Thursday, November 17, 2005

News

Since the time Benjamin Day invented the Daily Sun, newspaper has been a source of information for the general public. It should have been the greatest invention of the 19th century as it was the beginning of mass culture, mass media, mass opinion and mass movements. With it, spotting events of the greatest interest to the greatest number emerged as a skill and a profession.

Of late, there has been some news which is of great interest amongst the Malaysian public. The most famous one is being the marriage between a certain Joshua and Jessie. This would appear to be a seemingly harmless and plainly uninteresting piece of news. Except for the tiny bit of fact that Jessie until 3 years ago used to be known as Jefferey! On top of that, the marriage was quite a lavish affair. More than a million ringgit was used by the couple for the whole event. 700K goes to the purchase of a bungalow, 300K goes to a brand new car and around 100K goes to the wedding reception.

Being the first communion of such sort in Malaysia, it definitely wagged the tongues of every Ram, Kerk and Ali. From mamak stalls to the cabinet ministries, everyone had their own comments. One of the minister actually announced in the daily that such a marriage is not legalized under the Malaysian constituency. According to him, marriages are based on the individuals identity card (or more commonly known as IC). In this case, eventhough the bride had a full blown operation to become a woman, the sex in the IC would still indicates that the person is a male. (Males have IC numbers ending with an odd number. Females have even numbers). He added that eventhough the marriage was solemnized by the church (3 pastors from 3 different sect attended the event) Malaysia will not recognize a marriage of the same sexes.
Some of the more disparaging comments from the public would be to the likes of "You think they can DO IT ar?". "Waseh...the bride has an adam apple lor." The more intelectually challenged ones would pass comments like "Does a sex change operation install a womb inside?". "Does she still have a winkie?" I'm not sure who to pity. The couple for having to withstand all these brickbats or all the jokers who made the comments.

Why can we not just look at it the way it is supposed to be? Two people who are in love and who are so willingly to share their love and their lives together. Does it matter if the couple are both males or both females? Some people prefer coffee, others are just plain tea drinkers. Some prefer sausages for breakfast others like bacon to go with their eggs. Just let them be and wish that they have a happy and eventful life together. Even if you cannot, at least respect them for having the guts to openly proclaim their love and commitment towards each other...

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

yes, agreed. if they decided 2 spend the rest of their lives together, basically is none of our business. if they can, do u think they like to get married under pressure? they just hope to get acceptance, so if u cant giv yo blessing then just keep yo mouth shut.

10:27 AM  
Blogger william wilstroth said...

actually marriage is a holy matrimony thing... if parents accepted oredy... why people complain so much...

i wouldn't mind if my neighbour is filled homos or lesbians... if their are nice neighbours and dun make noise or dirty the apartment.. then i am fine...

people have their own life... i think sometimes Malaysian have to look at themselves before saying other people... as though they themselve are good...

gay or no gay, lesb or no lesb... i am fine with my friends...

10:48 AM  

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