Let Dr M buy over McDonald's

zenslack

http://malaysiakini.com/news/96248

'Also, what is wrong with Starbucks? It now belongs to the American bumiputera. This makes Mahathir anti-bumiputera or what?'

On 'Dr M, will you employ them in your bakery?'

Bob Sekhon: I suggest Dr Mahathir Mohamad buy over all of McDonald's and Starbucks and change their names with all the money he has got.
Is he going to give employment to all those who leave their jobs? As if there are too many jobs and not enough people to fill them in this country.
Such shallow thinking from a man who ran this country Malaysia to the ground with his bent laws and policies.
Also, what is wrong with Starbucks? It now belongs to the American bumiputera. This makes Mahathir anti-bumiputera or what?

Orang tua sudah pencen, lagi mahu kacau kehidupan orang miskin.


Political Observer: With the current economic slowdown, it is not the best of idea to call for boycott of goods produced in any country simply because it is perceived as condoning the Israeli attack on Gaza.

So far, only one politician has the sound mind to say that such a call for boycott would do nothing but just hurt our own economy, especially when the stakeholders of these American brands like McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Coca-Cola and Starbucks are anyone but local businessmen.

To call on employees of McDonald's and Starbucks to quit their jobs, as proposed by former prime minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamad is unwarranted. The question is would the Tun provide jobs for people who choose to quit their jobs on his bidding? Would he feed them and their families? And, in another instance, the Tun suggested that we should boycott everything American. The question needs to be asked whether the Tun is willing to give away everything American in his home? It would do a lot of good if he takes the first step. Instead of living in a bungalow built by US- trained architects and engineers, shouldn't he be living in a Japanese paper house?

Isn't it time that Malaysians behave with some sanity instead of going out of the way to support the cause of another country? When the tsunami hit Aceh, did the same Arab nations come forward to help in a big way?

Peter Ooi: I find that many readers are so worked up by this remark by so-called statesman Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Many painted a grim scenario if his call to boycot American products and firms. In fact, all these fears are unfounded. When Mahathir made the call he knew full well that it is almost impossible to boycot anything American and he knew of the consequences if fully implemented. All he wanted was for public attention on him. If he truly wanted to boycot Americam goods, he should have started with himself and his family.

First and formost, I notic that he likes to use jeans and most probably they are Levis. I am sure he knew that these jeans are an American product.
My suggestion is that he stops wearing jeans and forbid his family members from doing so. On top of that, he would be probably be using a GPS navigation system for his car. He should throw this GPS away because GPS are mostly operated by American satelites.  He should throw away all the TVs in his home because TVs make use of parts made by the Americans. The list goes on and on.
If he cannot do such simple deeds like ones mentioned, he should keep quiet. Otherwise, he would be seen as merely a hypocrite..

On Gaza conflict set to enter third week, ceasefire ignored

People In Pain: Regardless of what happening now, the most important thing needed for the Palestine people are medical supplies, food and other necessities.
Provide the people with the core help that is needed. But Arab countries cannot expect peace if someone keeps shooting at the Israeli people. Please, for god's sake, the Palestinian people need people who can help them - not those who only make noise. Do the right thing to help the Palestinian people in the right way.
Do not expect peace if some people, for their selfish interests, keep stirring the hornets' nest. Stop once and for all the terrorist attacks.
Focus on bringing the economy back to normal for the country to rebuild. Use brains, not brawn. It will take time but it will surely be for the good of the Palestinians.

On Getting the facts on the Palestinian issue

William: What humanitarian crisis is the writer talking about? Hamas has built infrastructure - tunnels and command centres below schools and hospitals costing billions of dollars, none of it intended to be used as a responsible governing organisation seeking peace. And they continue to fire rockets that cost tens of thousands of US dollars each, and have done so for several years. More than 800 rockets have rained down on Israel.
One should ask, ‘Where did all that money come from? Why did it not go to enrich and enhance the lives of the people of Palestine whom Hamas claims to be fighting for?'
The answer is obvious - they care more for their personal agendas than for the Palestinians who clearly have always been betrayed by their Arab brethren since 1948.
If Hamas had not pursued it's official policy to destroy Israel, there would be peace. Israel did not desire war since becoming a nation in 1948.
However, in a war, there is bound to be shortages of food, medical supplies, water, etc. That even happens in a natural disaster.
Hamas has chosen war path yet again and by deliberately firing rockets intended to kill as many Israeli men, women and children as possible. Hamas thereby provoked Israel to respond.

On Callous interpretations of Gaza conflict

Dawei Shine: In discussing the current conflict in Gaza, people like the writer tend to get overly worked up as they do not make a distinction between the Palestinian people and the radical group Hamas and between the Palestinians and the religion Islam. To equate both Hamas and Islam to Palestinians is questionable. Rallying to the side of the innocent Palestinians who are suffering as a result of the current war in Gaza is a right thing to do.

Supporting Hamas is, however, not the solution, as the group is part of the problem just as some extremist Jewish groups which are opposed to a peaceful co-existence of Jewish and Palestinian states are.

p/s: Think first before mahu boycot, guna otaklah

stormyrain

What a very lame argumnent to say Dr M just want attention and what a stupid call asking Dr M to buy over McD. The thing is I think only muslims understand their actions of boycotting US products. Perjuangan ini adalah untuk mempertahankan tanah Allah, agama Allah ...

stormyrain

jika pihak lain kata simpati mereka adalah sebab kemanusian semata-mata ... betapa mereka silap besar

iza_yuss

sape2 yg xmo boikot....diam2 dh le

sape yg nak boikot, boikot je la

yg x pueh ati ngan dr em punya stetmen kenapa ek

he just said something he thinks is the best way for shrinking the US economy that supports the israeli

so sbg muslim, x salah kita boycott utk tolong saudara se islam......

lagipon byk lagi produk local x kira muslim atau non muslim yg produce yg boleh kita guna kan?

bahaya tul ada org yg x berperikemanusiaan kat mesia ni......skali karang ngan mesia2 kena serang ngan puak2 israel plak nanti



by the way, nak tanya la kan......apa yg tuan tanah dh wat utk tlg palestinian yg suffer kat gaza sana tuh....

impiansetaman

ah, interesting. however, most of the opinion in the above said article coming from non-muslim : bob sekhon, peter ooi, dawei shine, william. i also doubt any guilty-conscience muslim could ever drink, touch or even look at starbucks and mcD right now without feeling any guilty or sort towards his suffering brothers and sisters at Palestine.

so, malaysiakini article does not really reflect the exact sentiment of muslim. it just another mere attempt to discredit Dr.M, with lame and gullible result. it just pathetic. if malaysiakini wanted to discredit dr.M, then they should do better than this.

oh, for the record tuan tanah, starbucks is the main contributor to Israelis military campaign at Palestine. even when they franchised out from US, starbucks could reap some fruits from wherever country they operating and send the money back to US. if you don't mind supporting Israelis military campaign directly or indirectly, then by all mean drink all you can at starbucks so that more money could be remit to US and Israel.

no hard feelings tuan tanah, just difference of opinion. thats all.

Muntz

Ada benda yg aku setuju dalam artikel tu. Waktu tsunami, mmg org Arab takder nya nak nolong sangat org kat sini. Yg banyak tolong pun org Barat jugek.

ros_mokhtar

boikot or not boikot, its a choice ! yg tak nak boikot lepas tu merapek yg bukan bukan yg patut diboikot

ros_mokhtar

Originally posted by Muntz at 12-1-2009 11:45 PM
Ada benda yg aku setuju dalam artikel tu. Waktu tsunami, mmg org Arab takder nya nak nolong sangat org kat sini. Yg banyak tolong pun org Barat jugek.

Pasti ke ??? or propaganda Barat lagi hebat drp propaganda pertolongan org Arab sampai org Islam pun tak dapat kesan if Arab ada tolong. Biasanya Arab tolong dr segi wang & mostly negara Arab always tak dapat publisiti meluas kalau tolong pun sbb world stereotype in western propaganda.

Read between the lines is better than not reading at all

ros_mokhtar

Originally posted by zenslack at 12-1-2009 10:27 PM
http://malaysiakini.com/news/96248

'Also, what is wrong with Starbucks? It now belongs to the American bumiputera. This makes Mahathir anti-bumiputera or what?'

On 'Dr M, will you employ th ...

Yang tulis article ni entah apa sampai kat Palestine pun belum, cuma observation & opinion dia je pada aku

Congkoloi

no offense ..
cam bongok pun ada ada orang dok pertikai benda neh ..
kalau korang taknak sokong Dr M dah la .. ni nak tanya plak "madey nak bagi ke anak depa makan minum ?"
of course la tak .. siyesli that question shows how stupid u r ..


by the way , bukan pekerjaan yang bagi rezeki kat korang ...
yakin mau penting .... sume tu dari Tuhan ... :victory:

Lordraziel

yea all muslim should stop buying american products..  i am definetely wont.

i use to eat mcdonald all the time..

now i  pretty much  avoiding them...

yea.. some people might become jobless but it a small price compare to the lives of my little brother and sister in Palestine

one big mc  = a few bullets to kill child and women there

i wont paying money to watch their hollywood product too.

fugutive

woraiitt bro.

Aku memang dah lama tak tgk wayang, aku support torrent ajer.
Hidup cetak rompak...

kashaz

klu xbrani berlapar xde gaji utk tunjuk boikot, org tu mebi xberani mati ke jalan Allah.

for me,sape boleh boikot atas nama Islam,Alhamdulillah.
sape yg masih trus bli/keja brg2 Amerika,xyah dikutuk.

reez54

u see...dalam politik ada kerajaan n ada pembangkang....dlm case ni...ada org yg sokong boikot n ada org tak sokong boikot...end of stori..semua bnda ada pasangan.....why? to complete each other...bayang kan sumer org boikot...mmg giler down economy...kan kan?so ada la pecahan 2 ni yg imbangkan balik case ni....

demonicboy

tajuk dier pun tak masuk akal

kalau dr m beli mcdonald siapa yg untung?duit beli mcdonald tu masuk poket siapa?
mana ader nak jual murah,mesti jual pun nak dpt untung kan...

aper guna boikot kalau mcm tu...??

bodoh bob sekhon ni..

lagipun dlm paper,aku baca mahathir tak suruh boikot semua made in america...ader teknologi amerika yg penting utk rakyat....kalau boikot coca cola,mc d,kfc boleh sbb byk lagi alternatif

SangSaka

Originally posted by zenslack at 12-1-2009 10:27 PM
http://malaysiakini.com/news/96248

'Also, what is wrong with Starbucks? It now belongs to the American bumiputera. This makes Mahathir anti-bumiputera or what?'

On 'Dr M, will you employ th ...

Sekali lagi aku hairan.... chinese singaporean macam dia ni sibuk pehal????

Suruh dia jaga The Great Dictactor Lee Kuan Yew yang dah nak mampus tu dah ler...

Dia ini sibuk-sibuk pasal Malaysia pehal?????

an2toncit

Mahathir attack McD sebab tu under Vincent Tan....kan meka dah tak ngam skang

teringat dulu yg PAS piket pasal team cricket israel datang Malaysia....teruk meka kene ngan FRU semua tu

houdini

Orang Cina patut bersyukur orang Islam boikot McD
Boleh la diorang makan prosperity burger puas-puas tanpa perlu beratur panjang

Bell

Owner Starbuck secara terang2an beritahu tentang sumbangan mereka kepada Zionist/Israel. Jadi wajib umat islam memboikotnya.

Dr M memang selau slam jewish. That's good.

majinn

boikot makanan,kite ade byk mknan lain halal..

boikot kete, kite ade kete jepon..

boikot baju, kite ade baju2 siam..

alternatif..

boikot parti..ade parti alternatif..ehh..silap..