31 whole days in HK,
made me obsessed with
the plight of Vietnamese refugees
detained in camps
in HK and other parts
of the world.
I cannot fathom
with any logic
for the life of me
understand how
can the world
classify the Vietnamese
according to
political or economic refugees.
Political refugees
fair enough,
escaping to another country
for fear of political persecution.
Economic refugees?
escaping to another country
because of better economics?
Can a man possibly,
put himself, his wife
and his children,
on a flimsy and leaky boat,
risking
death by
drowning,
dehydration,
robbery,
rape,
murder
on the high seas?
Just because he wants
more money?
Come on,
he is escaping
because living conditions
back home,
under a communist regime
was unlivable!!!
And those Thai fishermen
who preyed on these Vietnamese refugees
because they realised,
it was easy money
looting the Vietnamese,
raping them,
killing them.
And the Thai governement,
did absolutely nothing,
to stop them,
so as to deter
the influx
of more Vietnamese
boat people.
Thus it is
Thai government
endorsed
robberies,
rapes,
and murder.
I used to think of Thai people
as gentle and nice,
after knowing
what they done
in the process
killing possibly
250,000 Vietnamese
I don't know anymore.
Maybe its Southern Thais
or Malays.
I dunno.
Fuck knows.
