[Buddha-l] News from Burma: bludgeoning monks bythe'lone-tein

[jkirk]

Thanks Chris--will do
Joanna 

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Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 8:02 AM
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Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] News from Burma: bludgeoning monks bythe'lone-tein

Hi Joanna

Please send a message expressing your concern to the Prime Minister of India
at: 
<http://pmindia.nic.in/write.htm> - the message needs to be 500 characters
or less and since the submit button disappears after a couple of minutes you
may first need to compose the message off-line so you can cut and paste it
into the form.

Here is what I wrote:
<<Respectfully I ask that you & your govt. reflect on events in Myanmar. As
a neighbour India holds an important key to resolving this situation.
India's interests and those of Myanmar & the region in peaceful resolution
are inseparable.

The regime has lost any legitimacy & surely must go. Let this be with
Indias' 
enlightened aid. The time to act is now. With compassion, show decisive
leadership with other like minded nations to support peaceful change.

Thank you for your thoughtful consideration.>>


I still have a bit of faith in India's democratic ideals - despite many
failings I think it at least wants to believe it upholds peace & and
democracy. I have no such faith in China.

- Chris


jkirk wrote:
> I had the same question Joy raises about Bhutan--not only Bhutan, but 
> more likely countries like India--while all this lone-tein murder was 
> going on, the Indian commerce minister was in Rangoon discussing a gas 
> deal with the junta. Has this generation of bureaucrats in India ever 
> heard of Mahtma Gandhi and his non-violent struggle to free India? Of 
> course, the ruling elites in India nowadays loathe Buddhism anyway, as 
> Hindu nationalism has become de rigeur.
>  
> The bare greed for resources has taken over the world to the extent 
> that Burma commerce partners China and even India (the home of 
> non-violent
> rebellion) are basically keeping mum about the Burma uprising against 
> military dictators. Russia is another culprit. They don't want the UN 
> sanctioning any dictatorship because that's the condition of Russia as
well.
> Whatever the Chinese and Indian governments have said about the 
> slaughter going on in Burma is insipid and pointless. Yet both China 
> and India actually have elverage over the Burma junta--they COULD 
> threaten cutoffs of commerce and weapons.
>  
> Joanna
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