Tug-of-war for the Malaysian soul

From Terence Netto

For some time now there has been a war for the Malaysian soul waged between two schools of thought. Just now that strife is at its most intense.

To be sure, hostilities between the two schools have been going on for a long time. But since the outcome of the 15th general election on Nov 19, the adversity between both parties was heightened.

Broadly, the hostilities pit a school of thought, whose exponents aver that one idea explains everything, against its opposite school, which is game to pursue multiform, often contradictory, insights to a conclusion.