So there are now new hounds to bay to the moon?

If the Federation of Peninsular Malay Students (GPMS) is sincere in its demands and trust that they come from well-intentioned beliefs, then there is no need for this infantile game of "I'll show you mine, since you've shown me yours".

If GPMS truly believes its demands are right, just, and true, then show them to us. And why not with pride and to all the Malaysians, if it thinks their demands will bring about a better Malaysia?

Why the waiting, why the hesitation and why must Dr Mahathir Mohamad approve of them first? (I don't know if you've noticed anyway, but Dr M sometimes doesn't carry out everything he approves of.)

And that threat, that it would be no trouble gathering 100,000 people? What is this? A veiled reminder of the marches that also took place before the last two great upsets in Malaysian lives, in 1987 and 1969?

Although I seriously doubt GPMS could find quite so many fools, I am sickened by its behaviour. It pretends to wave about an ideological banner, but then shows us a big bad stick it claims it is prepared to wield should we ignore its still-hidden message.

This isn't a counter-demand, this is a hidden threat to Suqiu to withdraw.

And in the very same way that events happened in 1969 and 1987, GPMS is trying to pretend it is the fault of one race for bringing matters up in the first place. Well, words, ideology and documents can be hard-hitting, but they can't be used directly to break bones. People can.

The president Shuhaimi Ibrahim also said he does not know what kind of Malays would support Suqiu's demands.

Well, I can enlighten him on that: They're the kind who are courageous enough to want to step into the challenge of building a country with nothing more than their own hard work, patience and intelligence.

I salute them for their generosity and spirit.