The 3rd Generation Curse (Updated)

There is a Chinese saying that wealth cannot last for 3 generations. The 1st generation worked hard to create and accumulate wealth. The 2nd generation seeks to preserve it instead of creating more wealth and the 3rd generation who has no experience of the blood, sweat and tears of the previous generations just squanders it.

I think similarly a family reputation can also be destroyed by the latter generation. I'm thinking of Dato OnnJaafar, the first president of UMNO who dreamed of a united Malaysia, who was colour blind. Alas, it was that dream that caused him his political career and perhaps being the first PM of Malaysia. But his son, Tun Hussien Onn became the 3rd PM of Malaysia. A man of integrity. He was the PM when I was just growing up as a kid and I always remember this kind faced man. His integrity and sense of justice caused him to die outside UMNO.

Now, the 3rd generation, Hishammuddin Hussien who is infamous for drawing out keris in UNMO assemblies. As the Home Minister he is trying hard to be more idiotic than the previous one. Maybe idiotic is not an apt description. Evil. Otherwise how can you explain his support for those cow head protesters of Shah Alam. The 50 or so racist scumbags and religious extremists/hypocrites.

Well, it's not surprising as only UNMO can create such monsters and only a UMNO minister can defend these monsters. But I really feel sorry for Onn Jaafar and Hussien Onn for having a 'bai jia zi'.

Update: In less than 24 hours there is a complete turnaround from Hisham. Is there hope for Malaysia with leaders like that? To redeem his family's reputation he should just apologize and resign. But that will never happen in Malaysia. Never in our history has a Minister resign for being an idiot. Simply because if they do the Government would collapse.