COMMENT | Let Sarawakians handle our own Christmas celebrations

COMMENT | Believe me, I find no joy at all in penning this subject. In fact, as a Sarawakian, I feel ashamed that such a negative and unhappy episode involving the joyous season of Yuletide has taken place in my homeland.

This is not the fault of Sarawakian Christians but those not from the state and of different faiths who attempted to teach my fellow Christians in my homeland how to celebrate Christmas. What baloney!

So, why am I ashamed? I have been telling the whole world umpteen times in my writings here and elsewhere about the pride of Sarawakians and their strong adherence and devotion to maintaining racial harmony and religious tolerance in their beloved Land of the Hornbill.

And what had just happened? A dispute between Sarawak Christians and a TV station, namely TV Sarawak (TVS) over a Christmas carol.

Of all things, we have to debate a beautiful carol with great significance to Christians just because TVS top executives, think the lyrics border on “religious sensitivity”.

No, surely this could not have happened, but it did! I’m very disappointed, fuming mad, to be honest.