Double Standard

We have seen the reaction of Malaysian students in response to the imposition of $1500 fee. It was the firs: time we had nearly a couple of hundred of them marching to Parliament. I must add that such cooperation is certainly a rarity.

However, when it comes to fighting for another cause - equally or more important than the $1 500 fee - i.e. the humane treatment of the Vietnamese refugees in Malaysia, most Malaysians were not the least bit interested not to say show much sympathy. Why haven't our Malaysian student leaders condemned the Malaysian authorities for committing such atrocious acts as towing refugees back to sea? How about the threat to shoot them on sight and expel those already in camps? (although it was designed to get other countries to help.) The typical Malaysian reaction as far as I can guage was the notorious "fair enough, lah!" attitude. Such are the people who are claiming that injustice has been inflicted upon them by the so called discriminatory fees.

I am indeed ashamed to conclude that a lot of Malaysians here have double standards.