Bad Fortunes in Burma
It’s great to see so many of my fellow bloggers speaking out about the genocide in Burma. Andrew Sullivan has covered the Burmese popular uprising extensively. As Andrew points out in Burmese Haze, the internet is vitally important to the success of this revolution.
In the Newsweek article The Problem with Burma, Melinda Liu describes a harrowing encounter she had with the Burmese military years ago as she attempted to investigate reports of live people being cremated. These monsters have been terrorizing the Burmese people for far too long. Ms. Liu also says that the Burmese leaders are highly superstitious. Hmm.
Ordering soldiers to fire on unarmed civilians will surely lead to bad luck down the road somewhere for the Burmese terrorists. The souls of those innocent victims will undoubtedly be looking for retribution in the next life.
Breaking into monasteries and beating up Buddhist monks has bad karma written all over it. After all, the monks are the country’s spiritual leaders. The Burmese generals believe in karma right?
We also have the entire world watching the massacre of peaceful Burmese protestors in real time, and the Burmese military is utterly incapable of stopping it. I guess that’s their misfortune.
And if the Burmese regime continues its campaign of terror, they’ll have decadent westerners dressing up as sadistic Burmese generals on Halloween, complete with whipping canes and bloody fangs. Hell, that’s just embarrassing.
Here are more links to organizations documenting the popular revolution in Burma: The US Campaign for Burma, Burma-Myanmar Genocide 2007, Newdesk Special Burma
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