Bangladeshi Students

University students all around the world are praised and looked upon as the future of society. Rightly so, because they will become the highly educated elite that will run the future country both politically and business-wise. Is this the case for BD? I very much doubt it. Recently all the media have been concentrating on the Dhaka University (DU) teachers and students detention. I have a very strong opinion to the matter so I'm going to discuss this over a few posts.

Background
Last year (20th August 2007) during a DU students football match an army officer, as a spectator, got into a fight with a student apparently originating from verbal profanities being shouted by the alleged student. Nonetheless, as the army are ruling the country, the officer decided to use physical violence against the student.

I'd say that it was typical thuggish behaviour from an army lemming not just in Bd but in such a situation anywhere else in the world we'd see a repeat. I've been very close to being kicked shitless by marines/ squaddies/ army lemmings around the world. Credit to my communications skills for winding them up in the 1st place ;-) ... and again for managing to escape without a punch.

In the situation in DU, according to the army lemming, the student swore back at him a few times. Now I know Bd students. I know very many of them from all spheres of lives and universities. It was again a very typical behaviour of a Bd uni student to go to the point of confrontation. Why you may ask? Well you have to understand that students in BD wield too much power. They believe that the centre of the world revolves around them including the whole of BD. They are like a bunch of spoilt brats in a western sense. They have to have it their way or nothing at all.

I wouldn't mind it if they actually added value to the country. Simple matter of fact is they don't. I'll tell you how and why in an other post....

So imagine this. Unlike in the west where maybe the spectators have had a drink or two - I'm assuming that these two were sober as a judge (well maybe not a Bd judge!). Watching a football match where the student is getting over excited and shouting and swearing at the opposition. An army lemming sitting next to him or behind him listens and listens and decides to act. Obviously because he's a lot bigger, hard, and generally he's in the army so he's allowed. Assuming the student was as cheeky as I would did not like what the lemming said to him the lemming decided to grab him. I personally would use diplomacy and shut up to save my arse. Clearly the student in question didn't. Probably because he remembers the days before 11/1/07 (commonly referred to 1/11 in BD) where students were untouchables. Pre 1/11 the student would have got all the other students (who support the same party of course - either BNP/ AL/ Jammat) beat the lemming up and burn down the campus and local cars police stations etc to point out their disagreement.

Unfortunately to his disappointment this didn't happen - only a couple joined in. Instead the army officer got his 'mates', who happened to have set up camp on campus post 1/11 to keep reigns on the students, to kick the shit out of the students and any who dared join in.

End result: student in question & friends had the beatings of their life. Hope it taught them some manners - no need to be swearing at the opposition in any sports. The army lemming apparently suspended or so we were told. Anyone care to help with the names of the two? I'd say the army guy won.