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14 Nov 10 - 04:20 AM (#3031632) Subject: BS: Aung San Suu Kyi Released From: Lizzie Cornish 1 And the first thing she does, is give a speech on *freedom* of speech! Yeah! Sock it to 'em, kid! :0) Aung San Suu Kyi released :0) Let's hope she is allowed to remain free this time. And that she is able to determine the fate of all those Burmese monks who went 'missing' back in 2007, and who've not been seen or mentioned since... |
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14 Nov 10 - 04:25 AM (#3031633) Subject: RE: BS: Aung San Suu Kyi Released From: Lizzie Cornish 1 Taken from my link above: >>>John Simpson World Affairs Editor, BBC News, Burma "What we saw here were scenes of extraordinary, unforgettable pleasure. But no-one knows what comes next. Aung San Suu Kyi phrased her new policy with deliberate vagueness when she talked about people working together to achieve their goals. Working with the opposition leaders who thought she was wrong to opt out of last week's elections, certainly. But working with the generals who run this country and who have kept her prisoner so long - that's going to be very hard indeed. This isn't South Africa and the old regime isn't just prepared to fade away. We'll get more of a clue to all of this on Sunday at noon Rangoon time, when Aung San Suu Kyi holds a press conference - assuming that it's allowed to go ahead by the authorities. But the generals are taking a huge risk in releasing her from house arrest and the battle of wills is only just beginning." |
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14 Nov 10 - 05:08 AM (#3031647) Subject: RE: BS: Aung San Suu Kyi Released From: alanabit Glad as I am to see her out, I can hardly see this as anything more than a PR exercise by the generals. They have just stage a bent election, which, surprise, surprise entrenched their power. I suspect it will not be long before Aung San Suu Kyi is either in exile or back under lock and key. The generals have no intention of relinquishing power and nobody with a grain of sense wants to see hundreds - if not thousands - of innocent people losing their lives in a futile attempt to wrest it from them. Aung is playing a long game, but I fear it will not be over any time soon. |
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14 Nov 10 - 07:09 AM (#3031698) Subject: RE: BS: Aung San Suu Kyi Released From: MGM·Lion Just to repeat here what I posted on Lizzie's other, above-line, thread about her appeal for a freedom song: if ever asked in an interview or survey or such whom I regarded as the greatest person in the world, I should unhesitatingly say 'Aung San Soo Kyi!' ~Michael~ |
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15 Nov 10 - 02:50 AM (#3032411) Subject: RE: BS: Aung San Suu Kyi Released From: GUEST,Patsy Isn't she beautiful, she makes me feel the need to wear flowers in my hair. |
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15 Nov 10 - 01:58 PM (#3032828) Subject: RE: BS: Aung San Suu Kyi Released From: alanabit I remember reading an article about her by her former tutor at Oxford. She commented on Aung's remarkable serenity and good manners. For all that I fear for her safety, she is one of the people who I most look up to. In the end her cause will prevail although she may not live to see it. That is unlikely to deter her one bit as she is obviously an unselfish person. |
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15 Nov 10 - 08:35 PM (#3033111) Subject: RE: BS: Aung San Suu Kyi Released From: robomatic what alanabit said. Aung is one of the truly good looking clean thinking and eloquently self-expressing persons of the world. But the power is in bad hands, evil hands. Hands that don't give a fig for democracy or the people. Hope for the best. |
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16 Nov 10 - 05:30 AM (#3033291) Subject: RE: BS: Aung San Suu Kyi Released From: saulgoldie News reports usually erroneously report the name of her country. The correct name is "Burma." If you want to add an "aka," then it is "Burma, also known by the military dictatorship currently in power as Myanmar." Saul |
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16 Nov 10 - 04:07 PM (#3033804) Subject: RE: BS: Aung San Suu Kyi Released From: GUEST,999 I wrote a politely-worded letter on her behalf a few years ago and then again last year. This is wonderful news. The letter by itself didn`t help, but maybe lotsa letters did. |
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16 Nov 10 - 05:14 PM (#3033860) Subject: RE: BS: Aung San Suu Kyi Released From: McGrath of Harlow You'll note that the BBC prefers to call the country Burma. So does the Guardian and the Daily Telegraph, and so far as I am aware, the rest of the British press. |
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16 Nov 10 - 06:30 PM (#3033898) Subject: RE: BS: Aung San Suu Kyi Released From: robomatic Many years ago I heard a recording of Aung San Suu Kyi expressing her preference for "Burma". |
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16 Nov 10 - 07:32 PM (#3033944) Subject: RE: BS: Aung San Suu Kyi Released From: Lox Stifled a tear when i watched the report. We could do with someone like her over here in the UK - a clear case of a strong sense of responsibility and compassion overriding any thought of personal gain. 20 years of incarceration without bending, but if anything becoming stronger and more powerful is testament to her integrity. On the subject of Burma, I should like to inappropriately quote Spike Milligan: "I once knew a Burmese horse Of course He didn't know he was a horse But I knew Jim So I told him Now he knows And so I close." Back to scheduled programming ... |
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16 Nov 10 - 08:34 PM (#3033986) Subject: RE: BS: Aung San Suu Kyi Released From: Steve Shaw She's already compromising, talking in terms meant to avoid insulting those generals. It doesn't augur well at all. I'm afraid I share alanabit's measured pessimism (if that's what it is). You're a hero when you do things, not just for being incarcerated. |
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17 Nov 10 - 09:43 AM (#3034322) Subject: RE: BS: Aung San Suu Kyi Released From: GUEST,Patsy Now she is free will she ever be able to leave Burma? Even to visit another country? |