Let's Shoot the Idiots

Some idiots just doesn't have the rights to say anything la. Any of you guys heard of Malaysian Linguistic Association (Malas)? Not me... Not before their stupid president make a very funny comments recently. Are the association really exists? Or it's just another association that exists just to give people like their president (Ambi Mohan) a freaking title. So he can go like "Hi,my name is Ambi. I'm the President of Malas". Huhh... Terbukti malas (it's lazy in English) la diorang nih. I've tried to google them but there's no websites of the association. Malas tul... ehehe...

Oh yeah, some of you may know what I'm rambling about, but for those who doesn't know I'll paste here the article from NST written by Amir Muhammad in his columns. It really show that this association have a very stupid president (just like America? ooppss :D).
I just wanna to paste the link but NST have take out all article that was published more than 1 week. So here's the articles.

Article 1:

New Straits Times
04 May 2006
Amir Muhammad

Linguists call for ‘Da Vinci Code’ ban

THE Malaysian Linguistic Association (Malas) has echoed calls by other parties to ban the controversial movie The Da Vinci Code.

The film is an adaptation of a best-selling novel that deals with some aspects of the Christian faith. But the objection by Malas has nothing to do with theology because "we don’t even know who Theo is", says its president Ambi Mohan.

The association’s chief objection is, instead, linguistic.

"For too long we have sat by and allowed language to be polluted but we have decided that enough’s enough. The Da Vinci Code should be banned because we don’t want to encourage youngsters to use ‘da’ as a lazy shorthand for ‘the’.

"We see this in rap lyrics," he claims.

"All this talk about ‘hanging out with da hoes’. You should be hanging out with THE hoes. This sort of begs the question of why someone would want to ‘hang out’ with gardening implements to begin with, but I am not here to question lifestyle choices, merely spelling, grammar and semantics."

He said the association might reconsider its protests if the filmmakers changed its name to The The Vinci Code.

"But even this is problematic because having two ‘thes’ in a row look ugly. So the film should be called The Vinci Code."

The film’s producers could not be reached for comment.

Oh man... Did he ever heard of Leonardo Da Vinci. Oh, maybe it's Leonardo The Vinci. Muahahahah... And what's with the example? 'hanging out with THE hoes' hehhehe... Aku yg english berterabur nih pon malu la nak ngaku ko president persatuan linguistik. Cis...

Article 2:

News Straits Times
11 May 2006
Amir Muhammad

Linguists seek Harry Potter ban

FRESH from its controversial call to ban The Da Vinci Code (NST, May 4), the Malaysian Linguistic Association (Malas) is once more taking aim at a pop-cultural institution be- loved of bourgeois readers.

Its president Ambi Mohan wants the final Harry Potter book banned. What’s unusual about this is that the book has yet to be published! The seventh and last instalment of British writer J.K. Rowling’s franchise about a boy wizard is due out only in July 2007 and does not even have a confirmed title yet.

"There’s nothing wrong with asking for something to be banned before we can fully ascertain its contents," he says while adjusting his trademark bow-tie. "This read-before-you-judge concept is very Eurocentric and not suited to our tropical climate."

The association’s objection to Harry Potter is not merely linguistic this time, but in the interest of national security.

"As a patriotic Malaysian, it is my duty to speak up," he says. "My sister Anadil, who attended a charity dinner hosted by an anti-drug foundation, told me that ‘pot’ is slang for marijuana. Therefore I suspect that Harry’s surname of Potter indicates that he is a drug addict. Potter means he specialises in pot, just as a ‘fighter’ is someone who fights and ‘forester’ someone who deals with forests. You’d need to be a linguist to figure this out."

Ambi confirms that he has no solid evidence to back this claim "but the data that we have is highly persuasive. Only a drug addict would imagine he is a wizard who can fly and disappear and perform magical tricks.

These things cannot happen in reality as they defy the laws of Physics, which I studied at secondary school. Also his initials are HP which can stand for Hemp Promotion."

He has another theory. "The reason why this final Harry Potter book is shrouded in mystery is that the author does not want to reveal its drug content. She knows this will cause the book to be banned in Malaysia (a very important market for the books) so she is keeping quiet.

I think the final book will reveal that Harry gets his amazing powers by smoking ganja, tooting on joints and firing up doobies!" he says and starts to giggle uncontrollably.

Rowling and her publisher could not be reached for comment although we really tried.

Hahaha.. this one even better. The reason not merely linguistic but it's for national security. Aper la alasan ko nih... Do you afraid Harry Potter will be You Know Who allied and use their power to attack our beloved country. Oh, for God sake, shut your stinking mouth la. Don't get me started to his alasan using word 'pot' as the reason to why we should ban the book.

I found this somewhat funny and it's too good to be true la. Amir, what you have against this Ambi by the way? or is it just you pon tak tahan dengan komen2 mangkuk nih. eheh...

Say what? Ughhh geramnya...