Ada Apa Dengan Babi
For about a week Malaysians are bombarded with all kinds of shit regarding the Sepang pig farm issue. It starts off as an announcement made by the current Selangor state government of a high tech pig farm to be build in Sepang.
The state government champions this proposal claiming that this farm will be the envy of all pig farms nationwide. Using state of the art technology from Germany, it is claimed to be the first pig sty in Malaysia to emit zero pollution. If there is such thing a zero pollution farm then I believe the proposed pig sty will be much cleaner and environmentally friendlier than the Selangor SUK building and the homes of Selangor assemblymen and women combined. Further it is also stated that the pigs of the farm will enjoy air conditioning, a perk never dreamed by its fellow brethren. Damn lucky pigs.
This issue got its place on the centre stage of the Malaysian mainstream media not because of its effect and relation to the environment (most Malaysians couldn’t be bothered about environment in the first place) but do to the socio-religio-political value of the topic.
Pigs, pork and its sty are three things which can be considered as one of the sensitive issues in this country. It is classified as such not because we Malaysians, in particular Malay Muslims, have any grudge or vendetta against these helpless creatures of God as Teresa Kok once said, “Saya selalu mengingatkan kawan-kawan di dewan Rakyat bahawa babi itu kan makhluk tuhan juga”. It is considered as a sensitive issue due to the fact that Malay Muslims which form the bulk of the Malaysian citizens consider the three things as an affront to their Malay-Islamic way of life and the project proposal as an indirect challenge against the Malays.
Race and religion form the most significant part of a society. It differentiates one society from another. Each has its own uniqueness and characteristics that is jealously guarded by its members. No two societies can collide without producing social friction and when this friction enhances, sparks are produced. Unless the friction is mitigated there is possibility that the sparks will cause fire which will then engulf all but none. Due to inevitability of such socio friction the best way for societies to live together is to compromise with each other. However in this ‘Pig’ issue I can see that all quarters are not acting in the way to reach a compromise but only confrontation.
It is amusing to see such issue be politicised. The funniest of all would be an article posted in a web site called Tranungkite. Below is an excerpt of that article:-
“Seperkara lagi perlu disebutkan bahawa usaha ini adalah di bawah pembiayaan swasta. Kerajaan negeri hanya menyediakan tapak projek. Orang-orang bukan Islam perlukan daging babi sementara kita perlukan air yang bersih dan persekitaran yang nyaman. Bukankah projek ini satu kompromi yang amat hebat untuk rakyat negara ini?” (Read whole article)
The above extract can be summarised as follows:-
Statement #1: Non Muslims need pork
Statement #2: Muslims need clean water and refreshing environment.
Deduction: Build a RM100 million pig farm in Selangor, in particular Sepang which area is domiciled in majority by Malay Muslims.
Aiseh… who do you want to fool la. Even fools would not fall for such lame argument. Nobody will ever agree to be built pig farm near their homes. Even the pork lovers will not allow it. If the farm is as environmentally friendly as they claim then perhaps they should be its neighbours living near it as a public gesture to show the truth of what they are claiming.
Let us all be civilised and try solve this matter in the most amicable way possible for the benefit of the Rakyat. Ostensible insensitivities disrespect and kiasuism practised by some Malaysian politician must not be allowed to continue. Living in a multi racial country demands us to respect and be tolerant of each other. But do bear in mind that toleration too has its own limit.
All in all, I have to say that “tak ada apa-apa dengan babi. Yang ada hanyalah babi yang dipolitikkan”.
agree with you on this issue lar asril.
walaupun aku tidak memakan itu babe, tidak menyentuh itu babe yadda yadda yadda.
i worked with chinese and indians for the past 2 years and somehow i understand something la: we need to respect other ppl’s religion. not only we do demand respect from them, they do too demand respect from us too. as at the end of the day, although we all have different beliefs, we all share the same air, earth, etc. dunia ni satu jugak.
kita dok gado pasal si babe nih. little do we aware cmana mereka juga tersinggung biler kita terang terangan membela lembu (yang dikira sbg sacred for the hindus and the buddhists). bagi kita tu ok je tapi diorang pun terasa juga.
memang la malays are the majority citizens in malaysia. takleh deny that fact. tapi kena juga faham that there are others as well.
ni laa namanya “trying to divert attention over serious matter”. nak divert ppl’s attention over other things so that mereka tak pikir ttg isu mayjah.
macam laa mak tak tau………
uish siap ade gambar tu! hihi. tp sekarang rase free sikit utk sebut ‘babi’ kan? dulu kalau refer babi as babi cam rude so kita panggil khinzir etc. now everywhere org sebut je perkataan ‘babi’ tu. takyah segan2. hehe..
btw, mama tgk gambar sufiah kat blog dia. abisla..heh.
Mapuh kerah.. huhu..
I think its time to start with the more organised pig farm as the best solution. This is one way for the non-muslim who cannot live without pork, to do it discretely.
As a respect to all muslim, only this form of centralised farming will lessen their discomfort.
This farm (if as reported) is also environmental-friendly. If environment is the main issue, then do something for other open-air farms too.
heheh..mapuh kerah..hehehehhe..
suke ah bace blog abang asril. at least boley ah be updated dengan issue kat malaysia…no comment on the ‘babi issue’ itself.
Ish2 kesian babi ni dipolitikkan..kalo babi2 tue boleh bercakap agaknya apala yang dorang pikir, mgkn cakap ‘apa dosa aku sbg b*bi?
Hehehe just joking :p