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Internet service has been suspended in Myanmar, because the police are shooting thousands of protesters. A Japanese reporter is amoung the dead!
Don't travel to Myanmar(formerly Burma)
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There, corrected for you.
| Originally Posted by amphead /img/forum/go_quote.gif Internet service has been suspended in Myanmar, because the police are shooting at the thousands of protesters. A Japanese reporter is amoung the dead!
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There, corrected for you.
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anyone have more news?
I have lost faith in tv news.
I have lost faith in tv news.
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It's a world gone insane, but I read a lot of history and the world has always been like this.
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“the world has always been like this.”
So very true.
“ have lost faith in tv news.“
Also very true- consider how badly they reported on what happened after Hurricane Katrina- which was local, in America and accessible. Then think about how removed and unfamiliar the mainstream media is about foreign cultures and events.
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So very true.
“ have lost faith in tv news.“
Also very true- consider how badly they reported on what happened after Hurricane Katrina- which was local, in America and accessible. Then think about how removed and unfamiliar the mainstream media is about foreign cultures and events.
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It's been the top story on the BBC's site since it started. I agree it's been getting pretty poor coverage from a lot of media outlets, though. One of the problems is that the Myanmar government appears to be actively suppressing media reports by various means, such as cutting off internet and international phone access and seizing cameras.
| Originally Posted by keyid /img/forum/go_quote.gif anyone have more news? I have lost faith in tv news. |
It's been the top story on the BBC's site since it started. I agree it's been getting pretty poor coverage from a lot of media outlets, though. One of the problems is that the Myanmar government appears to be actively suppressing media reports by various means, such as cutting off internet and international phone access and seizing cameras.
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...shooting people.
| Originally Posted by Bob_McBob /img/forum/go_quote.gif It's been the top story on the BBC's site since it started. I agree it's been getting pretty poor coverage from a lot of media outlets, though. One of the problems is that the Myanmar government appears to be actively suppressing media reports by various means, such as cutting off internet and international phone access and seizing cameras. |
...shooting people.
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riot control should NOT being using live ammo - rubber bullets and tear gas and clubs or whatever, but c'mon, using a freaking real bullet that will kill a person, then shooting randomly into a crowd? that's just THUGGERY.
In 1988, the Junta's troops killed well 2,000 unarmed demonstrators. This isn't riot control, it's a corrupt and bloodthirsty military dictatorship prepared to commit any atrocities to keep its stranglehold on power in this oil-rich country. Unfortunately, Gandhi-like non-violent methods stand little chance against generals who order their soldiers to use machine-guns against unarmed civilians, so I don't see how 2007 will be different from 1988 unless the soldiers themselves mutiny against their commanders.
Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel laureate and legitimately elected President of Burma, also the daughter of its independence hero, has been under house arrest for the last 20-something years. She called on foreigners to stop traveling to Burma a long time ago.
Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel laureate and legitimately elected President of Burma, also the daughter of its independence hero, has been under house arrest for the last 20-something years. She called on foreigners to stop traveling to Burma a long time ago.
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in that case, the UN should get off its arse and do something about it.
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another oil rich country in trouble. Is bush doing anything? nope. why? cuz we don't buy oil from them.
But the brutal truth is this: even if nothing was done by the international community, the people of Myanmar will eventually prevail; people always wins....in time.
But the brutal truth is this: even if nothing was done by the international community, the people of Myanmar will eventually prevail; people always wins....in time.
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Well, at least since us humans have been here. Which is only a fraction of the world's existence.
| Originally Posted by ken36 /img/forum/go_quote.gif the world has always been like this. |
Well, at least since us humans have been here. Which is only a fraction of the world's existence.
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I agree it is horrendous, I think it would be the most enjoyable thing in the world to kill all those responsible, personally. It boggles my mind that such things can exist in this world. They need to be stopped, preferably killed.
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You'd need to pretty much kill off every world leader, almost all nations have had their hand at this kind of stuff. Some nations simply decide to do it off their own soil, but nevertheless.
As for riot police using rubber bullets and clubs, they already beat enough people to death with those clubs. BBC World Service is broadcasting this stuff every day, a nurse at a hospital is giving info to her sister in UK who in turn tells the news. It's pretty bad, but like most news, especially in North America, if it isn't profitable to show it (and this definitely isn't), it's "sanctioned" off the news. Plain and simple.
| Originally Posted by colonelkernel8 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I agree it is horrendous, I think it would be the most enjoyable thing in the world to kill all those responsible, personally. It boggles my mind that such things can exist in this world. They need to be stopped, preferably killed. |
You'd need to pretty much kill off every world leader, almost all nations have had their hand at this kind of stuff. Some nations simply decide to do it off their own soil, but nevertheless.
As for riot police using rubber bullets and clubs, they already beat enough people to death with those clubs. BBC World Service is broadcasting this stuff every day, a nurse at a hospital is giving info to her sister in UK who in turn tells the news. It's pretty bad, but like most news, especially in North America, if it isn't profitable to show it (and this definitely isn't), it's "sanctioned" off the news. Plain and simple.
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