MARCH 7 — Really KDN? Banning Ultraman?
Pray tell, how does it “memudaratkan ketenteraman awam”?
So this is what we are now. An insecure nation worried about a Japanese superhero that fights monsters.
Why stop there? Ban Godzilla, Doraemon, Power Rangers and when you are done with them, have a look at Spongebob Squarepants. Our students, who are not the sharpest tools in the shed, might get confused watching talking sponges, crabs, squids and all.
Oh, what about the X-men? No, no we cannot have Malaysians thinking they should tolerate people who are different, right? What more treat them as equals?
Imagine, what would that do to our “I'm better than you, my religion is better than yours” country?
Perhaps it is because Ultraman wears a tight, reveal-it-all costume. Would it help it we put a sarong on him so it is not so revealing down there?
I don't know.
We must have big monsters lurking behind the corridors of power, who are losing sleep thinking about fighting fictional Japanese superheroes.
From a respectable, progressive and modern society, we are now the laughing stock of the world. We will be known as the people who banned Ultraman.
I don't know about you, but I'm getting sick of these jokers. Yes, I understand that they need to create boogeymen to fight and become heroes. But fighting Ultraman is really stretching the imagination.
A word to the wise, you'd be better heroes curbing crimes. Keep cost of living low. Fight racial and religious extremism that is popping up all over the country.
Start thinking what you would do once the Federal Court hands out a verdict in the current “Allah” issue. Because no matter which way they decide, it doesn't end there.
I also have patients who requested to stay longer in the hospital because they cannot afford food at home, and also know many who are still waiting for water and electricity to reach their villages and houses. Their children wake up at 3am, walk a few hours along dark roads to go to school.
These are real problems that need addressing, not whether Ultraman is safe reading material for the Malaysian public.
Unless Ultraman was the one who stomped on Terengganu's stadium roof, or passed wind which caused the recent haze, or drank up the water in our dams in Selangor, please let him be.
Needless to say, those who believe in Ultraman should seek medical help, and not be running the country.
We don't need instructions on what to watch, how to pray, what to read. We are not the stupid ones.
* This is the personal opinion of the columnist.
