...Yeah, the Daily Star really missed a trick when they failed to employ me as alliterative-headline-writer in chief, didn't they?
Just thought this particular current affair really deserved some mention here on HL. Do we forsee Burma's junta finally being defeated by the force of peacefully protesting holy men?
Here's hoping
The latest news here.
And can someone tell me whether I should be calling it Myanmar now?
Monks on the march
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I guess the difference this time is the mobile footage leaking out each day. Whilst the curfew does seem to be curtailing things, and the first few deaths have sadly occurred, they didn't have any eyes on them last time this happened when 3000+ ended up dead.
I do wonder if even that will have effect, though. As much as I hope so I've a fear that the crushing of the movement will escalate from now.....
I do wonder if even that will have effect, though. As much as I hope so I've a fear that the crushing of the movement will escalate from now.....
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this was my little effort going on in my head yesterdayboudicca wrote:...Yeah, the Daily Star really missed a trick when they failed to employ me as alliterative-headline-writer in chief, didn't they?
Panic on the streets of Burma I wonder to myself ....
thought this was gonna be about 'atmosphere' which i guess it is
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this is the law of the jungle....the stonger always winsSINsister wrote:In this (rotten/ugly/hateful/hate-filled) world, it seems that the jerks with the guns always "win," innit?
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Yep, the blokes with the big guns always win
Still, does the heart good to know some people have it in them to fight the fight regardless.
Just a shame they ain't like those monks at the end of Tomb Raider 2, they'd kick the living crap outta any military forces, big fckn guns or not. Alas for the boundaries that separate the virtual from the real.
Still, does the heart good to know some people have it in them to fight the fight regardless.
Just a shame they ain't like those monks at the end of Tomb Raider 2, they'd kick the living crap outta any military forces, big fckn guns or not. Alas for the boundaries that separate the virtual from the real.
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"Political power comes out of the barrel of a gun" -- Chairman Mao (unless I'm mistaken)
I had high hopes about the uprising in Tiananmen Square back in '89. We all know what happened there.
The Burmese government will come down and come down hard on the protesters. They seem to care little for international opinion.
I had high hopes about the uprising in Tiananmen Square back in '89. We all know what happened there.
The Burmese government will come down and come down hard on the protesters. They seem to care little for international opinion.
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Seems no-one's holding out much hope...
Do you really think they will come down like a ton of bricks on the protestors? They are already getting in trouble with China and Japan, getting aid withdrawn - they would really be shooting themselves in the foot if they carry on shooting other people...
Do you really think they will come down like a ton of bricks on the protestors? They are already getting in trouble with China and Japan, getting aid withdrawn - they would really be shooting themselves in the foot if they carry on shooting other people...
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I know exactly what you mean, I remember feeling the same.markfiend wrote:I had high hopes about the uprising in Tiananmen Square back in '89. We all know what happened there.
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Well, humans in their infinite arrogance always like to claim that they're "above" animals - AHAHAHAHAHAHA! Animals don't know any "better;" humans have no excuse.psichonaut wrote:this is the law of the jungle....the stonger always winsSINsister wrote:In this (rotten/ugly/hateful/hate-filled) world, it seems that the jerks with the guns always "win," innit?
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The protestors don't walk away in silence.paint it black wrote:this was my little effort going on in my head yesterdayboudicca wrote:...Yeah, the Daily Star really missed a trick when they failed to employ me as alliterative-headline-writer in chief, didn't they?
Panic on the streets of Burma I wonder to myself ....
thought this was gonna be about 'atmosphere' which i guess it is
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humans are mammals and mammals are animals; anything is strange whether sometimes we behave as animalsSINsister wrote:Well, humans in their infinite arrogance always like to claim that they're "above" animals - AHAHAHAHAHAHA! Animals don't know any "better;" humans have no excuse.psichonaut wrote:this is the law of the jungle....the stonger always winsSINsister wrote:In this (rotten/ugly/hateful/hate-filled) world, it seems that the jerks with the guns always "win," innit? :( :evil: :von:
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What do they think they can achieve?
That is their country, they are the only people that can make a difference.
That is their country, they are the only people that can make a difference.
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Unfortunately I don't think the Burmese government will take much notice of on-line petitions.
In fact IMO on-line petitions are generally a waste of time; it would take little effort to have a computer generate millions of random names and e-mail addresses, and the targets of on-line petitions know this.
In fact IMO on-line petitions are generally a waste of time; it would take little effort to have a computer generate millions of random names and e-mail addresses, and the targets of on-line petitions know this.
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If it wasn't for on-line petitions Tony Blair would have introduced the car-tagging scheme and we would all be paying over £1k a year in taxes, so I would have to disagree with your glib attitude to being active and at least trying to assist humanity. F.U.markfiend wrote:Unfortunately I don't think the Burmese government will take much notice of on-line petitions.
In fact IMO on-line petitions are generally a waste of time; it would take little effort to have a computer generate millions of random names and e-mail addresses, and the targets of on-line petitions know this.
All my life I've wanted to be someone; I guess I should have been more specific.
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For what it's worth, the example you give of petitions.pm.gov.uk is the exception; that whole site was inviting public opinion on a UK government official site. And even then, that particular petition was based on a mis-report of what the government was planning:
Very active, sitting in front of a computer and clicking on a few buttons. Yeah that will really change the world.
You know nothing about me and what I may do outside of this board. How dare you fücking judge me.
However in general I stand by what I say.Tony Blair in his response to the e-petition wrote:But let me be clear straight away: we have not made any decision about national road pricing. Indeed we are simply not yet in a position to do so. We are, for now, working with some local authorities that are interested in establishing local schemes to help address local congestion problems. Pricing is not being forced on any area, but any schemes would teach us more about how road pricing would work and inform decisions on a national scheme. And funds raised from these local schemes will be used to improve transport in those areas.
Very active, sitting in front of a computer and clicking on a few buttons. Yeah that will really change the world.
You know nothing about me and what I may do outside of this board. How dare you fücking judge me.
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Ah don't worry John, it's not the first time I've been called arrogant. On-line keyboard heroics. I take it as a compliment.
To recap: on-line petitions are generally a waste of time and give the armchair "slacktivist" the impression of giving a sh!t when all they've really done is clicked on a few buttons on a website that will be ignored, certainly by the regime concerned, and probably even by the petitions' creators, unless it's an exercise in e-mail address collection for spammers.
To recap: on-line petitions are generally a waste of time and give the armchair "slacktivist" the impression of giving a sh!t when all they've really done is clicked on a few buttons on a website that will be ignored, certainly by the regime concerned, and probably even by the petitions' creators, unless it's an exercise in e-mail address collection for spammers.
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Nor the last, you arrogant barsteward!markfiend wrote:Ah don't worry John, it's not the first time I've been called arrogant.
'What a heavy load Einstein must have had. Morons everywhere.'
LOL!markfiend wrote:Ah don't worry John, it's not the first time I've been called arrogant. On-line keyboard heroics. I take it as a compliment.
To recap: on-line petitions are generally a waste of time and give the armchair "slacktivist" the impression of giving a sh!t when all they've really done is clicked on a few buttons on a website that will be ignored, certainly by the regime concerned, and probably even by the petitions' creators, unless it's an exercise in e-mail address collection for spammers.
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It's a pisser though when you take a break and settle down to watch some cyber handbags at ten paces and it all just peters out ...Planet Dave wrote:Nor the last, you arrogant barsteward!markfiend wrote:Ah don't worry John, it's not the first time I've been called arrogant.
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