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Pop Quiz:

Are you currently thinking:

1) Free Burma? What happened in Burma? Who imprisoned them?’

or

2) Er, where’s Burma? Is it near Hawaii?

If you choose:
1) Slap yourself 3 times on the face, then read on.
2) Don’t move, stay right there, I’m coming over to strangle you myself. You’re way waaay beyond help.

I’m not a political activist of any sort. At least I don’t consider myself to be, but the current state of affairs in Burma scared the shit out of me. It showed me what can happen when the government has too much power. Take a good look at Burma, Malaysia is on the way there, if things don’t change.

I’m didn’t realize I can be that effected by things happening that far away from me. I’m very sad reading the news and articles about Burma. Really really sad. It is then that I realize that I love them, I mean the people of Burma, as a human being loving another. Even though I don’t know any of them personally. I love them and don’t want anything to happen to them. I want them to have the opportunity to live the life as any other normal human being, free from repression. And I know most of you reading this feels the same way.

From TIME magazine: "While ordinary Burmese get ever poorer because of the junta’s economic mismanagement, the generals live in swanky mansions and drive fancy cars". Malaysia’s not too far from there, are we?

More: "The steep fuel hikes in August only heightened the economic disparity, as some formerly white-collar workers could no longer afford to take the bus to the office".

The least I can do is to create awareness about this. These people are fighting for their freedom without weapons. I encourage you to spread the word about Burma too. Write a post in your blog about Burma. Visit the Free Burma website by clicking the banner above and include the Free Burma petition widget into your Friendster/Myspace/Facebook profile.   

Burma, we’re watching, and this time, we’re not keeping quiet.

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