Good or bad?

Recently one of my friends, in conjunction of the Raya festivities, posted a congratulatory message to fellow Muslims who are celebrating. However, in his post, he glaringly wished the best for "good" Malays, while cursing bad luck to fall on "bad" Malays.

First, let's put aside the seemingly obvious racial sensitivity here. I understand if there's a backlash towards his statement abt cursing "bad Malays" because it appears to be very discriminatory, but how much of a help will i be defending him that, on all accounts, he actually defended the "good Malays" in his eyes?

My point of this post, is not about Malay, or non-Malay. Honestly, when i saw his post, one of the first things that came to my mind is, what would he have felt if he saw a fellow Malay posting, on CNY, something like "wish all good Chinese a happy prosperous year ahead, and to all bad chinese, fuck ur arrogant ass!!!"? How would my friend feel then, tasting a pot of his own chilli?

I'm sure by writing what he wrote, he does understand that no matter what race or religion the human race is divided into, there exists both the good and bad parties. I hope he also see that, what one individual does doesn't necessarily mean that the rest of that particular group the individual belongs to did the same. That the action of one doesn't necessarily represent the ideas of the whole.

I'm pretty sure he's just angry at the government mostly, and with the main ruling party, who, naturally, belongs to the self-called "Malayan natives", the Malays. Most of the corrupt cops, civil agents, most of them, are Malay. We can be considered a minority along with Indians, as our country are full of Malays. But, are u so sure there aren't corrupt Chinese cops too? Corrupt chinese politicians, corrupt Chinese civil servants?

As a fellow chinese, i actually disapprove of what he says. It doesn't necessarily mean i'm defending the Malays nor being a coward and not daring enuff to write similar stuff. It's just....no matter what race it is...no matter whether they're purely good/purely evil, it is a poor act itself to wish harm upon others, no matter what your intentions are.

Maybe an unreasonable police officer gave u a saman before. Maybe u weren't treated fairly compared to another race, due to ur own race. But no matter what...it is simply wrong to curse other people, no matter good or bad. Come on, of the person is "bad', it will only be a matter of time before they receive their punishment. By cursing other people...you are only giving yourself bad karma. I mean...what if the things you curse happen to you? U don't want that rite? U won't be guaranteed it won't happen, just because in ur eyes u urself is a "good guy".

Who decides what is good or bad anyway?

Humans judge for themselves what is deemed good or bad. That's why rules are created, for people to follow it and to punish those who didn't. But is the line dividing "good" and "bad" really that clear cut? I can be considered "good" if i helped an old lady cross the road, but what if I'm actually an egotistical and selfish person at work, bitching here and there? Am i now completely "evil" or "bad"?

A "good" Chinese to you, can actually be a bad Chinese to someone else. It's only a matter of you ever seeing the offense or not. And a "bad" Malay can be a "good" one too, if he is loyal to his wife, which is a good thing rite? But if he ever commits any offense and u don't see it, he'll still be "good" in ur eyes for as long as u want to see...

My friend doesn't regret what he says....or at least he implies, as he doesn't mind anyone "suing" him for that statement. I didn't make any comments on it, rather, i wrote this piece stating my opinion. Is my friend "wrong" in doing so? In other's eyes, he might seem "brave". But does bravery justify what seems right, but is actually wrong?

Come to think of it, even "right" and "wrong" is as confusing as "good" and "bad".