Makes you wonder ...
Just by paying attention a little bit and having a little bit more common sense, it's easy to assess the situation in Myanmar, and have a clear understanding of what is and what isn't, and what is likely to happen to these protesters. What befuddles me, is that there is an actual human being that writes for the government's official site. This living, breathing person writes (below) and you have to wonder two things: 1.) How does this person sleep at night? and 2.) Which people are deluding themselves/terrified enough to not only believe it, but to comply? Frightening.
Don't get me started on Bush's remarks to the U.N., Russia or especially China. Since 1988, when hundreds of protesters were murdered, they've done nothing, and in fact sanctioned certain events so that Myanmar could remain what is basically an economically cheap colony. A few remarks at the U.N. are about 20 years too late. Russian and Chinese successful efforts at blocking U.N. sanctions are criminal.
And right under our noses. We should be thinking, "O.J. who?"
From the Burmese website:
Some monks and people enter homes
Saboteurs threaten families demanding them to join protest if not provide cash, Kind
Authorities urge people to make complaints in person or on line to Ward PDCs, Township PDCs or local
authorities against intimidations, extortions, coercion
NAY PYI TAW, 26 Sept ? The government has been striving day and night together with the people for the emergence of a peaceful, modern and developed discipline-flourishing democratic nation.
As the government has been endeavouring to ensure stability of State, community peace, the rule of law and national development that are the main requirements, the national races in all regions are practically enjoying the fruits of national peace and development.
However, saboteurs from inside and outside the nation and some foreign radio stations, who are jealous of national peace and development, have been making instigative acts through lies to cause internal instability and civil commotion. Hence, some members of the Sangha, anti-government groups and saboteurs were staging protest walks.
Some foreign broadcasting stations and destructionists have been issuing announcements, requests and leaflets as if the entire people were taking part in the protests participated by only some monks and people just to intensify the rowdy demonstrations.
The people who wish to earn their living in peace do not accept or take part in the protests. Thus, some saboteurs of the protest walks forcibly urged families of the homes all along their route, whether they know them or not, to provide alms and other requisites for monks.
Those saboteurs told the families that if they failed to yield to their demand, the protesters would not take care of their personal and property safety. Moreover, they threatened the families demanding them to join the protest or provide financial assistance, adding, the protesters would not guarantee the security of the lives and property of the families. The saboteurs were acting like extortionists in a threatening way. Moreover, some protester monks entered homes and demanded families to offer soft drinks, urging families who could not join the strike to make donations for the convenience of administrative affairs. According to those families, they had never seen or known those so-called monks in the past and they were not their mentor monks.
Some families filed complaints about the threats to the authorities, saying that they had to pay the protesters from forty or fifty thousand kyats to one lakh as extortion money.
The authorities have informed the people to file complaints in person or on line to the respective Ward Peace and Development Councils, Township PDCs or local authorities against intimidations, extortions or acts to force them to join the protest against their wish. The authorities have also urged families to make complaints against extortionists by name if they know them well and to live with security awareness.