tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643514770590342301.post5810746281393915248..comments2023-08-14T20:07:51.378+08:00Comments on <center>presentable, logical</center> <center>VEGETABLE</center>: Do We Really Want The Best and The Brightest?Zaki Samsudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18252385881886321706noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643514770590342301.post-57435381364825067532010-03-02T22:52:53.371+08:002010-03-02T22:52:53.371+08:00Brother Bubu,
Appreciate your comments, as always....Brother Bubu,<br />Appreciate your comments, as always. About followership, I think that relates to another of my confusing ideas (not mine entirely or originally) that voters are not necessarily rational which is the basis of my criticism against the "one man one vote" doctrine; something that I've written about before.<br /><br />Anon 10:03,<br />Thanks for dropping by. I don't know personally the three guys who are behind IDEAS but I respect their views as articulated by the many essays/articles written by them. I guess it's easy to criticise them as feudal considering their family and educational backgrounds but let's be fair to them and appreciate the fact that they are doing something good for the country.Zaki Samsudinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18252385881886321706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643514770590342301.post-27943508585693095562010-03-02T22:03:34.820+08:002010-03-02T22:03:34.820+08:00interesting views! i'm sure u r aware of a new...interesting views! i'm sure u r aware of a new thinktank in town, institute of democracy and economics (something like that). read about the people behind it and their glorious opening ceremony few weeks back. feudal! damn feudal!!! that's all i say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643514770590342301.post-2435629133181740852010-03-02T01:43:34.347+08:002010-03-02T01:43:34.347+08:00Slm w.b.t.
Interesting indeed. In reference to An...Slm w.b.t.<br /><br />Interesting indeed. In reference to Anon, 10:08, I also did remembered you said that in class.<br /><br />Also, another issue that is not to be left aside is followership. I've read several articles/books regarding this when I was completing an assignment and found it very interesting and we often forget this element when we talk about leadership/govern system etc. <br /><br />Would love to hear a piece of ur thoughts in the coming posts i'Allah.Mr Bubuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02017105608943161777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643514770590342301.post-51928023280545616632010-03-01T00:34:11.492+08:002010-03-01T00:34:11.492+08:00Mr. bluntly sharpened,
Thanks for dropping by. Th...Mr. bluntly sharpened,<br /><br />Thanks for dropping by. The Prophet SAW was indeed a remarkable man. For me personally, one of important characteristics he had was his willingness to share the burden and struggle just like anyone else. He was a leader who was revered and respected yet he was always down-to-earth and never demanded or expected any of his followers to worship him.Zaki Samsudinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18252385881886321706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643514770590342301.post-15390160313630323642010-02-28T01:00:06.793+08:002010-02-28T01:00:06.793+08:00Anon 10:08, 24/2/2010,
Thank you for your brief co...Anon 10:08, 24/2/2010,<br />Thank you for your brief comments. Yes, at some point in the future I would like to explain further that particular 'confusing idea'. :)<br /><br />Anon 09:27, 25/2/2010,<br />Thank you for your comments. While there are many things I believe we can agree with, there are a few others where our opinions clearly differ. Firstly, I do believe structural and institutional reforms are important. What we have seen in India and also in Indonesia in the last decade are reforms in their respective democratic mechanisms that I believe are pre-requisites to a more sustainable and equitable development. On that note, I have to disagree with your views on empires in the past. Of course they achieved many great things, but underlying all these achievements were untold and countless tales of oppression and sufferings of the common people. These authoritarian models of leadership and governance are no longer relevant in the 21st century. On your views about Dr.Mahathir, any objective person would surely salute him as a leader and acknowledge his achievements. I agree his rise to the country's premiership from relatively humble background is what made him somewhat unique. However, I do believe on quite a number of things, he overdid things and these were done at the expense of democraty. And much of the mess that we have today on various social-political areas are indeed his legacies. I would be happy to explain more these points in future postings inshaAllah.<br /><br />Thanks for dropping by.Zaki Samsudinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18252385881886321706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643514770590342301.post-9168332934820407492010-02-28T00:41:17.795+08:002010-02-28T00:41:17.795+08:00In my humble opinion... it all boils down to empat...In my humble opinion... it all boils down to empathy :) Good people who are able to empathize can make great leaders if they want to...<br /><br />But of course, that trait is only one from the many a good leader should have (others being for e.g. integrity, sternness, efficient, honesty, etc.)<br /><br />In the end... in our times especially... to be a good leader... one just needs to refer :) And I know this might sound 'skema' and text-book and also to some, naive... but if we look at the traits adorned by the prophet muhammad (pbuh), then one need not look any further... as all the necessary examples have already been set by himbluntly sharpenedhttp://www.google.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643514770590342301.post-55787447559263998302010-02-25T09:27:03.795+08:002010-02-25T09:27:03.795+08:00It's interesting that you mentioned Mr. Manmoh...It's interesting that you mentioned Mr. Manmohan Singh of India.Like any post-colonial nation-state,He has a mountain to climb in order to make his country prosperous and slash the poverty rate to record low.With a population of more than 1 billion,(in the next 30 years, India will overtake China as the most populous nation in the world)it is not an easy task.Currently India is wasting golden chances to move the country forward by spending too much time to become democratic.Well-intentioned and noble efforts to move the country forward were buried deep in the sands of bereaucracy.<br />One of the reason is that India boosts herself by being the world largest democracy and so proud of it that they forget to find the best man on how to create and distribute the wealth equally with a huge population they have where half of them live in the slums. <br />A country just need a good governance to progress,it does not necessarily Malaysian style democracy or China's Communist Republic.In the past, before the birth of democracy,The were myriad of empires were govern successfully and effectively and made so much progress in arts and sciences without using the tool of democracy. <br />The point that I trying to make is that you just need to have the RIGHT people to govern,not the systems. The systems or the forms are just vehicles to go where you envisioned the country to move.Be it parliamentary system, absolute monarchy,socialist communist,Republic etc; as long as the people in charge know how and what need to be done to improve the life of its people then the country is in the right track to prosper.<br />In Malaysia Mahathir seems the best we had out of 6 Prime Ministers that governed Malaysia for the past 52 years.He was the first 'commoner' to reach the pinnacle of power.His father just a school teacher.<br />Before him,if you are not coming from an elite aristocrats family;with the like of Tun Razak, Tun Dr. Ismail, Tun Hussein Onn or having royal lineage within your family trees (Tunku, Ku Li), there is no way you can be admitted into that elite club who have the power to chart the course of the country after the British left.<br />Luckily for him,he slipped into that club with the risk he took in the form of 'The Malay Dilemma'which almost landed him in jail.Before that book and the letter he wrote after the May 13 riots, he was nobody in Malaysian politics.It took the humility and intelligence of Tun Razak to spot his talent and promoting him thus ignoring his humble family origin.<br />It was the maverick side of Mahathir that made the country where it is today.Before him,all the prime ministers were playing safe.There weren't significant growth and progress.In the space of 23 years,with an intense desire to modernise the country,he blazed all the trails and destroyed pretty much anyone or institutions who stood in his way to make his fream comes true.<br />He took all the risks that need to be taken in order to fulfill his vision.The repurcussions of it have now come back to hunt him after he retired.And he's got his hands full to overcome it.It looks like he struggles a bit.That's what we call a leader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643514770590342301.post-77199679268940914322010-02-24T22:08:45.345+08:002010-02-24T22:08:45.345+08:00i remember u said once in class something like the...i remember u said once in class something like the best person to be a leader is someone who doesnt want to be a leader. one of your confusing ideas that i think is related to what u wrote here. maybe u should explain more. salaam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com