Burma's Struggle

[YoungJoonKim]

World at Rage:
http://www.cbc.ca/photogallery/world/737/

People in Despair:
http://www.cbc.ca/photogallery/world/735/

Myanmar Buddhist monks walk on the street during a protest against the military government in Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city Monday, Sept. 24, 2007. As many as 100,000 anti-government protesters led by a phalanx of Buddhist monks marched Monday through Yangon, the largest crowd to demonstrate in Myanmar's biggest city since a 1988 pro-democracy uprising that was brutally crushed by the military. (AP Photo)

Posted on Mon, Sep. 24, 2007


Myanmar Government Warns Monk Protesters

The Associated Press
YANGON, Myanmar - As many as 100,000 protesters led by a phalanx of barefoot monks marched Monday in the most powerful show of strength yet from a movement that has grown in a week from faltering demonstrations to one rivaling the failed 1988 pro-democracy uprising.

Just remind you ladies & gentlemen (for those who knew and didn't know) of population that thrive for their freedom and would risk their life to have it...
This is the country that deserves freedom, in my eye.
Once again, my opinion.

EDIT: This is more updated version of previous one..I think.
I hope no one jumps on me because of it lol

 

[Karlin]

Ironically - it was International Non-violence day

No need to be so humble about your opinion my friend, it is a worthy post! Burma and all peacefull peoples deserve freedom, but it seems to be getting more difficult to achieve in this era of increased militarism. The fact that the Burmese held a non-violent protest makes is all that much more honourable. The way a movement - or a nation - starts out often determines the direction and charachter of it forever. A violent start would mean having a violent nation forever after - the USA is an example of that. IRONICALLY, 1000s of peacefull protesters lay dead in Burma, our media blithely let "International Non-violence day" pass by us without any announcement and no celebration at all - it was yesterday [Oct 2nd] "Forgetting Gandhi on International Non-violence day" - http://tinyurl.com/2ruys9 [links icon not working for me right now] It is held on the birthday of Ghandi. He showed that non-violent protest can make an impact. Hopefully the struggle in Burma is not over yet. And hopefully it will allways be a non-violent movement. That shows true courage and it shows that they have a beautifull heart. Nobody is more worthy of freedom!! [not that we all are not worth of having our freedom, but ya know what I mean].

 

[thomaska]

Somehow I doubt that the syphillitic King George would have had a different response had the colonists staged non-violent protests in our beginings...

 

[lone wolf]

Somehow I doubt that the syphillitic King George would have had a different response had the colonists staged non-violent protests in our beginings...

The truest of chest-thumping knuckle-draggers just can't let a simple slight by.... Pity they couldn't focus their aggression on they who most need it. Burma has harmed nobody. She deserves not to be ignored.

Wolf

 

[thomaska]

The truest of chest-thumping knuckle-draggers just can't let a simple slight by.... Pity they couldn't focus their aggression on they who most need it. Burma has harmed nobody. She deserves not to be ignored.

Wolf

I wish we could go into Myanmar and help those people, but the truest of mouth-breathers would think we had ulterior motives...

 

[lone wolf]

Current events would make the reason obvious.

Wolf

 

[Colpy]

No need to be so humble about your opinion my friend, it is a worthy post! Burma and all peacefull peoples deserve freedom, but it seems to be getting more difficult to achieve in this era of increased militarism. The fact that the Burmese held a non-violent protest makes is all that much more honourable. The way a movement - or a nation - starts out often determines the direction and charachter of it forever. A violent start would mean having a violent nation forever after - the USA is an example of that. IRONICALLY, 1000s of peacefull protesters lay dead in Burma, our media blithely let "International Non-violence day" pass by us without any announcement and no celebration at all - it was yesterday [Oct 2nd] "Forgetting Gandhi on International Non-violence day" - http://tinyurl.com/2ruys9 [links icon not working for me right now] It is held on the birthday of Ghandi. He showed that non-violent protest can make an impact. Hopefully the struggle in Burma is not over yet. And hopefully it will allways be a non-violent movement. That shows true courage and it shows that they have a beautifull heart. Nobody is more worthy of freedom!! [not that we all are not worth of having our freedom, but ya know what I mean].

What people need to understand is that peaceful, non-violent protest works.......when aimed at a society whose leaders have a conscience, or are responsible to their own people. Gandhi succeeded largely because he was dealing with the British......put him in Burma and he would be currently floating down a river missing the back of his head.

That is the brutal truth of it.

 

[Dreadful Nonsense]

I think the world wants China to step up to the bat here...we're up to our eyballs in bringing peace and it's time for China...she might just do something to ignite a love and a passion for her just before the olympics...it might be her cia doing the chit disturbing in Burma...personnaly i think the whole outfit fell into ruin when they stopped the burma shave commercials