Prudence and Madness

Imagine as we’re riled and bickering over a “racial slur” in a TV Show and crying that our national pride has been hurt, dozens of people in Myanmar are being arrested and killed by their own security forces, as the regime tightened its hold in power.

While we’re protesting that there are just some people who’re abusing their freedom of expression, in Myanmar, citizens take up the challenge of keeping the world’s eyes on them, despite the regime instituting a news blackout.

While in our country everybody is free to share their views (though some people may criticize them for it), in Myanmar today, protesters against the unjust regime are shot down, without trial, without a chance for defense. Soldiers that are supposed to be the protector of the country’s people have become the killer of the people.

The Philippines is fortunate that it is not in Myanmar’s situation today. Let us hope that we do not experience such suffering. But like what Jon said in twitter, we’ve already gone through similar situations and prevailed. The problem is, however, we always forget.

For now, let us help Burma. No country or race deserve such suffering.

So, what can you do? (details from Free Burma! site)

1. Publish a posting (Bulletin Board, Forum, Blog, Social Network, Static Website…) on the 4th of October with the header: “Free Burma!”

2. Tag it if you can with “Free Burma”

3. Choose a grafic from our Grafics page and

4. Link to www.free-burma.org there your readers will find some informations about the campaign and Burma and a participant list which you can join. Even if you’re a webmaster of a bulletin board or social network you will find a special Group List to join.

5. Add our Petition Widget to your blog/website.

 

Free Burma! Petition Widget

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6. Feel free to write any additional text you want.

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