am i patriot?

>I do not classify myself as a patriot to my country.
> I'm cheap. I
> won't buy a Malaysian flag. Instead, I'll wait till
> the toll plaza's
> start handing them out for free. I can save cash
> that way for the
> extra petrol costs my government has imposed on me.
>
> I also don't put flags up on my car. I don't want to
> leave the flag
> out in the rain, that might damage it. I won't fly
> my flag up for an
> entire month, because that will make it dirty. I
> also won't let it
> touch the ground, unlike some of the flags the local
> council here in
> Shah Alam has allowed to fall.I will also not let
> the flag get torn by
> simply leaving it out on my car. I have too much
> respect for it.
>
> I will not name my pet cat 'Merdeka', because all it
> does is eat,
> sleep, and play around. If I would name a creature
> 'Merdeka', it would
> be for a buffalo used in the paddy fields, not
> afraid to get dirty,
> work hard, for a minimal cost, and never complain.
> Since, apparently,
> that is what our government wants us to be.
>
> I am not a patriot because I don't bake 'Merdeka'
> day cookies, or
> create 'Merdeka' day rendang and pulut, or bake a
> 'Jalur Gemilang'
> cake. Besides, people in Johor need the excess sugar
> used in these
> anyways.
>
> I am not a patriot because I haven't registered my
> phone with my
> vendor, which I'm supposed to do, so that they can
> track me down in
> case I say something bad about my government, or
> about a national icon
> who is about to get married, or about another
> national icon who
> recently called off his wedding.
>
> I am not a patriot because I didn't march up to KLCC
> to protest what
> is happening in Lebanon, and did not get my
> memorandum delivered to
> Ms. Rice, and because I did not say that her
> presence here was not
> welcome.
>
> I am not a patriot because my birthday is not on
> August 31st, nor was
> it in 1957, nor was I even born yet at that time,
> nor do I know any
> local war heroes who fought the communists. So that
> means I'll never
> get media coverage, eventhough I have deep respect
> to those who lived
> and suffered for my freedoms, such as the KMM, which
> once published a
> newspaper to allow the views of the Malay people to
> be heard.
> Nowadays, I think those very people are turning in
> their graves after
> hearing people trying to take that away from us.
>
> I am not a patriot because I like going out at night
> to listen to
> independent rock bands that sing in English. Because
> I spend my nights
> out till 5 am sometimes, sitting at a mamak stall
> with friends and
> family discussing our lives, and problems. I also
> buy pirated DVDs and
> download music, because I think TM is doing a better
> job than our
> music and film industry in promoting their product.
> The only Malaysian
> album I ever bought was by Siti Nurhaliza. And the
> only other
> Malaysian mainstream artist I have respect for is
> Jac Victor.
>
> I am not a patriot because I will not go to a
> Merdeka Day parade,
> where people double park, or charge RM5 for a
> parking spot, when I can
> watch it on national TV, with the best camera angles
> taken by
> professionals with high class equipment to give me
> the best seat in
> town. It also avoids me from tripping over a kid, or
> losing a son or
> daughter in the crowd, or accidentally pushing down
> another person and
> have that person cursing and shouting about it.
>
> Finally, I am not considered a patriot because I
> speak out in this
> blog whenever I see my leaders doing something I
> never thought
> rational thinking adults could ever do, such as
> calling each other
> names in Parliament, "closing one eye", arguing over
> a bridge,
> teargassing an ex-leader, spreading rumours of a
> certain someone
> getting married to a certain celebrity and even
> publishing a flier
> with 40 reasons why a person cannot be PM.
>
> Ladies and gentlemen, I am not a patriot. Are you?