Monkey says …
April 30, 2008.
Press statement on parliamentarians using ‘monkey’ and ‘bigfoot’ as derogatory terms in the Dewan Rakyat
On behalf of all the monkeys and bigfeet (plural of bigfoot, no?) I feel insulted that the titular name for these two creatures were downgraded as a form of name-calling or insult used in the first 12th parliamentary session today.
Referring to a Malaysiakini report that stated:
Opposition DAP chairman and lawmaker Karpal Singh began by questioning the way the session was being held when he was distracted by a government MP, Bung Moktar Radin.
“I hope Bigfoot… does not disrupt the proceedings,” Karpal taunted him. “Bigfoot, sit down.”
Bung sprang from his chair, shouting: “I am bigfoot, you are big monkey.”
I call upon the esteemed MPs names above to apologise to monkeys and bigfoots in Malaysia for using those terms as insults for each other. Surely they would not like monkeys/bigfoots when commencing their parliamentary session to call each other ‘Karpal’ and ‘Bung’.
Imagine if this were to appear in the independent forest daily, ‘Hutankini’:
Opposition chairman and lawmaker Monkee D began by questioning the way the session was being held when he was distracted by a government MP, Bigfoot Snagwire.
“I hope Bung… does not disrupt the proceedings,” Monkee taunted him. “Bung, sit down.”
Bigfoot sprang from his chair, shouting: “I am Bung, you are big Karpal.”
Clearly this is not a healthy political culture amongst beasts and men alike. I sincerely hope the two MPs (Karpal and Bung, not Monkee and Bigfoot) will apologise to the monkey and bigfoot community for their uncouth usage of their species designation.
Sincerely,
Polytikus
(on behalf of Monkey, who has bigfeet)
Monkey: Apologise to me now!!! :)