THERE is no need for moral posturing.

The world used to watch how we walk and talk. 

We used to have influence in the world. 

We led the Non-Aligned Movement in the 1980s-90s.  

We held sway in Asean.

Even countries in the western hemisphere felt threatened when we proposed the formation of the East Asia Economic Group, a regional free trade zone.

Those were the days of high standards of morality, ethics, and integrity.

We are now disgraced by the crookedness and dishonesty of those in the corridors of power. 

None of the politicians  whose corrupt activities have been exposed have shown any remorse for their acts.

Do we still have the integrity and moral courage to guide and steer the country back to its correct path?

Yes, people who have been charged shall be presumed innocent until proven guilty.

And this applies to Najib Razak and Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

But ethics is about the moral rules governing behaviour.

Without morality and ethics, people will not not be able to live with one another.

We will not know who to trust and what to expect from others.  

Without morality and ethics, social life will not be possible.  

When we speak of people as being moral or ethical, we mean that they are good people and when we speak of them as being immoral or unethical we mean that they are bad people. 
Thus, it is shocking to note that a certain section of the rakyat have now become indifferent to right and wrong.

The resounding success of the MaluApaBossku tagline and how people crowd around Najib Razak wherever he goes is a sign of amorality.

Do these Malaysians rationalise such unethical acts as necessary to ensure their survival? 

Supported by a perceived need for security with the excuse that race and religion are being threatened, do these people rationalise such acts as justifiable? 

The end justifies the means, I suppose. – July 6, 2022.

* FLK reads The Malaysian Insight. 

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