of lions and mouse

You would not be able to imagine my surprise when i watched the news yesterday.
It had Najib (the deputy prime minister) giving a speech in Ijok.
"We malays are like the lion " he likened and "you indians are like the mouse" .

As he spoke , the camera panned to his audience and one could see that they were mostly Indians.

"Yes the lion can devour the mouse but the lion being a lion will not have its apetite satisfied by the flesh of a mere mouse"he said .

" But if the lion were to make the mouse its friend , why one day it may find such a friendship profitable for given a chance , the mouse may just be able to show its usefulness to the lion. "

Its hard to say what crossed the audience's mind when they heard Mr.Najib's parable.
Some ,(one must admit) may have found relief in what he had to say.
Many though, would have not appreciated the association with mice.
A few perhaps, may have revolted internally having to acknowledge this man's comparison's silently .
But most ,hopefully would have found his words disturbing enough to give some really serious thoughts about t what the stewarts of this country has in mind for a significant the multitude of us here .

Why in the way Mr.Najib put it , it was as if the Indians should find joy in the pursuit of this most unnatural task of "being beneficial' chiefly to interest outside their own .

He spoke of it as if it was a self evident that such terms are so fair that even he could have accepted it had the circumstances been different.

Didn't he know that only slaves can be persuaded to find such terms adequate ?

I'm not sure if anybody can claim that they are a free people living in an independent country if the reason for their existence as been reduced to that of being 'useful' and 'profitable' to others .

Why if this is so , what is the purpose of throwing out the colonisers fifty years ago ?