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- MarkCiccone, on 10/10/2007, -1/+113Words can't describe what I'm feeling. This is a travesty.
- epicstruggle, on 10/10/2007, -12/+86Want to do something that will actually have impact. STOP BUYING CHINESE MADE PRODUCTS. Send an email/letter/telegram to the nearest chinese embassy stating that you will not buy any more chinese made products until they allow UN actions in Burma. Id even go as far as mailing WalMart, since they have become an exclusive Chinese storefront.
- roi118, on 10/10/2007, -6/+60Show your support to Myanmar people. Sign online "UN must act ,Call for action on Myanmar Military Government ,Now !!!! Petition to The Secretary-General of United Nations." at
http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi? ...
More updates on situation in Myanmar :
http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/ - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+48Sometimes I feel like I don't belong to the human race. How can people be so cruel to each other?
- extreme01, on 10/10/2007, -0/+46Wake up fools. The UN only exists for its own interests. Remember Rwanda.
- noahhoward, on 10/29/2007, -7/+48Oh so now the US ARE supposed to police the world? So just when it suits you then?
- relaxeder, on 04/17/2009, -3/+42The UN needs to get some boots in there, today.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+36So China is blocking U.N. sanctions in Burma and stalling Darfur peace talks (they have exclusive rights to their oil). Anyone else think we should consider boycotting the Beijing Olympics next year?
- noahhoward, on 10/10/2007, -4/+37China has been blocking UN actions in Burma.. he's well aware that China is not in charge of Burma.
At least educate yourself before you spew random *****.
http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2007-01/200 ... - Gerz1219, on 10/10/2007, -0/+33While you were stranded off the Burmese coast in a paddleboat, waiting for the rest of the invasion force to arrive?
- SunDestroyer, on 10/10/2007, -3/+32Why is it, through history and beyond, man seems to forever be fighting for something so easily distributed as freedom? You'd think as human beings and all that's been accomplished by us, we'd be able to set up a universal system, despite of culture and religious differences -- whereby EVERYONE has a fear-free, happy, fulfilled life. These people don't want the latest Bentley or a ten bedroom mansion each - they just simply want a fulfilled life.
- synaesthesia, on 10/10/2007, -2/+28I wish some networking corporation would set up camp in a neighboring country (India, China or even Thailand) and somehow broadcast wireless internet over at least the Rangoon area. While stopping the killing is the responsibility of the government(s) and United Nations, it would be amazing to see Cisco, Google, Microsoft, whoever, provide wi-fi to the region where Internet has been cut off. The ruling Junta cut off internet access to prevent the citizens from spreading the truth of whats going on to the rest of the world; any company that could restore access in a way that could not be prohibited (wireless) would not only receive an enormous public relations bonus, they would restore communication to an oppressed people and enable them to expose the atrocities going on under the cover of a communication blackout.
- epicstruggle, on 10/10/2007, -2/+27Do some research, Burma has lots of gas/oil, which is why China doesn't want things to change.
- karel747, on 10/10/2007, -0/+23Boooooo.
- steomith, on 10/10/2007, -3/+25From the accounts of the protests I've read, I have to say I applaud the way the citizens and monks were approaching things, in a completely non-violent manner. If non-violent monks pose such a great threat to the generals, what a statement! The Burmese government's reaction is deplorable in the least. Why won't foreign governments intervene in times of true crisis but only when its in their interests? Surely something can be done...
- BohicaTwentyTwo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+22Something non-interventionist I suppose.
- syroncoda, on 10/10/2007, -6/+28and everyone just sat back and watched it.
- geekee, on 10/10/2007, -0/+22Nothing. He believes in only using force to defend the US, and he believes in free trade, so no sanctions.
- dhakbar, on 10/29/2007, -0/+21Become a member of a ruling class in a nation with massive wealth disparity and I feel like you'll learn pretty quickly how easy it is to be cruel to the masses.
When we are insulated from the suffering we cause, ignoring such cruelty is as simple as switching channels on television. - vvortex3, on 10/10/2007, -10/+30Boycott Walmart!
- swrostmore, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19A buddhist monk would never pick up a rifle. They are giving up their lives to draw international attention to their struggle for democracy.
- overshoot, on 10/10/2007, -1/+19I'd rather have everyone (including the athletes) threaten to boycott the olympics next year. Imagine how the Chinese leaders would feel if no one came to their big party. Besides, they displaced a million people to make the roads leading into the stadiums prettier. Should be reason enough.
- rubikon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16So I guess the UN is too busy drafting resolutions against the only free democracy in the middle east to bother their friends in Myanmar about scaling back the murdering of these peaceful individuals practicing their religion and expressing their solidarity with the population and their problems.
Sadly, the UN is ANYTHING BUT USELESS! On the contrary, for many of the UN's Despotic and Theorcratic member states, it is easily one of the most empowering world bodies, legitimizing and often protecting the representatives of oppressive autocratic regimes.
Shame on the UN. and on us for standing by and allowing this to happen.
US out of the UN NOW! - kcfreels, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16UN is perfectly worthless. Burma/Myanmar whatever the hell they are calling the place should be expelled from the UN immediately, but the petty dictators run the place (more dictatorships than functioning democracies) and it's one nation, one vote.... Time to disband the UN and have a new organization of REAL functioning democracies.
- mpn401, on 10/10/2007, -16/+32And yet we stay in Iraq, where we weren't needed to begin with.
- geekee, on 10/10/2007, -3/+19Saddam killed hundreds of thousands the same way you retard.
- Boggy1, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16The UN is doing nothing..apart from placing Sanctions on Mynymar. It's total bull. We have let these thousands of people die, these thousands of peaceful Buddhist monks die, and we just watched them.
As a Buddhist myself...this is...enough to make me want to cry. - Anpheus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Show your support: don't call it Myanmar unless you're referring to the tyrannical military rulers.
The PEOPLE of BURMA would like to remove the Myanmar government.
Don't give the government any more legitimacy than that, they are a government that does not represent anyone or anything other than themselves, the people of Burma would like them removed. - Jimmymac1000, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14I am in Thailand which borders Burma on the south and east. Muslims have been killing Thai monks in Southern Thailand for years now. It's sick and disheartening but the Buddhists here believe that it will resolve itself eventually. Many a tear is shed but the monks here are the real deal. They will give their life for their beliefs. I had a girl come work for me today from Burma. Can't speak a word of English or Thai. God knows what her story is but she was very distraught. It's a sad time for Asia and the World. America could do more. I really wish that they would but maybe it's not in American interests to help poor in Burma or Darfur. It's still a tragedy.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14it's pretty easy to see why China and Russia refuse to take action, because it's not only about the trade partnership, it's more about ideology.
i'm surprised no one has mentioned tian an men square; essentially the same mass-killing taking place two decades later in a different country. if they took action here, they'd look ridiculous to not admit to the same crimes in their own countries. Russia and China know that if a similar revolt took place within their own countries, they probably would do something similar (through prosecution, not violence).
Those responsible in Burma need to be charged for crimes against humanity and be executed - neuralzen, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13Thousands of monks and civilians have been killed....the very core of their own country's religious beliefs are being executed daily. I can't even fathom what delusion is in the mind of whoever ordered their deaths. Those monks work only to be more compassionate and helpful to those around them and spend their lives refining that skill. Of all of the expanse of space, we are a hub of existence (see David Deutsch TED lecture); an acumen of knowledge where there was no knowledge before. Of these acumens of knowledge, very few are as dedicatedly compassionate as these men and women. There are no words....
- hiphoc, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Yea, Burma does have oil. Thats why they have a puppet dictaror supported by China which is supported by US corporations, which are supported by you buying cheap ***** at Walmart.
- Chode2235, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12arm the monks, doesnt that sound ironic. You know what monks are and what they stand for right?
- catalysis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12>40% of exports from Myanmar is oil
- mstoneburner, on 10/10/2007, -5/+17The UN will do nothing about the situation in Burma. If anything is to be done, it will be by a coalition of the willing headed, as usual, by the only Western power with a backbone: the United States.
- swrostmore, on 10/10/2007, -3/+14That's why it was voted to the front page, right? Because Diggers don't want to read about it?
- tblasko, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12That the world can sit idly by and watch while a relatively compassionate religious group and the people of that country get slaughtered and repressed tears me up inside... all the while we invade a country full of a relatively angry and oppressive religious group who can't, or don't seem to want to organize to take advantage of their new found freedom... I don't know the state of affairs in South east Asia, nor am I up on the geopolitical issues of that area but I know that this sucks.
- Wargalas, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12And watch China, who's their most respected and closest ally, do nothing. Yet, you don't hear about that, all you hear is "America! Do something!". Well China's pretty well off financially and has a pretty advanced military, let them do something.
- noahhoward, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12Wow, ajlobato, way to prove yourself a retard again. China IS interfering, they are preventing any actions because they profit from the situation as it is. Also, I actually do feel the US has a responsibility to step in in many of these situations but only when the UN is behind it and there is a clear plan.
- Protonz, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13How do you think governments like the one in Burma got that way? Passive little ***** like you who let the tyranny escalate until it is out of control.
- oddtom, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12Gorillas have learned to broadcast?! My lord, the chimpanzees can't be far behind. This must be stopped!
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11They havent agreed to discuss the issue yet.
- kcfreels, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Dumbass, Burma is swimming in OIL, get your acts straight. Everything is not about OIL!
- roebeet, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Meanwhile, on cnn and msnbc - "Britney Loses Custody of Kids". How is that more newsworthy than Burma?
- ashwinmudigonda, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Its the same story again. TO fight the army, the rebels needs weapons. Once htey have weapons, and after they depose the army, they will begin settling old differences. Read up on the history of Burma. The people united to kick the British out. Once they got that, 30+ ethnic groups started squabbling, resulting in the military to intervene and take control. Same sob story.
- dhakbar, on 10/10/2007, -9/+18We weren't needed there to begin with, but we sure as ***** can't leave now without leaving a much larger problem than the one we've already got.
It's sad, but it's true. - schrankage, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Ditto, he'd do nothing.
- ontain, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9the UN, World Bank and IMF are just there so that the super rich can greater influence the course of the world. things that don't interest them will get little response.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Do these on-line petitions ever work?
Not that I am not concerned for Burma, but there has to be a better way to voice ones feelings. Hell call your Representative and Senators. -
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