'I will rather they learn nothing than to learn the wrong things. Because if they learn the wrong things, it will require efforts and resources to help them unlearn after.'

On PAS: Communist party helped secure Merdeka

Iam Sdubid: I beg to know why in this information age, certain people in power still think they can, and should, rewrite history? So what if 80 percent of the students pass history but they don't know enough to take the initiative to go to wikipedia to find out a truer version of history?

So what if our education system produces obedient people who are not trained for critical thinking? So how does our education system serve to produce more knowledge workers if we feed them rubbish? So we are revising history to make it more appealing to young people now? Why don't we just eliminate education altogether? Surely that will be very appealing to some students. Our children will not be missing out much anyway.

I will rather they learn nothing than to learn the wrong things. Because if they learn the wrong things, it will require efforts and resources to help them unlearn after. Is it any wonder more and more people are sending their kids to non-government schools?

On Najib, go tell Khairy to behave himself

Spchuah: As what I learned from the water privatisation issues in Malaysia, Penang Water Authority's management on the state water supply achieves world-class standard, and of course needless to say, the best among the all states in Malaysia. Now an Umno division is demanding for change of staff within the board, not because of bad performance but out of the reason of 'tribal disproportion' within the board. What a "brilliant" proposition. This bunch of crooks are just messing up the country!

The Truth: I think after the filth that was dug out and debated about Khairy Jamaluddin's involvement in the public-listed company, Avenue Capital, and how he has been exerting his influence over many major decisions the prime minister has made (even though this may or may not be true), Khairy has upset a lot of people in Umno, especially the young and up-and-coming in Umno Youth.

So to redeem himself he conveniently uses the Chinese community as the punching bag. I think those in Umno Youth is smart enough to see through all this and would not fall into his trick of using the Chinese community to divert from those previous issue which he has not adequately explained.

Kaisim: Even on the eve of 49th year of Merdeka, the component partners in the BN are at each other`s neck when it comes to sharing the economic cake and power. The desperados are playing the racial game to gain support from the grassroots members. It looks like a game that winners take all now - no more sharing. Whatever formula that the BN partners have agreed before is now cast aside.

The leaders of the major partners are keeping quiet and not helping to calm down the issue. These are hypocrites who move with the wind. In the MCA, they praised its members and hugged and patted each other, while in Umno gathering they joined its members to lambast the partners in the coalition. How can we work together to build a prosperous Malaysia?

Pttan: Caught now between the rock and a hard place, what will MCA do? Only one course is left - no apology, no deal. Register your misgivings and reserve the right to raise this issue in the future if needed to protect the dignity and honour of the Chinese. The same words that Khairy used

Lee Seng: The clever piece from Sadirah K demonstrates that genuine visionary intellectuals fit to run the country resides outside of Umno.

On Mahathir says he's now an outcast in Umno

Peter Ooi: In spite of so many adverse comments on Dr Mahathir for his interference in Pak Lah's administration, I believe he is not wrong in doing so.

One common comment is that being a former PM, he should not criticise Pak Lah anymore. If this is true, then former football managers of England, Erickson has no right to comment on the present manager's running of the team even though the former felt that there was a flaw in the latter's way of doing things.

Besides, Dr Mahathir is now an ordinary citizen of the country. Policies of the country affect him just as much as ours. He has to pay for higher fuel price and higher food prices, just like everyone else. In fact, with his vast experience, he is in a better position to right the wrongs of the present government, if there is any.

Now, coming to offering himself as a delegate in the coming Umno general assembly, one should even respect him even more for his humility, a rare attribute of a Malaysian leader .As the saying goes, "He who humbles himself shall be exalted". On top of that, he is willing to sit at whatever seat allotted to him, another indication of his humble self.

Even though he knew that he would be shunned like a leper at the assembly, he is willing to go through it. How many of our leaders really do have the guts to go it all alone and do battle in a very hostile assembly of ungrateful 'friends'. But this man does not waiver. Really, he is made of sterner stuff! The assembly should allow him to speak his mind.

On Najib: RM10 bil to solve transport woes in KL

HHS: I refer to the above report and I would like to comment from my 20-plus years experience and observation on KL traffic jam.

I would like to specifically refer to my normal route from home to my office, i.e. along Jalan Pudu, Jalan Imbi, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Jalan Ampang, Jalan Dang Wangi, Jalan Raja Laut, then Jalan Kuching. While going home the route would be in the reverse order.

My conviction is that whenever the traffic policemen take over the function of the traffic lights, they immediately worsen the traffic flow and I would spent more time on the roads than when they just let the traffic light control the traffic flow. I can swear I reach my destination in shorter time when the traffic policemen did not override the traffic lights at the following junctions: Pudu Jail, Park Royal Hotel, Lot 10, Wisma Genting, Shangri-La Hotel, Concorde Hotel and Wisma Sime Darby.

Just imagine the DBKL spent millions of ringgit to conduct survey and then employed experts to program and installed those so-called 'Intelligent Traffic Lights', can you truly believe that those traffic policemen can be better than the experts?

My honest observation and experience is that when the traffic policemen did not override the traffic lights, the queues before the red lights are shorter, the cars took shorter time to cross the junctions. When the traffic policemen interfere with the traffic lights the queues are always longer and the cars took a very long time to cross the junctions.

The simple logic is that the traffic lights system allow all the cars to be spread out all over the places by allowing only an optimum numbers to pass each junction within a certain period of time thus fewer jams whereas the traffic policemen allow more than the optimum numbers to pass certain junctions within an arbitrary and unprogrammed period thus causing traffic jams all over the places on all the roads linking with each other.

I would suggest that the traffic policemen to stop immediately from interfering with the traffic lights except when the lights malfunction or when drivers broke the law by getting caught in the yellow boxes, in which case the policemen should issue summons to these law breakers. I am sure traffic flow would immediately improve tremendously.

On Unity hinges on mother tongue education

Jed Yoong: Perhaps it is high time the immigrant races decide whether they want to be Malaysians or Chinese, Indian, etc, etc. On one hand, they would like equal rights but they appear to be reluctant to sacrifice for the good of the nation. What is so bad about learning Malay? And what is the Chinese Malaysian 'culture' really?

I am a Chinese Malaysian but can relate more to Malaysians from all ethnic groups than the Chinese Singaporean. I can't read Chinese and have no idea what the Chinese papers are saying. Instead, I am able to read all the Malay publications. Strangely, I do not consider myself colonised. If I wish to learn more about Chinese culture then I can surely take a course on my own.

I have tried to analyse what makes me Chinese. And besides my skin colour and the superficial 'rituals', not very much. Other things like being hardworking, etc, etc, are universal. An African-American can have the exact same values as I. I am really glad that I am fluent in Malay. Actually, I feel more at ease with Malays than Chinese-educated Chinese and am actually sometimes discriminated against by the Chinese-educated because I can't speak my 'mother tongue'.

Language is the bridge between cultures, and sometimes we may have to give up something to gain something more. Perhaps the minority races should ask themselves, do they really want to be Malaysians or recreate a mostly imaginary version of their homeland here? Despite everything, I am glad that Malaysia has been a stable country with many opportunities and friendly faces.