Toy guns in school: PM urges 'control' on Palestine solidarity week By B Nantha Kumar

The Chameleon

Malaysiakini : Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has urged school administrators to control activities organised as part of a "solidarity week" in support of the Palestinian cause.

He said the government encourages schools to organise a Palestinian solidarity week, but it is not compulsory and activities held must also be controlled. This includes children's use of toy guns or other mock weapons.

"On the Palestine solidarity week, we have discussed it in cabinet earlier (today). Firstly, we encourage the Palestine solidarity week.  "We are not forcing any schools... it must be controlled so it does not become a problem.

"That (bringing toy guns) must be controlled," Anwar told reporters in Dengkil today. The premier was commenting on images of schoolchildren carrying toy guns while donning headbands voicing support for Palestine, as well as the black and white “Palestinian scarf”.

GreenRusa4781 : PMX says " bringing toy guns must be controlled".This must be the most stupid statement by a PM.What control is the PMX talking about.

His response should be as follows - " there should be no carrying/displaying of toy guns/any other toy weapons as well", period.This is what you get from an islamic scholar because of his very limited intelligence.

Vijay47 : You might believe, Anwar Ibrahim, that strutting about making fiery speeches, organizing unbelievable events like School Palestine Solidarity Week, and wearing a scarf enhances your standing in the Muslim and wider world.

You could not be more wrong, they only depreciate your already-diminished image, you only prove that you are nothing but a smooth-talking hate-monger. And you are Malaysia’s prime minister! How you could allow in schools a celebration of animosity and venom is beyond the understanding of any sane person.

We can only watch in horror the goings-on you have unleashed among young school children. You seem to have lost your senses, proud to have roped in children to embellish the infamy you have earned around the globe. Would anyone view you with respect and admiration, as a paragon of diplomacy and as the voice of peace?

Would anyone hold you with the same esteem they have Mandela and Gandhi? Even the Arabs ultimately will see you with only contempt for what you have visited upon your own schoolchildren. History will never forgive you for this. Beware, Anwar Ibrahim, you might think that riding the tiger is an act of heroic daring.

That expectation would only work with those of your rabid mentality. Remember, Anwar Ibrahim, that when you dismount, far from controlling it, that very tiger will devour you. It would be an eventuality for which not many would shed a tear.

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