On the one hand, yes I am afraid, but on the other, I am sick & tired of silence (which quickly leads into learned helplessness). I think it's better to speak

On the one hand, yes I am afraid, but on the other, I am sick & tired of silence (which quickly leads into learned helplessness). I think it's better to speak up and to face the consequences than to see (first) your country (and then the world) ruined. I am currently studying abroad in UK and even though they cannot directly harm me (though they can hurt me through my family and beloved ones living back home). I kept thinking about the idea of settling in a nicer country, but then, I realise that people (in the West) have paid the price of their freedom (if not their wealth), and then idea of "(e|im)migrating" doesn't feel like a solution any more but postponement of the problem, whose responsibility is on my (our) shoulders and no one else's. More than what you asked for I assume, sorry. =)