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Jit Murad, Playwright and Actor
Jit is one of Malaysia's most prominent stand-up comedians, and respected playwright (Gold Rain and Hailstones/Spilt Gravy on Rice) and actor.
What things about us seem unfair to you?
Alicia, 14, Kepong
"ever thought of asking a small kid about politics or even their opinion about it??.."
Daphne, 21, Johor
"The right to talk, the power to control us. As those who have power to do so are not even smarter than us, they are just older."
Ong Siew Lee, 22, Petaling Jaya
"That you would not listen to us. You would hear us but not listen."
Jessica Kan, 22, Kuala Lumpur
"The world."
Yong Chen Wei, 20, Nottingham, UK
"Everyone was young once; you should all understand perfectly well what it is like to be young while we cannot understand what it is to be old. Given your unique advantage, you are very well able to empathize with us yet you just refuse to do so and insist you do not understand us. Why?"
Patricia Pinto, 24, Selangor
That you do not listen. That you insist we act according to your whims and fancies. That we may be asked for our opinions, only to be ignored. That we as a voice, is dismissed simply because we do not have the economic power to back us up.
Perhaps, most damaging of all, that we are dumbed down to make us more malleable. See: Education system in Malaysia."
Kimberly Wong, 12, KL
"That you're either overprotective or you ignore us, at least some of you."
May Yin, 16, Selangor
"Why is it that adults think they have some form of authority over us that we have to listen to them all the time? Why is it that many of them mess up this world and we have to clean it up while they sit around, say they are tired and order us around?
"Why is it that adults guide us this way and later complain that we young ones are delinquent? Why is it that they yell at me not to yell at them? Why do I have to follow their materialistic perceptions when I want to have my own? What has happen for wisdom’s sake?
"Why cant we young ones comment adults? Why cant we young ones join in sit down and talk about what we wish to talk about? "Because we have no more time to listen to each other and we have not enough money?Sometimes it just hurts :("
Shern Lyn, 15, Subang Jaya
"How you always compare us to yourself in the past and how hard you studied and that we should work as hard as you eventhough we are but you just don't see it.
"The way that whenever we achieve something you didn't expect us to, you don't seem to show any appreciation just because you didn't expect us to and if we did not achieve it, you criticise us to no end.
"How you always underestimate us and put no faith in us just because of a few silly mistakes in the past.
"And how you think you are always right."
Parthiban Muniandy, 24, PhD student
"One of the things that do feel a little unfair is being judged by the standards, values and ideals of an older generation too harshly, for example with remarks that 'we have it easy and take things for granted'.
"We are being constantly bombarded with new information all the time, and access to news, information, knowledge and media is so widespread that competition for opportunities has reached intense levels.
"We are constantly being exposed to a multitude of information, both good and bad, through the internet, twitter, Facebook and so on. It is hard to negotiate and sort this input because we do not have any real guides, except to figure things out on our own.
"For the older generation, those who are settled and secure, such things are not to be worried about and can be ignored, for the most part, but for us, such ignorance is almost impossible."
Michelle Chan, 18, Subang Jaya
"You set your expectations high. We try to achieve it. If we succeed, you’re awed because you underestimated us. If we fail, you belittle us.
"We are trying to grow up and we don’t need judgmental guidance. We need opportunities to learn from mistakes and build our own character in the society. So we know ourselves better; so we know where we stand in the community."
Samantha Chow, 18, Kajang
"That you were able to go out to play safely with your friends under the sun, whereas now we have all sorts of social issues that make even the front gates of our houses a dangerous place."
Corina Kumar, 19
"The fact that your childhood was colourblind, and that you guys could go places and hitchhike and not be worried about criminals. And we can't. Adventures, hitchhike, backpacking are dangerous now. That's what your generation spolied for my generation..."
Zechariah Lau, 17, KL
"I believe it is unfair that youths are usually labeled by the adults as 'rebellious' or 'indifferent'. Most of us are not 'indifferent', we just have a different set priorities. While most of us are not 'rebellious' or 'anti-establishment', instead, we are attempting to evolve the establishment.
"The adults must admit that the current establishment that they are running is not the same establishment that they initially inherited from their predecessors. Why then is it alright for them to fault us?"
Irene M. Cho, 28 going on 29
"Just because we have eaten less salt than you does not automatically mean that our ideas or thoughts are less superior."
Andrew Teh, 20
"Who does 'US' refer to? adults? I do generalise people but not in that way. Adults are just grown youths....."
Phang Kuan Hoong, 27, Kuala Lumpur, musician
"Sometimes, the inability of elders to view youths as equal human beings. the constant need to prove ourselves based on elders' invisible 'bar of acceptable standards' to receive acceptance/approval. sometimes, the inability for elders to perform the admirable values that they seek to instill in us."
Ruben, 22, Subang
"The fact that the above-29 generation keeps bringing up the past although we know how much suffering there was then but times have changed and we should be living in the present. We understand that if it weren't for you people,we wouldn't be enjoying life as it is."
Alina Morais, Petaling Jaya
"The world was a much safer place when you were growing up – now we have more to worry about and be scared of."
Sandra Tan
"How you always have the last say!"
Bryan See
"The 'Adults are always right!' tagline!"