Freedom and Student Activism! ROAR!

Ever since starting this blog I had been getting supporting comments from people particularly students of Monash as well as drawing flak from other people. Articles like 'Monash Welcomes Najib', 'Bootlickers @ Monash' and even the article of me helping a friend to get a date get criticisms. Two notable comments criticizing me that I got was, 'You got really nothing to do' and 'I bet you weren't there to learn the history of the university', their identities had been hidden to prevent any repercussions.

First of all, let me talk about freedom. It is my god-given right to do whatever I want with my time and no one has the rights to force me to do something against my will. If you prefer to spend time shopping, studying, watching movies, reading novels, sports... etc etc it is up to you, I don't give a damn unless you are my GF. However please respect what I want do with my time be it to be; writing crap, playing DOTA, watching porn (illegal? XD), going to the gym, whacking plane, reading books, so be it as long I am not violating another person's liberty.

God made me unique and I plan to stay that way preventing myself to be stereotype with the rest of the other people. Do I have to dress, think, walk and behave just like the rest so I don't look weird? NO!, and maybe because I am born special being rebellious in nature doesn't mean I have to hide all my characteristics just to look good. It is right to say to me things like 'you should spend more time on you studies, since it sucks' or even 'you need to get laid/GF ^^' but never 'You got really nothing to do' as what I am doing here takes lots of guts, effort and time.

Most of the time, people like Jesus Christ, Muhammad, Mahatma Gandhi, Joan of Arc, William Wallace, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and Nelson Mandela get shunned and misunderstood by society because their ideas were too radical at that time or it is anti-establishment and out of fear of retribution they are not welcomed. Is not until their death that they are being honoured as heroes and saviors for their 'really nothing to do' sacrifices. I am not saying I am being like one of them, but more like not judging me before you get to know the real me.



The second issue I would like to address here is the 'I bet you weren't there to learn the history of the university' with regards to the article 'Monash Welcomes Najib' and 'Bootlickers @ Monash' and that hits me like a cranium basher right on my skull. If I had not mistaken I topped my class in history for 2 years straight during high school in oneof the best class. I would even dare to say my history is better than 90% of the population. Sorry, a bit of boasting XD

I took it constructively since I really don't know much about Monash besides its founder. After much googling and wikipeding XD I found some interesting facts about Monash. But let me start with those that I found about Monash Malaysia. All news and articles written about Monash Malaysia is nothing but praises and more bootlicking of how good, nice and beautiful is Monash Malaysia without any setbacks, typically Malaysian. Good job, angguk-angguk then being fed some dog biscuits.

However when you look at the history about Monash University, I can damn well say I am proud to be a Monash student. This is the way of how a university should be, with no cover ups as well as admitting to mistakes so that 'Ancora Imparo' can take place.

"From the mid-1960s to the early 1970s, Monash became the centre of student radicalism in Australia. It was the site of many mass student demonstrations, particularly concerning Australia's role in Vietnam War and conscription. The origins of mass student demontstrations in Melbourne were those against capital punishment, and some of the largest protests occurred at Monash in the final years before it was abolished in Victoria. By the late 1960s, several student organizations, some of which were influenced by or supporters of communism, turned their focus to Vietnam, with several blockades and sit-ins on University Council chambers. The most famous student radical was Albert Langer, who regularly made newspaper headlines and caused major disruptions at the Clayton Campus. So great was publicity surrounding the protests that many in Australia and around the world first heard of Monash not because of its teaching and research, but because of its protests. In recent years, student radicalism has died down, although there have been occasional protests on government higher education policy." from Wikipedia.

I would end this article by encouraging people take up history XD and not those cowcrap published to blind and hide the truth.

Written by Evilbunny "The best ideas comes from the worst minds" 11/9/07