Eddie Izzard - Burma: It Can't Wait - Day 6

[ShitStains7676]

Ooh look at my iPhone.

[aaronalexdem]

Truly A Strong message. Also Izzard looks very different without makeup and with a beard. But aside from that we should do something

[bitofallright]

Burma or U.S., both are flawed, (there is no uptopia yet), this is about the basic right to have the freedom of choice and speech without the fear of repremand and death, In the U.S. we have a system in place (however flawed) to defend ourselfs against our human rights violations. People have inherent rights that should not be determined by whomever is at power at the time. The "Us vs. Them" and pointing fingers has got "us" the "people of the world" nowhere. It's time to change! Peace out.

[bitofallright]

This is addressing Human Rights violations and yes you can address Human Rights without bringing to the table every political point of view in regards to our country or thiers, not quite the point here. The people who inhabit a particular country are often just that "inhabitants of that country" and have nothing to do with the policy, just as I am sometimes. About the homeless in the U.S., yes we should care and do something (I do), but one does not eliminate the other.

[bitofallright]

wanted to clairify that these last two posts of mine were in response to someone responding to my original post rather harshly, that seems to be removed. Just wanted to say that I abhore any kind of goverment that uses force to keep thier people in check and all that the mentality of that way of thinking stands for. I don't know when the turn for the human race is going to come, but it will be hallmarked by a universal concience that would not allow this deep suffering,we would all feel it.

[nothisconstitution]

Not friendless? Unfortunately true.

But you don't have to travel as far to search for the friends of the regime.

Ask Chevron, ask Condi Rice about their investment in Burma.

[realrhetoric]

There are ineffective, and potentially less ineffective, ways to help. One of the most ineffective is to be dilettantish. Laura Bush has this approach: "Gen. Than Shwe and his deputies are a friendless regime." (WSJ 10/10, 2007). Not friendless:China not only supplies the military, but relentlessly depletes natural resources, pits one group against another, oversees an influx of settlers, now a majority in Mandalay, and shamelessly supports the slave labor market. This is a replay of Tibet.

[paulrosewah]

Thank for caring how much we suffer

[bitofallright]

It never fails to amaze me what the human animal is capable of. It is the most frightening thing we deal with, the capacity of one person to inflict unspeakable horrors on another. The other tradegy is when people with kind loving souls do nothing. By sheer geographic place of birth, your life can be nothing but struggle and abuse. The "fair factor" is not present magically, we actually have to do something to make a change, it starts with making yourself a person who cares and acts on it.

[maung3165]

Strong message indeed. Thanks