Saturday, September 22, 2007

Myanmar Monks Protesting Military Government

Good news. Monks in Myanmar (a.k.a. Burma) are rising in protest against the military government, and even went so far as to stop by where Suu Kyi is under house arrest and give her blessings. Protests by monks are apparently happening all over the country.

(For those of you who don't know, Aung San Suu Kyi is the woman who in 1990 won an election in a landslide to become Myanmar's Prime Minister, replacing the military-run government, but the military ignored the election results and Suu Kyi has been under house arrest more or less ever since.)

Anyway, as in all Buddhist countries, where the monasteries lead, the people (and usually the government) follow. Freedom may not be far away for the Burmese people and their elected leader, Suu Kyi.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good news, I would like to visit Berma sometime in the future, the wimmin there seem to be quite beautiful. I just came back from Chaing Mai, after seeing the "Long Necks" of Berma I thought wow these chicks would be really sexy if they didnt have that spring on their neck.
DAGO

Jil Wrinkle said...

You are a funny character, DAGO. Heheh. "Spring on their neck", heheh... sounds like a Tom and Jerry cartoon.