Friday, October 5, 2007
Blog Response Term 3 #2
Myanmar opposition dismisses junta offer to talk
http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20071005-28626.html
This issue is on the political unrest in Myanmar. This issue is important because it could damage the country’s stability, and cause the country to regress instead. It has gotten so serious that even China and the USA has stepped in to try to help.
From my perspective, the people must really have been somewhat affected by the government, explaining the revolt. For whatever reason, we might not know, but definitely the government must have provoked them, intentionally or otherwise. The people have carried out monk-led demonstration. In my interpretation, I believe that Buddhism and monks are an integral part of the society of Myanmar, by using the monks to cause a revolt; they are hoping to get majority of the people to revolt with them too.
From the government’s perspective, it is merely an attempt to cause political unrest, but to the people starting this unrest, they see it as their liberty, their lifetime goal, similar to how the slaves would have failed during the Civil War.
I have not experienced something so major in my life before, thus my viewpoint might be limited, but I still believe the best way to resolve this matter is to investigate the real reason for the revolts and learn from this incident to avoid future happenings
moonlight shone on Friday, October 05, 2007.
