(July 20, 2013 at 3:01 pm)The Germans are coming Wrote: Yet in my view it is wrong to create policies which only target a specific group of people based on their race, religion or politics because it contradicts the principles of equality enshrined in a republic. Political reforms should always be directed at sociaty as a whole otherwise it would be discriminatory.
I agree with this. I come from Malaysia, you can look up the politics there, it's race-based, and it's a freaking nightmare. It started out because the malays were poorer than the chinese, so they were given special rights. It's a very long and bloody story, but short version: we're incredibly racist, not in the sense that i hate a malay (i'm chinese) or think they're less than me, but i don't trust them. More of them are coming around to the idea of equality, but many of them are still living in fear that the minorities will take over the country and violate their "malay rights", and actively campaign against it. The minorities (chinese and indians), keep our heads down because we have no real power. The minorities pay more taxes, get less/no benefits, and government jobs are 97% malays last i checked. if you think they're a large majority, they're only 60%. I'm in favour of laws that treat all of us the same way, even though "my people" have been disadvantaged for so long, giving us special rights will only repeat history.
