I find the criticism of the sketch presented to MSA rather amusing. The sketch is presented in a light-hearted way and is meant for a laugh, definitely not as a degradation of our people.

The sketch is funny and that funniness comes from its exaggeration of life in Malaysia. The narrator did make it clear in the end that the scene does not represent typical life in Malaysia.

For those kiwis who do not know how to put the whole thing into proper perspective and who do not know how to appreciate the sketch, ignore them. Their criticism is not worth taking into account. However, I do believe MSA does owe an apology to the son of the hawker who felt offended.

If people like the critics in the Salient last week appear to be so socially and politically concerned, it is certainly not reflected in their vitriolic criticisms of ordinary students who participated one way or another in the Malaysain sketch. If they, the critics have no inkling of the harm and damage they have done to these people, I fail to see if they will be capable of being sincerely concerned about the Hawkers back home. These critics are not qualified to talk about politics in the first place.

Are the critics of WMSA's sketch trying to tell us that the only kind of culture permitted are those sterile political propaganda as promoted by Chiang Ching, wife of the late Chairman Mao? If it is, they can keep it to themselves. I am not interested.

If the critics of WMSA's sketch in the last Salient are so socially and politically concerned why aren't they doing something positive and visible that we can all see? Deeds, not words please.