With respect to Fairplayer and his ideas about bumi-bashing , his observations and conclusions are totally out of context and distorted. The non-bumiputra in Malaysia, as well as those living abroad, have mostly kept their silence on the issue because they understand the need for preferential treatment to bumiputras.

Since independence, the issue has never been whether the bumiputras are to be helped but how and at what price instead.

The crux of the matter is that the majority of the protestors against the past and current affirmative action policies are that the benefits accrue to too few bumiputras and cost the country way too much. The fact is that the policies have done little or worsened the situation rather than improved it.

While income and occupation of bumiputras have changed, it does not mean they have caught up or improved. Higher income and changed profession as a result of overall economic growth and protectionist policies and declining standards does not show that bumiputras have improved in respect to the real global world. In fact every indication says they have not.

Statistics shows that 90 percent of bumiputras have not caught up in income with the non-bumiputras over the last 20 years. Under a preferential policy, this can only mean that the real income gap has only widened and we do not really know by how much. Educational statistics shows the gap between real educational and skills attainment is even wider than before.

The truth is the critics are fearful that the policies not only have achieved nothing but could be self-destructive. The non-bumiputras are not afraid or resentful of preferential treatment for bumiputras. They are only afraid that the policies not only achieve nothing but may destroy us all.

Critics of the current policies are not bumi-bashing or charging discrimination (although it exist on all sides) but are fearful of too high a cost of passivity. The fact of the matter is that non-bumiputras have accepted their second-class status to the detriment of the Malaysian society. They have been overwhelming apathetic about their rights. This is akin to standing still while watching their neighbour burn his own house down.

Fairplayer's observations and conclusion lacks critical analysis and real evidence. His details are merely anecdotal and extrapolated from minor facts.