I am very thankful that we have had many years of peace in Malaysia and I hope for it to last forever. Like many others, I cannot help but be concerned with the developments involving Hindraf and more recently the exposure of one of our ministers in being involved in what I consider an immoral act.
Many politicians in our country harp on the fact that there are some who try to disrupt the peace in this country. But peace is not merely defined as the absence of war. I think the Dalai Lama said it best:
Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. I will not remove the pain or torture inflicted on a prisoner of conscience. It does not comfort those who have lost their loved ones in floods caused by senseless deforestation. Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed and where individuals & nations are free.
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