What is bloody wrong with saying "No"?

Sometimes the attitude of people around me leaves very much to be desired. I think we all should come to a consensus in that should people feel that they are threatened by a question, either because it affects their immediate well-being, then they should just say "no". By continuing with status quo, it misleads the other party into making ill-judgments, apart from also making them look manipulative to people. I do not mean this in a relationship way, nor do I mean this in a take advantage of friend way. It has everything to do with simple academics.

Yes, the Kiasu Syndrome has resurfaced, though, it's not like it ever disappeared, based on elementary observation. I am pretty much irritated by the fact that some can (with glee even, wtf) pass on "fake information", or misleading information about what is coming out in the examinations (or even on concepts in lectures) intentionally, when they want to "hide the truth". It sometimes puzzles me - if they want to hide things so much, then why not say "No"? Is it because they want to keep friends, but yet silently poison these very friends they want to keep? Now how ethical is that?

Being a Buddhist, I admit that there are many, of other faiths, or of no faiths, who are even better Buddhists than me. Yes, indeed there are many whose sense of ethics are directed towards a utilitarian approach ("Let's all pass this together guys!"). My advice to these people, in earnest is to look at themselves and think about what they are doing, in the big picture. Not only when exposed it makes them look like bloody dirty scoundrels, but by teaching the wrong concept, they are dooming their friends for long. After all, we as humans operate on a right/wrong basis - so as long as no one points out the mistake that this poor person picked up unwittingly, the person will never ever know. Think about that.

In my opinion, politics does not belong to education. Though if that is how people want to play it, then by all means, they should go ahead. Just don't make it so bloody obvious. Thanks, and have a nice day :-)