it's a nice thought, but do you really think a blogpost or a text "for burma" is going to make a difference? Not to be the cynic here (although we know that's what i am), but the military junta doesn't care about what anyone else thinks. they don't care what the UN thinks and they sure as hell don't care what a bunch of bloggers in socially remote countries do on one particular day. they've cut off internet access to their citizens, so they don't know, either. and most of all, they don't even care what their citizens think. if they did, they wouldn't be slaughtering Buddhist monks left and right--the one entity in Burma that the people respect enough that the military junta, up until now, left them alone.
we can pat ourselves on the back all we want by blogging about Burma or texting about Burma, but at the end of the day, we're in our lit, heated houses with full bellies and they're still being mass murdered and fearing for their lives.
IS, not knowing if you'll ever look at this but I can tell you this if you call--I know it was just a gesture, but since I can do little else, it was my "nice thought." Maybe it was just to make me feel better, but I hope someone noticed and started paying attention to Burma.
...which is why all of the thoughts of the millions who protested the invasion of Iraq deterred Bush from bombing the country to dust...
... i wish i could agree that thoughts had a sort of power, and they do hold some power within oneself, but none externally unless thought spurs action. it's the thought that counts, right? that's what we tell ourselves when we empathize with the homeless on the street while refraining from spending our time on anything more than a christmas donation while discreetly stepping slightly away while passing them on the street.
i don't mean you, katherine; i've never met you, but i'm thinking of americans in general, particularly my grandmother.
the thought might count, but if no action follows, it won't make a bit of difference.
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so glad you've blogged abt Burma too :-)
it's a nice thought, but do you really think a blogpost or a text "for burma" is going to make a difference? Not to be the cynic here (although we know that's what i am), but the military junta doesn't care about what anyone else thinks. they don't care what the UN thinks and they sure as hell don't care what a bunch of bloggers in socially remote countries do on one particular day. they've cut off internet access to their citizens, so they don't know, either. and most of all, they don't even care what their citizens think. if they did, they wouldn't be slaughtering Buddhist monks left and right--the one entity in Burma that the people respect enough that the military junta, up until now, left them alone.
we can pat ourselves on the back all we want by blogging about Burma or texting about Burma, but at the end of the day, we're in our lit, heated houses with full bellies and they're still being mass murdered and fearing for their lives.
it's a nice thought, but that's all it is.
IS, not knowing if you'll ever look at this but I can tell you this if you call--I know it was just a gesture, but since I can do little else, it was my "nice thought." Maybe it was just to make me feel better, but I hope someone noticed and started paying attention to Burma.
thoughts are energy...they have a kind of power to them....
...which is why all of the thoughts of the millions who protested the invasion of Iraq deterred Bush from bombing the country to dust...
... i wish i could agree that thoughts had a sort of power, and they do hold some power within oneself, but none externally unless thought spurs action. it's the thought that counts, right? that's what we tell ourselves when we empathize with the homeless on the street while refraining from spending our time on anything more than a christmas donation while discreetly stepping slightly away while passing them on the street.
i don't mean you, katherine; i've never met you, but i'm thinking of americans in general, particularly my grandmother.
the thought might count, but if no action follows, it won't make a bit of difference.
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