Mr. Adam Adli - for greater good, or better few?

so there's this guy named Adam Adli, an influential young man, who fights for academic freedom (of which i don't have any clue to what he means by 'academic freedom') by protesting and calling other students to protest along with him for he and his massive followers believe that students should be given the right to be involved actively in politics, to voice out opinions and be more a part of the government. he believes that, students have the rights to be involved in politics because we are such a strong, dynamic group and other than that, we are young, and we are future leaders. 

academic freedom. politics. democracy. riot. 

interconnected by dots. if you picture these words inside your head, imagine them with dots and pictures and situations. beautiful isn't it? no? yes?

i have just one question for Mr. Adam: what is your REAL agenda in fighting for the academic freedom? why go through such great lengths? what is this academic freedom you fight for?

i am a boy with little experience and i only have my brain to think with but going through all the trouble? jeopardizing your studies for the sake of politics? i applaud him for his bravery and courage, charisma and bravado for fighting what he believes is right and should be fight for. however, the phenomena's spreading so rapidly that it now creates fear, and unnecessary chaos. 

at the very least, if you want to be involved in politics, don't be actively involved in it till you graduate. AUKU was created for reasons that were/are relevant. students shouldn't be involved in politics, not during their study years the very least. yes Adam Adli, you're a charismatic young man but please, if you want to fight for your rights, at least have a degree or something. it'll make you more credible, don't you think? look at you now Mr. Adam, you're suspended from your studies, fighting for a cause that you probably can't win. educational institutions' are places where you get educated, where your thoughts are supposed to mature and deepen and your thinking skills are developed. maybe that's why Mr. Adam is brave enough to come forward: his thinking. his ideology of an ideal society is where students get to be heard, be seen, be appreciated. students have power to decide, to conquer, to help steer the nation.

every action leads to consequences. as Isaac Newton puts it, every action has an equal or opposite reaction. did Mr. Adam think of the consequences of his actions? is this the leader we all look up to? why can't he be like Gandhi? why must we use force not psychology? maybe his mind is not strong enough? maybe, like his peers, he lacks patience? maturity is another key. when you ask for something, you will not get it easily, especially when it involves things in a huge, national scale like this one. things isn't as easy as, oh change. NOW! no, for some change to become effective and good, it takes time. patience.

in my opinion, academic freedom involves students to choose what they want to study (don't we have that already), involves students studying in comfortable, peaceful place (don't we have this too?), books and other references are of abundance (yes, we kind off have these too). yes, major improvements can be made with the system that's being used now. if Adam Adli is really focusing on academic freedom, maybe he should tackle problems such as: students' English in school, better facilities, cleaner toilets and canteens? not politics.

he IS a future teacher after all. maybe he sees politics as a vehicle of change. if students get to control the politics and have freedom in academics and the freedom to participate in politics, maybe their voices will matter more and the government will give more consideration to their thoughts and opinions. of course, the government won't want to lose this battle easily. somehow, i think, some where along the riots, the bashing, the media frenzy, a 'kata sepakat' will be reached between the government and Adam Adli's side. after that, everything will be quiet again.

their (pro-Mr. Adam) propaganda to allow students to speak, to have unlimited freedom to voice out things and join political parties at such a young and tender age, in a country where we have our sensitive issues, i don't think that's a good idea. such sensitive issues can be raised if such freedom is given to students and academicians. in a neutral place such as universities, politics is NOT important, education is. to bring your ideologies into an institution can really cause rifts within the systems, and it doesn't matter to MOST students. most of us want to study, get a good job that's relevant to our studies and education. if you think such moves like excluding AUKU within our country is necessary and good, pardon me sir, i don't think it works that way. speaking too much, immaturity and experience are lacking, politics shouldn't be our field. let me give you readers this statement:

FREEDOM WITH RESTRICTIONS. (analyse this).

please do not bring politics into class. it's just not right. if you fight with the basis that our students are not thinking enough, i think we are thinking enough. we are just not as vocal as you are. please do not label your own kind as being shallow, or being shallowed by university just because we are not involved in politics. there are more, far more important things to us than being involved in politics. we have our own lives to mend. 

government, disappointment, riots, government. the cycle continues, back and forth, round and round. so dear Mr. Adam Adli, here's my advice, read Animal Farm by George Orwell, analyse, digest, understand and interpret the message Orwell so cleverly written in his satire. 

we keep asking for more when we already have everything that we need. weird huh? it's a pity that due to some minority, the majority gets the taste of the medicine. this is just my opinion, Adam Adli, you do what you do best, and i'll do what i do best. i hope you'll win your fight and i hope you know what you're doing. is it for the greater good, or for the better of a few?

p.s: please, agree to disagree. maybe this opinion of mine is shallow, too.