Lush
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asia's mandela
there's a shepard fairey mural of her in my neighborhood. my buddy told me she's murdering people now. oops
http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/05/asia/rise-...index.html
Quote:For years, she was the epitome of the peaceful protester, steadfast in her devotion to democracy in her homeland of Myanmar through nonviolent means.
Aung San Suu Kyi was lauded on the global stage, awarded a Nobel Peace Prize, and praised for her refusal to incite violence while under house arrest for 15 years after winning a presidential election the ruling military refused to accept.
Now, protesters around the region are torching effigies of the democracy icon. They are furious at her failure to act while Myanmar's military lays waste to land held by the minority Rohingya Muslims, shooting civilians and sparking a mass exodus of hundreds of thousands of people who have been denied citizenship in the Buddhist-dominated country.
"These are mass killings and they're taking place right now and Aung San Suu Kyi's office is not only doing nothing to stop it -- in some ways they're throwing fuel on the fire," said Matthew Smith, founder of human rights groups Fortify Rights, who was speaking from Kutupalong Refugee camp in Bangladesh, where many Rohingya have fled.
here's the mural
and here it is now
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12-13-2017 10:41 AM |
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VA49er
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RE: asia's mandela
So folks are mad at her for not doing anything? There' only so much one person can do. Looks like it's time for folks to stop complaining and someone else stand up and actually try to do something.
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12-13-2017 10:49 AM |
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Lush
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RE: asia's mandela
(12-13-2017 10:49 AM)VA49er Wrote: So folks are mad at her for not doing anything? There' only so much one person can do. Looks like it's time for folks to stop complaining and someone else stand up and actually try to do something.
yeah, i don't know enough about their situation to comment. i think it's funny that people automatically think of peace when they think of buddhism. when in fact, they've never claimed to be peaceful. unlike some religions
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12-13-2017 10:58 AM |
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Lord Stanley
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RE: asia's mandela
She's had quite a fall from grace. Power corrupts, every time.
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