BUNG TYPIFIES UMNO? He who knows not & knows not he knows not, that's PERILOUS ignorance

If Bung Moktar Radin were in Germany, he would have been prosecuted now, awaiting a 3-year jail sentence to be slapped on him.

He called himself a German soccer fan, and so when Germany routed Brazil 7-1 in semifinal, he instantly tweeted: "WELL DONE..BRAVO…LONG LIVE HITLER…"

Oh, dear! Was he supporting or trying to humiliate Germany? I wonder whether he knew what he was doing.

Under modern-day German laws, anyone glorifying Nazism including saluting to Hitler or performing the Bellamy salute, posting the Swastika symbol, is seen as having committed a serious crime.

Imagine what would happen if Thomas Müller yelled "Long Live Hitler" after scoring a goal.

Under normal circumstances, he would be immediately sent out of the pitch by his head coach, and be put on the next plane home. He would become the target of media bashing the following morning, his family deeply humiliated. The DFB would bar him for life and his country's chief prosecutor would come after him for criminal offense.

You might ask: Could it be this serious?

Very much so.

German under Adolf Hitler waged offensives against his neighbors, sparking the second world war that saw tens of millions of deaths in the entire Europe, including 20 million from Soviet Union and eight million from Germany itself. Many cities were raged to the ground and the Western civilization was almost wiped out.

Thanks to the racism and fascism advocated by the Nazi, almost six million Jews were exterminated as a direct consequence of rationalized hatred and violence. That was a complete flop of humanity and the worst tragedy the human race has seen.

The whole thing was created singlehandedly by Hitler and his followers, and had put Germany in disgrace.

The only way the Germans could redeem themselves after the war was a complete dissociation with Hitler and his Nazi.

For the decades that followed, any right-minded German would feel disgraced by Hitler, and any mention of him would put the country in shame.

And because of such a spirit the Germans were able to experience a re-birth, and stand up again in this world.

But our talented Bung Moktar has come up with such an innovative way of congratulating the German soccer team, arguing that he appreciated the team's fighting spirit on par with the dictator.

Not only the Germans protested such indiscreet behavior, our country might as well become an international laughing stock.

Najib's clarification was meant to save the face of Malaysians.

As for his another statement that a country without effective leadership might end up like the Brazilian soccer team, to be honest, such comparison was by no means novel.

But since when did our prime minister come to the realization that a leader needs to be effective and competent?

If our leaders were competent, then there would be no way for the "Allah" issue to tear our society apart and our religious officials would not be emboldened to do as they please. Also, our country would not have the controversies over the status of an Islamic state or a secular state; abductions in eastern Sabah would have stopped; extremists and opportunists would not have fearlessly fanned public emotions; and a very simple case as the wrongful transfer of teachers would not have been repeated over and again.

Perhaps there are still chances for the national team to make it to the FIFA World Cup finals, but at least a realization on the part of Najib is not a bad thing, and would save the country from a 1-7 humiliating defeat. -Mysinchew