Saturday, September 22, 2007

[10 000 buddhists] setting the example

Nearly 10,000 Buddhist monks marched through Myanmar's second largest city, Mandalay, on Saturday, their biggest demonstration since launching a street campaign against the ruling military junta five days ago.

Analysts said the escalating marches by monks were a sign that what began as civilian anger at shock fuel price rises last month was becoming a more deep-rooted religious movement against the military, which has ruled the former Burma in various guises since 1962.

Would that the silent Christian leadership would take an equally courageous stand against the evil junta ruling western nations now.

6 comments:

  1. Yes indeed, those are my chaps - she said grinning in pride.

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  2. Buddhists have always been incredibly brave. The junta - you mean ALL the leaders of ALL western nations??

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  3. Lady M - hmmm.

    Welsh - no, no, only Blair, Brown, Cameron, Chirac, Merkel, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al and the jury's out on Sarko - just a few, Welsh. :)

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  4. The government of Myanmar is a totalitarian military dictatorship that uses forced labor, makes sure the people earn very little, control every aspect of life for the people there. You want to use the internet, too bad. It is time that bloggers and others pay attention to what is happening to the suffering people of this incredibly beautiful country.

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  5. Bloggers take note. Myanmar is country that deserves your attention. The totalitarian, military dictatorship would make any North Korean happy that she does not live in Myanmar. The government uses forced labor and other extremes to keep the people cowed. The standard of living is below anything we would know.

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  6. Well stated, Cynthia and I'll come into this one more once I finish with one or two other issues I'm addressing right now.

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