Burma and Al Gore

The military junta that rules Burma - "Myanmar" as they call it - which must be a local word for "welcome to our totalitarian nightmare where even peace-loving monks are killed since they are a threat to the state" needs to be dissolved via a national revolt supported by international intervention that grants immediate recognition to the provisional government that would be formed.

I was inspired to comment on Burma via my books blog because the military junta represents the worst of humanity as noted in this quote from the Burmese opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been under house arrest for at least a year I believe:

"When I ask young people what they mean by freedom they say that they want to be able to speak their minds.......they want to be able to discuss, criticize, argue; to be able to gather in the thousands or even hundreds of thousands to sing, to shout, to cheer."

Aung San Suu Kyi

The junta generals use their police state infrastructure to silence its opposition and the inherent creativity of its citizens. Honestly, I wish I could tour Burma to learn firsthand how badly the people live there and of course (for this blog's perspective) to see first hand what the book store and book publishing industries are like today. Perhaps I would even witness an old-fashioned book burning led by the dinosaurs who rule this modern day slave state we call Burma.

Readers should remind themselves if needed that Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her political leadership in Burma. This is of course the same award recently given to Al Gore who apparently will save the earth from global warming so that the Burmese generals who run the military junta can continue living in their luxury. My point being of course that Al Gore's tipping at windmills does not even come close to bar set by people like Aung San Suu Kyi thus Mr. Gore does not deserve his Nobel Peace Prize.

What Burma needs is book stores and free elections not carbon footprint offsets!!!

Todd