should we always tolerate the wrong?

kompas reports (in bahasa) that a doctoral student quit her hunger strike, after her demand was granted by her department. according to the report, she started the strike two days before as she found that the university had decided to expell her from school. the system has it, you have to register every semester. she failed to do that because she was "in maternity leave". a university official says that the student has failed to re-register for four (!) consecutive terms.

the student happens to be a leading activist -- or so implied by the newspaper. she was accompanied by her fellow activists in doing her protest. demonstratively she also burned her textbooks.

what in the world is all this? you've got system with rules in it. you violated the rule. but you don't want to bear the consequences. you did admit your mistake, yet you refuse punishment; you even blame somebody else for your own failure.

if i were an authority in the department, i would not tolerate such irresponsibility. even if it comes from "important" persons in the society.