Monday, 20 October 2008

Titles of honour.....

Topic pasal kita punya Wira 'Silver Medal' Badminton dapat 'Datuk' belum lagi habis diperbahaskan di kedai-kedai kopi dan kopitiam2 seantero negara, sekarang timbul pulak isu hero Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan bakal dapat pangkat Datuk dari Kerajaan Melaka....hmm...it's definitely not my business or any layman's business to debate who gets what honours from a state or federal rulers, but lately it seems like the 'Datuk' title is so easily given away.....takde ke dah pingat-pingat lain nak diberi? mesti ke bagi sampai peringkat 'Datuk'?

In my humble opinion, yes, the Olympic is a big sporting event and all.....but Datukship for a silver medal? And if the reason for Mr Shah Rukh to get a Datuk because he has been so called promoting the state through his film....was it solely his decision for the shoot location? Kalau macam tu, Jackie Chan pun should get 'Datuk' for his film 'Police Story 3' where he promoted Kuala Lumpur by risking his life doing stunts all over the city....and perhaps we should also see a Datuk Sean Connery and Datuk Catherine Zeta-Jones for promoting both Kuala Lumpur and Melaka in their 1999 movie 'The Entrapment'.

Just imagining one day if a Malaysian football team actually makes it to the World Cup Final, would there be 11 Datuks on the field?

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