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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 37, No. 11. May 29, 1974

Trouble making

Trouble making

Dear Roger,

You damn well know who I am, so don't you dare reject this letter or else I will beat you up!

You must be aware by now that some Malaysian students are just bloody troublemakers around the varsity. For example, during the last MSSA do they wrecked the Union building. The President of the club has already admitted responsibility and apologised for the disorderly behaviour of these troublemakers. At another party recently the same group of fellows caused another upheaval which brought four car loads of cops.

Now that I have got the undivided attention of these gentlemen, may I hasten to tell them to cool down over what I have just misrepresented above. Read on mates.

It is a real pity you guys are misdirecting your energy to the wrong sort of upheavals. What you ought to do is to direct your excess energy to threshing over the problem of how to kick the colonial buggers out of your country. If you enjoy fighting so much you have plenty of opportunities at home. Fighting for your friends here, helping them out is a good sign. It indicates you are capable of further sacrifices, such as making sacrifices for the people at home. You know what is going on at home. Ask yourselves: 1) Do you agree with the present political setup at home? 2) What can you do to bring about changes such as: more political freedom;

3) Political freedom....what is it? 4) Should you allow things to go on mere until whatever freedom you have now is taken away? 5) Try to think about the ways you can go about changing things....low wages, hiving standards, hunger, detention without, trial, racial discrimination???

Call me what you will but keep thinking.......