Monday, September 6, 2010

Insensitive or over-sensitive?

Read in the papers today that a TV3 Hari Raya advertisement was pulled off the air due to a Malay pakcik resembling Santa Claus riding a sleigh up in the sky! Is TV3 being insensitive or just some people being oversensitive? Well... I am definitely not the person to decide (though I have my own thoughts) since some will sure say I haven't the credentials to open my mouth. Perhaps other Malaysians can see the ad for themselves and decide.

Anyway, here's the lyrics of the ad:

Syawal menjelma,
Memutik detik riang,
Doa dan ampun
maaf di pinta.

Lebaran Ini,
Memberi sinar-suci,
Ramadhan,
Penuh kemuliaan,

Kegembiraan, Ketenangan, Kesabaran Menanti Lebaran

Kita teguhi keimanan,
Di Syawal ini,

Sinar Lebaran,
Di hiasi berwarna - warni,

Selamat - Selamat Hari Raya
Selamat - Selamat Hari Raya.


and the lyrics in Jawi:

شوال منجيلم،
مموتيق دتيق رينڬ،
دعا دان امڤون
معاف د ڤينتا.

ليبرن اين،
ممبري سينر-سوچي،
رمضان،
ڤنوه كمولياان،

كڬمبيراان، كتنڠن، كصبرن مننتي ليبرن

كيت تڬوهي كايمانن،
د شوال اين،

سينر ليبرن،
د هياسي برورنا - ورني،

سلامت - سلامت هاري راي
سلامت - سلامت هاري راي.


And then there is this Cina fella called Namewee whose favorite past time is to rap and swear, and in general gets the wrath of all "sensitive" Malaysians. Personally, I don't fully disagree with his video contents but seriously this guy needs an attitude adjustment. To me, it's really padan muka for him if he gets into trouble. Nevertheless, aside from the vulgar words I don't find anything too offensive with his latest video. It's just another expression of anger towards a allegedly racist principal.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

For an alternative view of the ad, visit http://obefiend.blogspot.com/2010/09/departure-3-iklan-raya-tv3-2010-sebuah.html

R.A.S said...

Over-sensitive would be my say! At times I just don't get what the heck is playing in the minds of these people..Come on, with the 1Malaysia concept, memangler Santa Claus datang!