'I'm torn on this one. I respect Namewee for having the guts, honesty and good sense to cancel this event and avoid provocation. It's one thing for grown-ups to express opinions, but I don't want to give the thugs an opportunity to respond with bravado on the streets.'

College cancels Namewee's gig set for tonight

Kazakh: It's really disheartening to learn that the New Era College is backing down on this due to its fear that the Perkasa mob would create trouble. Is this the way to teach the young to fight adversity? Is this the way to fight racism?

Perkasa is not supported by the majority of Malays. I believe they are in the minority, They are daring because they have backing from the police. It's time we all say, ‘Nah!'

Anonymous: I'm torn on this one. I respect Namewee for having the guts, honesty and good sense to cancel this event and avoid provocation. It's one thing for grown-ups to express opinions, but I don't want to give the thugs an opportunity to respond with muscle and bravado on the streets. Malaysians have trodden that bloody path in the past.

Satinah Osman: In most organisations, there will be those who are insane and exist on the fringe of madness. We have such people in this country. Many of them attempt to survive without doing an iota of work through government contracts, rent-seeking, etc, and by claiming a higher racial status over others.

Mikey: The New Era College administration is the biggest losers. It shows that they - and the Chinese association that owns it - are afraid to stand up for what is right. They rather hide behind the excuse that they don't want any disturbance.

There comes a time when the rakyat must make a stand lest the minority extremists take over. I applaud the college students for being more principled than the administrators.

Good men: Racial sentiment is being deliberately played up to create tension in case BN need to use it as an excuse to carry out a crackdown prior to the next GE (general election). So always address these issues calmly and don't fall into their trap.

Anak Bangsa Malaysia: We are all losers. This is another sad day for justice, peace and democracy in Malaysia. When will Malaysians grow up and one day say that we are "anak bangsa Malaysia" without referring ourselves to any particular race?

EL: Basically, that kind of responses have made a hero out of Namewee. Namewee should thank the government and Perkasa. If they were to keep quiet and let it be, I wouldn't know about Namewee. Now, an English-speaking person like me who doesn't know much about the Chinese-speaking crowd know about Namewee. Well done!

Pemerhati: The authorities at the New Era College probably reasoned that it was better to cancel the event for the sake of the safety of their students. This is because it has become increasingly obvious that Perkasa, like the cow-head protestors earlier, has the full backing and blessings of the top Umno leadership and the Polis DiUmno Malaysia.

The top Umno people love to have this type of racial tension going all the time as they can use it as an excuse to introduce all sort of draconian measures to continue to rule the country, if they suspect that they are likely to lose the next elections.

The smart thing for all Malaysians to do now is to just lie low and vote BN out at the next elections.

Makcik Har: While PM Najib Razak is holding court in United States talking about 'Islamophobia and the middle ground, etc' to the world at large, his own backyard is a circus of goons, proclaiming ‘panglima perang', ‘hulubalang Melayu' ready to go to war!

Rolls-Royce: How many of you are brave enough when push comes to shove? We should be encouraging the Malays to fight against racism, and not antagonise them further. For example, it would be another matter if UiTM or another public university invites Namewee to perform there.

Changeagent: Bravo to Namewee for conducting himself in a very mature and sensible manner. The same cannot be said of the Perkasa provokers, who have again resorted to displaying their true irrational, violent and aggressive colours.

Artchan: This reminds me of Apcet II, where Umno Youth stormed the conference. These monkeys can only act with violence to disrupt a private function.

Kit P: Ketua Polis Negara (police chief), why is a Perkasa mob burning pictures of a specific person free to continue without hindrance, while peaceful candlelight vigils against the ISA illegal and suppressed by force using the FRU?

SaveMalaysia: Perkasa is now fearless and can choose to take the law into its own hands. What is the government doing? Where is the law enforcement? Perkasa is loud, daring, provocative and getting more charged up by the day.

It is indeed a sad day for Malaysia as the government is not doing anything to manage the situation. We need real change soon.

Wira: Perkasa, Nah! Umno, Nah! MSM, Nah!

Perkasa 'warriors' getting weirder by the minute

Maitreya: These ‘pahlawan' Perkasa are all bit players in D-Grade Malay movies from the 1960s trapped in a 19th century time warp. In America, they would be wearing white robes and hoods and carrying flaming crosses, looking to lynch uppity ‘niggers' like Namewee.

The lunatic right-wing exists all over the world and in every instance they are handy tools used by incumbent regimes to keep the population anxious and fearful, and thereby make it easier to resort to police-state methods of clinging to power.

Loo Soon Fatt: These 50 so-called Perkasa warriors obviously want to instigate a fight with Namewee. Don't be cowards by coming with 50 gangsters to fight one man. Namewee is not interested to fight but to debate and tell the public why he did what he did.

Perkasa, grow up and don't behave like small kids. Be gentlemen, and go and debate with Namewee. Let the rakyat be the judge. Only then, you can claim yourselves as warriors or ‘hulubalang'.

FEDUP: If the poor boy had gone to meet the hooligans, he would have been punched and kicked at their whims and fancy. Then the police will come and charge Namewee for hurting the feelings of some uneducated imbeciles and put him under ISA.

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