Malaysians, shall we take to the street!

From the 30th September Forum and from my knowledge of all the past events, I think I have to point out just one thing.

Quite a few (esp. MSA executive members) are unable to see clearly the role of demonstration, the strength beneath the Student's Movement. They have a stereotyped feeling that there are other ways (that is to say demonstration is not the best way) to achieve something. This may well be true. But when other channels have been blocked, as students in this stage, demonstration is then justified. At present, this is the case. Malaysian Government refused to have any dialogue with student leaders here. They refuse to heed any students' demands. So it would be very right for the Kiwi to organise demonstration especially after you analyse the past events and lead to the conclusion that "other channels" are virtually non-existant.

Besides, demonstration shows one thing, a very important one. That is to tell and educate the students and people, we are in the 'seventies', we want human rights we want academic freedom and we want democracy. Government may not bow to us and may even introduce harsher rules, against us. Some patriots may end up in jail. But the basic principle is there. Our achievement is immensely large. Who dare to discredit the student demonstrations in Malaysia and Singapore in the past. Without the events of the past there would not be the turmours at present. "Without doing somethings constructive at present, future will be very different."

I do not think the majority of Malaysian students are so childish as unable to see through the above point. I feel that "saying demonstration achieves nothing" is deliberately spreaded by someone to meet their ends. But fellow Malaysians, think for yourselves 'Have you been misled to believe things told by someone deliberately?'