If indeed there was a callous statement it was this: "If you are not prepared to take the risk, then stay at home."
Whether it is a trademark response or one's mistake, it has been carried in the media for others to judge. Perhaps, it is time Malaysian politicians and politician 'wannabes' grow up and more importantly, stand up to public scrutiny.
Be a statesman - take responsibility instead of 'ducking, avoiding and hiding' under the 'skirts and trousers' of their political godfathers and mothers when their mistake, stupidity and negligence have been exposed, and in fact laid bare before all Malaysians and the rest of the world, in this episode.
Lexicon: PM Najib Razak argues that "even if you wear a bullet-proof vest, there is no guarantee" of safety.
But wouldn't that have been part of the bare minimum precaution that Umno leaders, and their propagandist managers in Bernama, should have ensured for all the film crew?
By Najib's logic, wearing a parachute when you jump out of a plane is no guarantee of safety either, but who would want to throw someone out of a plane without a parachute?
Umno has behaved most callously by sending a young father into a danger zone without due diligence.
To respond to the most obvious question about Umno Youth's responsibility by describing such a question as "unwarranted" shows Umno has no concern for the good of others, and only uses others for Umno leaders' pathetic political survival.
Anonymous_3e4b: Sure Najib, it is not the time to play the blame game because the death is caused by Umno's negligence. If it is cause by Pakatan Rakyat, Utusan Malaysia will blow up the issue sky high.
Sap Sui: How arrogant of Najib, who should be the one staying home and not going spending the rakyat's money in Australia during Merdeka Day.
"When many weapons are in the hands of unprofessional men, there is danger," warned Najib. That's the same for our UTK (Special Action Unit) team, being equipped with C4 plastic explosives.
Be a statesman - take responsibility instead of 'ducking, avoiding and hiding' under the 'skirts and trousers' of their political godfathers and mothers when their mistake, stupidity and negligence have been exposed, and in fact laid bare before all Malaysians and the rest of the world, in this episode.
Lexicon: PM Najib Razak argues that "even if you wear a bullet-proof vest, there is no guarantee" of safety.
But wouldn't that have been part of the bare minimum precaution that Umno leaders, and their propagandist managers in Bernama, should have ensured for all the film crew?
By Najib's logic, wearing a parachute when you jump out of a plane is no guarantee of safety either, but who would want to throw someone out of a plane without a parachute?
Umno has behaved most callously by sending a young father into a danger zone without due diligence.
To respond to the most obvious question about Umno Youth's responsibility by describing such a question as "unwarranted" shows Umno has no concern for the good of others, and only uses others for Umno leaders' pathetic political survival.
Anonymous_3e4b: Sure Najib, it is not the time to play the blame game because the death is caused by Umno's negligence. If it is cause by Pakatan Rakyat, Utusan Malaysia will blow up the issue sky high.
Sap Sui: How arrogant of Najib, who should be the one staying home and not going spending the rakyat's money in Australia during Merdeka Day.
"When many weapons are in the hands of unprofessional men, there is danger," warned Najib. That's the same for our UTK (Special Action Unit) team, being equipped with C4 plastic explosives.
S Vellu: The PM's statement is that of someone who is arrogant and pompous. Najib, why don't you ask the media owner group chairmen and editors such as Zainul Ariffin, Ahmad Talib, the Bernama boss etc. to cover such events without protective gear?
Why do they sit in air-conditioned offices and only go for international assignments accompanying you overseas, but send young men who are father to young kids to war zones and get killed without proper gear and training?
Mirror On The Wall: Dear PM, journalists are forced to lie, make up stories, ignore the truth distort in the name of national interest.
Now, there's a new requirement: give your life also. You just lost it all with that one stupid "stay at home" comment.
Confused: Another stupid comment by our PM. Of course, we know that there is always a risk in such a dangerous mission. The point of the matter here is why the most basic protective gear, i.e. bullet-proof vest, was not provided to the journalists when crossfire or stray bullets are a norm in the war-torn country.
We are not saying that if one wears a bullet-proof vest, his safety is guaranteed, but at least the risk will be minimised.
Muak: Yes indeed ... another stupid comment from the Umno top leader. Have we, as a society, become so immune to this stupid culture of turning our faces away every time a mistake is committed?
When an error is committed, someone must take the blame. There is no such thing as "playing the blame game."
When there is corruption, someone is doing the giving and someone is doing the taking. When plans and programmes are not executed, someone is not doing his/her job. There is always someone to blame.
Paul Warren: Why is it not the right time to play the blame game? I blame you, Najib, for this man's untimely death. Is it because you want your narrative to hover over this story rather than the real truth of the matter that you don't want the blame game now?
You want to have a free reign over the narrative over the next few days so that the family looks at their loss as a sacrifice instead of a totally unwarranted, unnecessary death, only so that Umno Youth scores some brownie points.
It was recklessly stupid of Bernama and the other broadcasters who exposed their staff to this danger knowing very well that real and honest missions carried out by other charities go there without a camera crew.
Here it was more important to have all the nation's broadcasters present. What does that say? Please call this an 'expedition' and don't violate the term 'mission' for all that it is understood to mean.
It was a 'Shiok Sendiri Expedition' undertaken by Umno to score brownie points.
BTN: We have a government who has nothing better to do than to try to prove to the world that Malaysia Boleh even by sending Noramfaizul Mohd Nor to a country that even the US is afraid to go to.
At what cost, we may ask? At the expense of a life? What ego this government has, what are they trying to prove? Hey, look at your own backyard before we 'sibuk sibuk' head to other people's land in the name of humanitarian aid.
Anonymous_3ec6: Shahryl Eskay 'Datuk T' Abdullah was issued with a bullet-proof vest when taking his oath in a mosque, but our journalists in a war zone were not. How ironic.
Noramfaizul's death forced the PM cut short his holiday - Najib is certainly a great actor, better than P Ramlee.
Why do they sit in air-conditioned offices and only go for international assignments accompanying you overseas, but send young men who are father to young kids to war zones and get killed without proper gear and training?
Mirror On The Wall: Dear PM, journalists are forced to lie, make up stories, ignore the truth distort in the name of national interest.
Now, there's a new requirement: give your life also. You just lost it all with that one stupid "stay at home" comment.
Confused: Another stupid comment by our PM. Of course, we know that there is always a risk in such a dangerous mission. The point of the matter here is why the most basic protective gear, i.e. bullet-proof vest, was not provided to the journalists when crossfire or stray bullets are a norm in the war-torn country.
We are not saying that if one wears a bullet-proof vest, his safety is guaranteed, but at least the risk will be minimised.
Muak: Yes indeed ... another stupid comment from the Umno top leader. Have we, as a society, become so immune to this stupid culture of turning our faces away every time a mistake is committed?
When an error is committed, someone must take the blame. There is no such thing as "playing the blame game."
When there is corruption, someone is doing the giving and someone is doing the taking. When plans and programmes are not executed, someone is not doing his/her job. There is always someone to blame.
Paul Warren: Why is it not the right time to play the blame game? I blame you, Najib, for this man's untimely death. Is it because you want your narrative to hover over this story rather than the real truth of the matter that you don't want the blame game now?
You want to have a free reign over the narrative over the next few days so that the family looks at their loss as a sacrifice instead of a totally unwarranted, unnecessary death, only so that Umno Youth scores some brownie points.
It was recklessly stupid of Bernama and the other broadcasters who exposed their staff to this danger knowing very well that real and honest missions carried out by other charities go there without a camera crew.
Here it was more important to have all the nation's broadcasters present. What does that say? Please call this an 'expedition' and don't violate the term 'mission' for all that it is understood to mean.
It was a 'Shiok Sendiri Expedition' undertaken by Umno to score brownie points.
BTN: We have a government who has nothing better to do than to try to prove to the world that Malaysia Boleh even by sending Noramfaizul Mohd Nor to a country that even the US is afraid to go to.
At what cost, we may ask? At the expense of a life? What ego this government has, what are they trying to prove? Hey, look at your own backyard before we 'sibuk sibuk' head to other people's land in the name of humanitarian aid.
Anonymous_3ec6: Shahryl Eskay 'Datuk T' Abdullah was issued with a bullet-proof vest when taking his oath in a mosque, but our journalists in a war zone were not. How ironic.
Noramfaizul's death forced the PM cut short his holiday - Najib is certainly a great actor, better than P Ramlee.
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