Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
(2008)
MY SAY: Ketuanan is about guardianship.
The Edge.
Abstract
Today the word "boss" is used pervasively. One can be called "boss" at the most unexpected of times by a
parking attendant, a salesperson, or just anyone with whom you deal with. In a way, it is subtly polite and
conveys a certain respect by those who utter it, without any sense of being inferior, less still to imply a
subordinate or "slave" relationship, even mometarily! Somehow it is nicely done, perhaps in good fun.
Change boss to mean "tuan", and suddenly the fun is gone, especially among the political paranoiacs. All of a
sudden, it conjectures a derogatory meaning, not because "tuan" is "boss" but rather, because the one who
utters it habours an inferior complex that he or she is now a "hamba" or slave.
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