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09-29-2007, 07:06 AM
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09-29-2007, 07:20 AM
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Re: 100,000 monks/citizens protest military junta in Myanmar
unbelievable, I've actually leaned so much more about what's happening in this thread than the here on TV and newspaper here.
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09-30-2007, 04:37 PM
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Re: 100,000 monks/citizens protest military junta in Myanmar
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[ QUOTE ] this is fascinating stuff. god forbid this actually gets mentioned on the evening news. [/ QUOTE ] i'm in the uk right now and its all over the news here, like top story. not the same in the states? [/ QUOTE ] It's on CNN here.
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09-30-2007, 09:01 PM
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Re: 100,000 monks/citizens protest military junta in Myanmar
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[ QUOTE ] this is fascinating stuff. god forbid this actually gets mentioned on the evening news. [/ QUOTE ] i'm in the uk right now and its all over the news here, like top story. not the same in the states? [/ QUOTE ](most) news in the us is entertainment ldo
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09-30-2007, 11:43 PM
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Re: 100,000 monks/citizens protest military junta in Myanmar
in one of the most offensive slurs i've read in a mainstream Western newspaper in a long-time, The Age in Melbourne has described the peaceful uprising as "intifada-like"
It astounds me that a newspaper is willing to cast such an abhorrent slur against the Burmese democracy activists.
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10-01-2007, 01:03 AM
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Re: 100,000 monks/citizens protest military junta in Myanmar
As someone who grew up in Myanmar, I'm really glad that this is getting worldwide publicity. When the government massacred thousands in 1988, none of the international authorities did anything but stood by and watched. Let's hope that does not happen again.
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10-01-2007, 02:17 AM
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Re: 100,000 monks/citizens protest military junta in Myanmar
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in one of the most offensive slurs i've read in a mainstream Western newspaper in a long-time, The Age in Melbourne has described the peaceful uprising as "intifada-like" It astounds me that a newspaper is willing to cast such an abhorrent slur against the Burmese democracy activists. [/ QUOTE ] Could you explain this to me? Some quick google tells me that "intifada" = rebellion, am I missing the slur part of that?
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10-01-2007, 02:23 AM
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Re: 100,000 monks/citizens protest military junta in Myanmar
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Could you explain this to me? Some quick google tells me that "intifada" = rebellion, am I missing the slur part of that? [/ QUOTE ] It's normally used in the context of the Palestinian uprisings.
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10-01-2007, 02:39 AM
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Re: 100,000 monks/citizens protest military junta in Myanmar
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[ QUOTE ] the protests were triggered when the government stopped subsidizing gasoline causing the prices to skyrocket. [/ QUOTE ] Why would monks give a [censored] about the price of gasoline? [/ QUOTE ] 
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