On Alam Shah Schoolboy's Video

A chap claiming himself as an Alam Shah schoolboy had made a video featuring himself and his alleged girlfriend and posted it on YouTube.

Now, if any of you have not heard about or watched this video, open up a new tab now and navigate yourself to YouTube. Type in Sekolah Alam Shah in the search field, and the first search result on the list should be the one I am talking about. No, I am not in any way promoting his video. You really need to get to know what it is all about before you should proceed to the next paragraph.

Surely this is not the worst video we have ever heard about, or for some, seen. But you also cannot negate those that clearly belong to the pool of bad ones as bad, even when you have seen a host of others being even worse.

The main point here is not that this boy is bringing stains to the good name of his school. Of course when you claim yourself coming from a school of that quality, people expect something from you. But let’s put that aside, because what is more important is that this boy is shearing the dignity of both his race and religion apart.

You do not do such act and be proud of yourself for having done so. Simple. You should actually not be doing such act in the first place. Even when you have done so, you do not make it public. OK, so you have made it public, I do not see the need for you to associate your name with that of your school. The boy is holding a grudge, perhaps? I am tempted to say that he is merely looking for cheap publicity though. Friends who had seen him doing this, why did not you stop him? Where are friends when you are needed most?

Being a product from a rival school of SAS, I can clearly easily let this case slide past my shoulder, pretending not to be aware of it. Or if I want to go a further distance, another option will be to bring it up in casual conversation and in doing so, causing embarrassment to fellow SAS allies. But no, I am not going to do that. Like I stressed earlier, this is a matter of race and religion, and thus the responsibility automatically falls to every single one of us, the Malays and Muslims. Well, of course by saying this, I am assuming that the boy is still a Muslim. Also, it is a matter of dignity. You do not lose your dignity until you take it out of yourself, just like what this boy is doing.

I have seen the comments on YouTube and this chap’s Friendster profile, whereby a number of them appeared as something like this;

Dah la awek tak lawa..
Kalau awek lawa takpe gak, buat malu je..

So here comes another problem; we all agree that what he did was not appropriate, nonetheless by saying these, it seems that a number of us actually have quite a diverse idea. I mean, are we trying to tell the rest of the world that the mistake lays only on the fact that awek dia tak lawa, and if next time he can find a charming girl to do the stunt, he will absolutely be forgiven?

Another portion of the comments sounded a little like this;

Kalau nak buat maksiat pun tak payah la bagi satu dunia tau..

I laud the effort made by these individuals in speaking their mind out. Many of us clearly are not pleased with this kind of video. But in this matter, I urge all of us to go one step further. Let us all put the case straight; maksiat, whether it is done in a poorly-lit, hidden room, or on an open field, is never allowed in the context of our religion. So stop being harsh only because he wasted our time with his low quality video, but let us channel our anger and disagreement towards curbing an issue of more significant importance once and for all, that is maksiat all over. Of course it is easier said than done, but between a person who takes a small step forward and the other who stays still, there is a huge difference.

To this Alam Shah schoolboy, we may not know each other but I wish to make it loud and clear to you that your act had been based on sheer stupidity of your own, and can never in any way be accepted.