It is normal that any good speakers received large crowd to hear their speeches.The crowd need not be coaxed with free bus ride and goodies. I was astounded to read the statements made by our leaders in these few days.
The first is a statement made by our DPM who said ‘ it was up to the public to decide the (truth) of the accusations levelled against the National Feedlot Centre (NFC)’. This was made after the many accusation on the so-called ‘kondo lembu’. A friend formerly from UM quipped ‘his batch that time was quite teruk’.
The next was the youth and sports Deputy Minister answer in Parliament when asked why Indonesians were hostile towards the Malaysian football team during the SEA Games.The answer simply ‘the opposition posioned the Indonesian fans to vent their fury on the Malaysian football team’. My maid said ‘the Indonesion crowd shouted ‘maling’ or ‘pencuri’ because they were frequent victims of ‘kena pau’!
Yesterday, MB Pahang addressed a group of Uitm undergraduates advising them to think rationally and not too critically.The MB must understand that he was speaking to undergraduates and encouraging them to use less of their brain was an act of stupidity. The problem is that the speech contain elements of politic and delivered by a politician.He should advised the undergraduates to think positively,creatively, analytically and critically or on a higher note to practice lateral thinking or to read ‘Six Thinking Hats’ by the famous authority on creative thinking Dr Edward De Bono.In this way it will encourage our undergraduates to be thinking out of the box and not to be ‘katak di bawah tempurung’.Our undergraduates are so used to the ‘don’t do’ syndrome from small until they are grown up!.
Former leaders did not go to universities but they command a large crowd when they give speeches.Not surprisingly many tucked their well written speech in their pockets and spoke freely on common issues. Nowadays smart leaders shun away from politics because they are not winnable (ie no money) candidates.
