Me.
Burmese activists sentenced.
Isn't it about time something was done?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/7721589.stm
I know my signature gives away my own personal views on this issue, but since the furore over aid has died down, the situation on the ground has returned to normal as far as the military government is concerned.
ie treating their people like dirt.
It sometimes seems as though other governments don't care or give a toss. Might is right seems to rule the day.
Under the patronage of Noble Savage Citizen of the Broad Acres.Originally Posted by mongrel
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Re: Burmese activists sentenced.
It usually does as in cases of intervention the ones intervening are treated by the world as imperialists.
"July 14, 2008: I think this is a case where Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are fundamentally sound. They're not in danger of going under. They're not the best investment these days from a long term standpoint going back. I think they are in good shape going forward. They're in the housing market. I do think their prospects going forward are very solid."
-Barney Frank
I say it's coming......
Re: Burmese activists sentenced.
Human rights is a 20th century invention... not to say that I don't believe in them myself, but in societies like these, it's still the rules of the jungle that they abide by.
Hypocrisy is the foundation of sin.
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