On towards the next decade

Today is my birthday.

Gosh I thought I grew out of the whole birthday cake thing. Actually I did, but not the presents thing. I demand more presents! Will it really make a difference if I asked for it nicely?

Somebody I know found this Malaysian Singapore-hating blog, started around the time when Pedra Blanca was awarded to Singapore by the International Court. Since then that blogger has called for a boycott of various Singaporean companies and products, gave an incredible analogy of how Singapore apparently stole the rock from Malaysia, and then stalk Singaporean forums for reactions and then commenting on how we flame everything we dislike.

Okay maybe the last one is true. Although I'm sure most Malaysians, even the ones who aren't idiots who hate Singapore simply for who we are, have the tendency to want to criticise things that they don't agree with, especially when it would have to do with their country.

The last post was signed off with "If you can't accept dissenting views, you deserve to be fed propaganda and screwed. First world country, my a**!!"

I can actually accept dissenting views, not bigoted ones. What this person has written isn't something that is just different in opinion, it is completely devoid of any tolerance or any sound judgment and based entirely on his/her obstinate hatred towards the country.

What if I told you Proton was a lousy car maker just because it's Malaysian? But I wouldn't. Why? Is it because:

a) the argument is bigoted, or
b) the argument is weak as it is lacking in any solid evidence to prove the statement, and the nature of this argument has caused any arguments I would make afterward to be inevitably discredited?

Some people just simply don't deserve any support whatsoever.