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2003-06-19 Southeast Asia
Mahathir’s verdict: you’re greedy, sexual deviants
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Posted by Paul Moloney 2003-06-19 04:45 am|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 He must be a Woody Allen fan.
Posted by someone 2003-06-19 04:59:28||   2003-06-19 04:59:28|| Front Page Top

#2 this isnt only the usual muslim raving about sex. Muhatir had a powerful political opponent some years back, whom he accused of sodomy. So the sexual deviancy thing is a political tool, and this is probably an oblique reference to his political opponent.

Malaysia is "moderate", cause he needs to trump up a charge like that to put someone in prison - cant just shoot them in the middle of the night, or even imprison them for crimes against the state. And of course he lets the local Chinese live unmolested - and has cracked down on Al qaeeda affiliated Salafist loonies. Not everyone who is threatened by Islamic fundamentalism is a friend of the west - but then we already knew that - whats off about Mahatir is that hes muslim and strongly anti fundie and also strongly anti-western and anti/liberal and yet not Baathist/secularist. Dont know of any equivalent combination anywhere else quite like him
Posted by liberalhawk 2003-06-19 14:27:47||   2003-06-19 14:27:47|| Front Page Top

#3 What we call incest is not regarded as serious by them.

However, we do take a dim view of old men buying and marrying nine year olds, so we can't be all that bad, can we?
Posted by Steve White  2003-06-19 14:39:57||   2003-06-19 14:39:57|| Front Page Top

#4 I would flee if I were one of his friends. Just remember what Muhammad did to the Jewish tribe who had succoured him when he was cast from Mecca: he killed all the men and all the boys who had pubes, the women (and part of the remaining boys) were raped and shared between him (he got one fifth of everything) and his soldiers, sae thing for the lands and the gold. So if you are not a Muslim and Malathir call you a friend kill the bastard if you can and flee as fast as possible if you can't.
Posted by JFM  2003-06-19 15:14:49||   2003-06-19 15:14:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Liberalhawk said, "Dont know of any equivalent combination anywhere else quite like him"

You'd be safe calling him a proto-fascist.
Dr. Mahathir is an anti-Semitic, ethnic demagogue who favors Malays over Chinese and Indian Malaysians, Anti-individualist, anti-modern/Western, cult of personality, terrible state security apparatus (ISI). This is the fascist part of Islamo-fascism.
Posted by Pink & Fluffy 2003-06-19 16:27:06||   2003-06-19 16:27:06|| Front Page Top

#6 This guy Mahathir is moderate in the sense that he only hates our guts - the extremists both hate our guts and actually act on that feeling. I think he's also a tad parochial - much of modern Malaysia is shaped by Western values - of equality of the sexes, the right to vote, the right to free expression and freedom of religion. None of these values existed in Malaysia, until the Britain's empire-builders enforced them on Malaysia's principalities.
Posted by Zhang Fei  2003-06-19 18:40:01||   2003-06-19 18:40:01|| Front Page Top

#7 "....accusing them of warmongering, indiscriminate attacks on Muslims, greed, and sexual deviancy."
Well, one out of four isn't bad. On the other hand, I'm not too eager to see a wall pushed over on my local hair stylist. Guess I'd make a bad muslim.
Posted by Secret Master  2003-06-19 19:38:05|| [www.budgetwarrior.com]  2003-06-19 19:38:05|| Front Page Top

#8 Sounds like he's jealous...

"The culture and the values which they will force us to accept will be hedonism, unlimited quest for pleasure, the satisfaction of base desires, particularly sexual desires."

Ohhh..."forced" to accept it...yaas...that's it...Honestly Fatima, I didn't go in that gay bar voluntarily, these two sweaty leather clad stud-muffins forced me to my knees and then...
Posted by Watcher 2003-06-19 19:38:41||   2003-06-19 19:38:41|| Front Page Top

#9 Marriage between male and male, between female and female are officiallly recognised by them.

Phew! He had me worried there for a minute. I'm glad he's just talking about Canada.

Posted by tu3031 2003-06-19 19:51:48||   2003-06-19 19:51:48|| Front Page Top

#10 Putting his foot in his mouth? This isn’t new for the good “Dr.” as he spouts off every now and then.

Remember, his family immigrated to Malaysia from Pakistan and he is not ethnic Malay. Maybe that contributes to his constant vitriol against the West.

As for Malaysia itself, a friend of mine is an engineer there. It’s a great country with wonderful beaches, beautiful women and friendly people.

But A lot of people tout Malaysia as a successful example of a moderate Muslim state, but I beg to differ. I was reading somewhere that up to 75% of Malaysia’s wealth is held by ethnic Chinese, most of whom are located in KL, which is a really nice city. The rest of the country is quite poor and Islamic fundamentalism is pretty ripe, contrary to Mahatir’s purported claims. As someone mentioned above, the Chinese are not treated too well and ethnic tensions run pretty high. So much for our “model” moderate Muslim state.
Posted by SL 2003-06-19 23:23:52||   2003-06-19 23:23:52|| Front Page Top

#11 AWAS! Watch out for the august Datuk Seri Doctor Mahathir Mohamad! Ever notice how when folks list the 9/11 borg they say that most of them came from Saudi land? Ever wonder where the other two came from? I'm certain that one of them came from Malaysia (I had a bizarre conversation with him when I lived there)

Sexual deviancy? Read Raped, Draped and Relegated.

Sodomy? Datuk Dude, look out your window. Why so many pondans and kupu-kupu malam walking the street?

Greed? Datuk, where is the 5 billion you scammed from the Hong Kong & Shanghai bank and Bank Bumi?
Posted by parallaxview 2003-06-20 03:26:54||   2003-06-20 03:26:54|| Front Page Top

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