words that have been introduced to bastardise the national language.

There will come a day when the words used in the English and national language will be the same and no one can tell the difference. When that time comes, I will seek those self-styled language experts and ask them to explain.