In a response to Akmal’s swipe against former Penang deputy chief minister P Ramasamy, Rajiv offered to buy Akmal a coffee and have a chat over the hot topic of vernacular schools. “Insulting those with different views is certainly not the path towards national unity.

“Before shooting down decades of successful vernacular education, to which might I point out, SJKC schools are the most multiracial schools today compared to national schools (SK), why don’t you engage everyone in dialogue?  

“If your motivation is to stir and rile up your supporters, showing your racial credentials, then I guess you’ll keep spewing this kind of statements,” said Rajiv (above) in a statement. He said that if Akmal was sincere about national unity, then a civil dialogue was the way forward.

“Talk to the political parties and NGOs who feel strongly about vernacular schools and understand where they are coming from. “The responsibility of the success of this unity government to be the government for all Malaysians is equally on both of us.

RimauTongkatAli : People such as Akmal cannot be reasoned with as their sole platform is based on 2Rs. He will have nothing if the 2Rs are taken away and he would be jobless. Rajiv should not be wasting any good coffee on people like Akmal.

Aristo : Honestly why are our vernacular schools educating the Malays when we are thrown insults by arrogant Malays like Akmal and blaming our vwrnacular schools for dividing the country.

If it’s true that his children are being educated in a Chinese school then they should be kicked out of the school as private funding vernacular schools shouldn’t be wasting our money on them.

Vijay47 : What kind of rubbish are you talking, Rajiv Rishyakaran, suggesting that you and Muhamad Akmal Saleh meet and “talk over coffee”? You should be aware that creatures such as this Muhamad Akmal Saleh are products of a Malay political system of strange habitat.

And you want to talk to him? People like Muhamad Akmal Saleh survive only because he is part of a, yes, formidable, vicious, bullying political machine, not because of any inherent strength, integrity, and honour.

Take away his crutches, privileges and his quotas, he will be reduced to struggling bewilderedly on Chow Kit pavements just to live. And you want to talk to him? Other than our Tunku, has there been a single Malay leader either side of the fence who was sincerely concerned with the wellbeing of a nation we all toiled to build?

I readily concede that Pasir Gudang’s Hassan Abdul Karim is an occasional but welcome flower in an arid desert, and less often, perhaps Zaid Ibrahim. So who can you name? Anwar Ibrahim? Please, don’t make me laugh on a Monday morning.

By and large, Malay politicians have only two goings going for them. The first is to exploit almost every government project to see what they could rape for themselves despite loud cries of Bangsa dan Agama. Next quiz question – Name me one poor Malay political leader, even those not flying to London for month-long vacations.

Their second specialty is to keep begging for more and more, an endless plea that the prime minister fulfills with much mercy and compassion. And if that fails, they can always supply ships to the Navy. No, Rajiv Rishyakaran, one does not treat morally bankrupt politicians with kid gloves.

To do so would only encourage such uneducated, coarse creatures since they do not have the faculties to think and reason. Instead, show them the mailed fist and let them have a generous taste of it come what may. I just cannot believe, Rajiv, that you want to have coffee with that Muhamad Akmal Saleh. (Needless to say, this is the sanitized version!)

I agree with you, Rajiv Rishyakaran, that you should have coffee with Muhamad Akmal Saleh, that up-and-coming Malay statesman who is trying so hard to foster a truly united Malaysia under the able leadership of our beloved Anwar Ibrahim. Not only that, you should even have lunch and dinner with him. It is my hope that this suggestion towards racial harmony does not suffer the fate of deletion that my two earlier posts earned. One after 8 likes.