Have we Malaysians forgotten how to live like
Malysians way back before the religious fanatics took over the Government and
implemented their morals over oUR morals. SEIZE THE OPPURTUNITY IN GE14 / PRU14
AND SHOW THE SICKOS IN PUTRA JAYA NAD PAS THAT WE WILL NOT TOLERATED THEIR
BRAND OF MORAL ENFORECMENT OF OUR LIVES AND THEIR IMPOSING THEIR SICK MORAL
VALUES ON US MALAYSIAND WHO HAVE CO-EXISTED LONG BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF their SICK
SNAKE OIL SALEMANSHIP
VOTE
WISELY AND MAKE SURE THE RELIGIOUS SICKOS LOSE THE ELECTION DEPOSITS AND WHO
EVER THEY ARE IN BN, PAS OR EVEN OPPOSTION PARTIES. ANY CANDIATE WHO USE
RELIGION OR RACE SHOULD BE SHOWN THE BACK DOOR
Read
below bad things happen when we stop caring as Malaysians and maybe it will be
you like the people below
HARIZ MOHD
NST
6 MARCH 2017
A couple and their two sons, aged between 17 and 58, killed in a
house fire in USJ 2, Subang Jaya;
Feb 14: Two girls aged 7 and 10, and their family’s 29-year-old
maid killed in another house blaze in Kepong; and,
Feb 18: Eight children between 8 and 16 years old killed when a car
ploughed into them while cycling along the Middle Ring Road in Johor Baru,
Johor.
In just a span of 12 days, 15 lives were lost in three separate
tragedies, leaving their families to mourn their loss. These are memories too
painful to forget. The abrupt passing of loved ones just does that. I, too, had
lost a dear uncle in a hit-and-run accident, and several friends in road
tragedies.
As a Muslim, I believe that our lives and when and how we go are in
God’s hands. But, with all due respect to those who perished and their
families, those who share the sentiment that these incidents are rather fated,
as well as authorities investigating the cases, the human factor behind these
incidents should be a lesson for us all.
The lackadaisical attitude of Malaysians towards safety is
something that has been a bane of authorities, who have campaigned relentlessly
to create awareness so that the public will take precautions for the sake of
their safety and security. While I was covering the Feb 14 tragedy, the Federal
Fire and Rescue Department assistant director-general (Investigation Division)
Edwin Galan Teruki had, without directly disclosing their early findings into
the fires, advised the public on electrical appliance safety and the crucial
need for home owners to have smoke detectors and fire extinguishers.
“A cheap one would suffice,” he said, referring to the smoke alarm,
which was an aspect, he said, many Malaysians overlooked when it came to home
safety. But, having all this said by a fire investigator, how many of us would
actually take heed and buy them?
A 3kg powder-type fire extinguisher, the last time I checked, costs
around RM150, while a basic smoke detector costs only RM20. I consider this
cheap, compared to how many our lives and valuables are worth in the event of a
fire.
Most Malaysians have this
Attitude where they
believe that such a tragedy would never happen to them, until it does. Be they
fire, road crashes, snatch thefts and so on, many take safety and security
measures for granted.
During my years in this newspaper’s crime desk, I had come across
many cases where victims of crime and mishaps had incidents befall them due to
their own ignorance.
Examples of this attitude are easy to spot. We see them every day —
from not wearing seat belts and crash helmets, texting while driving, driving
in a dangerous manner, leaving electrical appliances switched on at all times,
carrying valuables while walking close to the road and leaving areas dirty and
just right for Aedes mosquitoes to happily breed around our houses. The same goes
in the “mosquito bicycle” tragedy.
While police have cleared the female car driver of allegations that
she was on the phone or driving under the influence when her car ploughed into
the victims, eight lives had been lost nonetheless. There should not be any
excuse for this. If the road there was dark, one should not speed in such
conditions. Parents and the community must also play their roles to ensure that
our children are safe. There must be coordinated efforts to steer our younger
generation towards a healthy lifestyle and activities, and, while we’re at it,
undertake these activities safely.
We must return to the old practice of being concerned about each
other.
The busybody or jaga tepi kain orang stigma is something that we
can do with when it comes to safety and security. The Malaysian community must
look out for each other. If not us, who?
Having said this, while we believe that what is fated by God is
bound to happen no matter what, we must not forget that God also wants us to
take care of ourselves.
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