Forgive her lah

This one's from Yasmin Ahmad in her blog entry "Why she remains my Anak Emas".

She's talking about that senseless controversy surrounding Sharifah Amani and her "I sound stupid when I speak Malay" statement.


"And no matter how much they rant about how "kurang ajar" she was on the night of FFM19, as far as I'm concerned she was nowhere near as kurang ajar as the people who crucified her.

I mean, for goodness' sake, they even cursed her father and mother. Call me old-fashioned, but insulting someone's parents does not figure in my book as decent civil behaviour.

And she's only 20. How old are these people again?

When I arrived at Putra World Trade Centre that night, the show was already over. Sharifah Aleya rushed up to me and said, "Your daughter's in a bad state. Some people have been shredding her to bits."

I ran to Nani and found her in tears. With a trembling voice that could melt the stoniest heart, she cried, "Mak, this would have been a wonderful night for you, but I had to open my stupid mouth. I'm so sorry..."

I held her in my arms and said, "You won, baby. Don't worry about me. You won and I'm just so proud of you." And with that, she wept and wept on my shoulder, ruining what could've been the perfect kebaya for the night.

The girl made a mistake, dear friends. Who among us hasn't, at some point or other in our lives? And somehow, I don't think condemning her will make God forgive us for ours. Forgiving her, on the other hand, might.

"It is in forgiving that we are forgiven." Insyaallah." [Yasmin Ahmad]


Why they made such a big fuss about it is beyond me.

What about A.R. Badul's lewd comments and gatal look on Ida Nerina's "bumper" in the presence of her own husband in the crowd?

Now that's kurang ajar if you asked me.