Malaysia: Her right is our responsibility

My Fellow Malaysian,

"Ask what you could do to your country instead of asking what your country could do for you"

Quoting JFK, we should ask what we could do in helping this great nation solving her problem. Referring to "Women Forced to Cover Up" issue, i just want to ask what we already contribute to solve those rapping cases? What our contribution to make this nation a safer nation for our future generation? Whilst all of you arguing about your right to wear anything you like, how about this country's right to be a safer place to live in? Do we just don't care about this nation?

As most of you will point your finger to laws and laws enforcer to ensure this nation a safer place, we just now neglecting this nation's right on us. In my opinion, we can work together in ensuring this nation a safer place to live in. Firstly, we should tighten the laws such as providing heavy punishment for rapist. 20 years in prison is not enough. Even 40 years also not enough. Should we hanged all those rapist? I think it's a good idea to make it public punishment. If we couldn't install respect, we install fear in them. For some people who might seeing this as barbaric, think it again. What's more important than our safety? Our pride as civilized society?

If this civilized society promised to make a better society, i couldn't agree with that. Our current laws not even protect us. Let's take an example on drug abuse. How many drug dealers we sent to prosecution? Quite a number but still we couldn't being a drug-abuse free society. Figures of drug abuse cases and drug dealer growing fast. We might blame the demand and supply rules, the laws enforcer, the government but i can see clearly our current laws not instill fear in our criminal minds. If we sent those drug dealers to public hanging, i could ensure much of drug dealers out there really have fear over them. They will think twice to involve with drug. With fear, people are ruled. Instead we care so much about civilized society, i can see that we not valued our peaceful society.

As government done their part with the laws, how could we contribute to make rape case going down? In my humble opinion, we could start dress decently. People will argue that it's their right to dress as they like. Let's take another example: homosexual. We couldn't agree more that homosexual is totally wrong in every religion but nowadays the figures of homosexual increasing. How could this figures increasing? We couldn't say anything because it's their right. It's their right to live their life, who are we to stop them? Yes, it's their right. But one day, those "disease" will come knocking your doors and then you'll realize that how miserable it be. Your brother or sister became homosexual and your parent almost commit suicide. We wondering, why oh why this could happened to my family? why oh why my brother or sister could became a gay?

Because at first place, we not give any thought about it. "It's not my problem." That's what most people will say. Or "It's their right to live as they wish". Prevention is better than cure. Start to treat "disease" early before it became critical. Back to topic, most people still insist on their stand. Then, what if your sister or brother get rape one day? Will this problem be yours? So, how could dress decently could prevent this rape disease from infecting larger part of society? If all of you could carelessly dress all you wish, then think about people who get aroused by seeing your sexy body? "Still, it's not my problem. They should look away." kind of reaction. When those "prey" get aroused, they find smaller, easier or weaker victim. That's why we could see most of rape victim is either alone, underage, too old, isolated from public, or mentally/physically disabled. Favorite target: old women, small children, women in isolated area, blind women, retarded people. So, why don't they attacked you who showed it to them? The prey knows that you're educated, might have some skills in martial art or might have rape-prevention tools like pepper spray. So, how should you be responsible for their lost?

"Bertepuk sebelah tangan tak berbunyi". Taking good example of that idiom, we could start covered up our body with decent dress and should stopped being selfish human being. If in judgement day, what we could answer GOD if HE asked us "What you had done to prevent rape cases in your society?". You couldn't say "I don't have time." or "It's not my responsibility" while you're part of this community. If you wish not to be responsible to this society problem, then find your own island and live your life there alone. While you're in this society, fulfill this society's right by dressing decently. We might not be here to see the changes that we do today, but our future generation will be thankful to us for something so small we do now. What we do now echoes in future. What we do in life echoes in eternity.

We don't need to be a super-people by showing our body to others, we can show it by our personality and not to mention by covering your body with decent cloth, you still can look beautiful. Fashion is flexible and magical, so if they can't make ugly people look beautiful, how come they can't make covered up clothes make people look beautiful? If beautiful are decided by their looks, i guess it's too much for civilized society. We're not matured enough to be a civilized society then.

After long writing, i could conclude we work both way. Both laws and people need to be change. Don't claim on your right alone while neglecting others people right and most important, Malaysia's right. Her right is our responsibility.