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mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
edited September 2007 in A Moving Train
I saw this photo while reading about the protests and marches in Myanmar. Something about this picture really touched me and I thought I would share it with everyone.

http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p253/nabuc2/?action=view&current=77010236.jpg
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    A new meaning to the phrase, "the thin red line?"

    I stunned by the number of monks.....wow.

    Well done photo....followed all the rules and still caught the emotion.
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  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    tybird wrote:
    A new meaning to the phrase, "the thin red line?"

    I stunned by the number of monks.....wow.

    Well done photo....followed all the rules and still caught the emotion.

    It is stunning. Very powerfull image.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    mammasan wrote:
    I saw this photo while reading about the protests and marches in Myanmar. Something about this picture really touched me and I thought I would share it with everyone.

    http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p253/nabuc2/?action=view&current=77010236.jpg

    great shot, thanks for posting.

    sure is sad though whats going on over there

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070926/ap_on_re_as/myanmar
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    monks are cool. Why don't they just break out some of their unstoppable kung fu on the government's asses?
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    MrSmith wrote:
    monks are cool. Why don't they just break out some of their unstoppable kung fu on the government's asses?

    I think you are confusing the Bhurmese monks for Shaolin monks.
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    what kinda asshole beats up a buddist? :(
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    cutback wrote:
    what kinda asshole beats up a buddist? :(

    It has also been reported that a monk was killed by riot police/military gun shot. Also Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been under house arrest for the past 4 years, has been moved to Insein Prison because she greeted some of the protesting monks at the gate of her home.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    mammasan wrote:
    I think you are confusing the Bhurmese monks for Shaolin monks.


    ohhh. See this kinda shit doesnt happen in Shaolinia.
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    MrSmith wrote:
    ohhh. See this kinda shit doesnt happen in Shaolinia.

    If this was happening in Henan province, China then you would be seeing some kick as Shaolin monks. There would be a pile of riot police all incapacited by Shaolin fung-fu and wushu.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • failedpersephonefailedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX4fRduSU7k

    please help support their protest.
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  • failedpersephonefailedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    if you print the attached Burma Coalition flag...and then post it at your desk as a silent show of solidarity with the people of Burma - thanks!

    http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/m/mm%7Dnld.gif


    it is the "fighting peacock" used to show support for the National League for Democracy
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  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    does anyone know if myanmar receives military aid from anyone?
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    polaris wrote:
    does anyone know if myanmar receives military aid from anyone?

    I know India does and I'm not sure if China does as well.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    mammasan wrote:
    I know India does and I'm not sure if China does as well.

    they should be called out at the UN then ... i think a suspension on military aid would be worth a try there ...
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    polaris wrote:
    they should be called out at the UN then ... i think a suspension on military aid would be worth a try there ...

    What should be done is a proposal to levy sanctions on India, and China if they do in fact provide military aid to Myanmar. Without the aid the military government will not have to means to stay in power. Instead of increasing the sanctions on a people that are already suffering, levy them on the countries that help support the dictatorship that oppresses them.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    mammasan wrote:
    It has also been reported that a monk was killed by riot police/military gun shot. Also Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been under house arrest for the past 4 years, has been moved to Insein Prison because she greeted some of the protesting monks at the gate of her home.

    mamma I thought she'd been under house arrest for much longer than that but hadn't been seen for four years?

    http://www.africasia.com/services/news/newsitem.php?area=africa&item=070926155210.w31243lt.php

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi

    I recall because I remember that the junta allowed her to leave house arrest when her husband was dying of cancer in the UK but if she left she would not be allowed back into the country. She remained and never saw her husband again, just as she has not seen her children. She truly is an amazing woman.
    NOPE!!!

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  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    Jeanie wrote:
    mamma I thought she'd been under house arrest for much longer than that but hadn't been seen for four years?

    She has been in and out of house arrest for decades. The government can only hold someone for 5 years before they have to bring them to trial. So they keep her under house arrest for 5 years then let her go only to arrest her again within a short period of time. She has 1 year left before this 5 year sentence is up then she will be released only to be arrested again within months, if not weeks or days.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    Polaris I just read that China does provide military aid to Myanmar.
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  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    Here is today's headline on the protests. The Myanmar government has taken to firing into crowds of peacefull protestors and raid monastaries in the middle of the night to arrest and beat upon peacefull monks.


    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21003194/
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    mammasan wrote:
    She has been in and out of house arrest for decades. The government can only hold someone for 5 years before they have to bring them to trial. So they keep her under house arrest for 5 years then let her go only to arrest her again within a short period of time. She has 1 year left before this 5 year sentence is up then she will be released only to be arrested again within months, if not weeks or days.

    Doesn't seem likely that this is going to end well for the people then does it?
    NOPE!!!

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  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    Jeanie wrote:
    Doesn't seem likely that this is going to end well for the people then does it?

    It probably will not end well. Since the world's focus is always limited to the oppressive regime they fail to hold accountable the governments that aid these regimes allowing them to stay in power. Until we start holding those countries accountable as well, in this case China and India, oppressive regimes like the military junta in Myanmar will simply squash rebellions like this with untold blood shed.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    mammasan wrote:
    What should be done is a proposal to levy sanctions on India, and China if they do in fact provide military aid to Myanmar. Without the aid the military government will not have to means to stay in power. Instead of increasing the sanctions on a people that are already suffering, levy them on the countries that help support the dictatorship that oppresses them.

    well ... that won't work diplomatically speaking as the US provides military aid to all kinds of shady groups ... so, we'd just have a bunch of bickering ...

    china does seem to be a key country moving forward in all sorts of geo-political issues ...
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    polaris wrote:
    well ... that won't work diplomatically speaking as the US provides military aid to all kinds of shady groups ... so, we'd just have a bunch of bickering ...

    china does seem to be a key country moving forward in all sorts of geo-political issues ...

    I realize that it will not work. No country would want to be the first one to propose such sanctions because all of the permanent members of the Security Council sell weapons and provide funding to some very shaddy governments. I was merely speaking hypothetically. This would be the surest way of deposing oppressive regimes. If the constant stream of funds and weapons that help these despots stay in power is suddenly cut off they would no longer have the means to control the population.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    mammasan wrote:
    I realize that it will not work. No country would want to be the first one to propose such sanctions because all of the permanent members of the Security Council sell weapons and provide funding to some very shaddy governments. I was merely speaking hypothetically. This would be the surest way of deposing oppressive regimes. If the constant stream of funds and weapons that help these despots stay in power is suddenly cut off they would no longer have the means to control the population.

    yup ... but it's almost like one can't exist without the other ... can you imagine if there were no oppressive military dictators - who would the carlysle group sell it's stuff to??
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    polaris wrote:
    yup ... but it's almost like one can't exist without the other ... can you imagine if there were no oppressive military dictators - who would the carlysle group sell it's stuff to??

    Something tells me that we would all be better off if both did not exist.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    9 dead today? so sad.
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    jlew24asu wrote:
    9 dead today? so sad.

    Unfortunetly the bloodshed will probably get worse.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    Good news everyone!!!

    China for the first time has agreed to a Security Council statement expressing concern!

    good job, U.N.! this thing is pretty much over!
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