I know, but her supporters in the west are now saying that it is okay as Myanmar has the right to be a Buddhist country, and drive the Moslem out. She had the courage to stand up to the generals, but not the courage to stand up to a WRONG public sentiment. I want that Nobel back.
arsenal (January 29th, 2017), Dax (January 29th, 2017), Sugargrandpa (January 31st, 2017)
If "driving the Moslem out" is a "WRONG public sentiment" then what do we want Trump to hand back?
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Surfcrest (January 29th, 2017)
Trump never pretended to be a freedom fighter or a human rights activist and he didn't receive the Nobel prize for peace. Neither was he feted by liberal democracies nor was he worshipped as some kind of humanitarian hero. Apples and oranges. He is what he is and you don't get that sense of betrayal as one does with that so-called 'Lady'.Originally Posted by scottish-guy
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arsenal (January 29th, 2017), christianpfc (January 29th, 2017), Khor tose (January 30th, 2017), Sugargrandpa (January 31st, 2017), Up2U (January 30th, 2017)
Give him a chance Bud, he's only been Prez for a week. Expect his Nobel Peace Prize (or perhaps in 'Physics') application to land in Stockholm sometime in late February (in a Tweet).
"I'm gonna be sooooo good with that prize, I'm Sooooo deserving of it. The guys here are gonna sooooo love me for this. You hang it around my neck? It's real gold right? Heavy? You think the Swedes mind if I grab a few pussies during the ceremony?"
Just another reason why I love living in Thailand
No way. His Nobel is already earmarked for Literature (Best Fiction of the Year).
I can think of several other elected dictators of whom people said exactly the same at the time.
Having now issued diktats to prevent immigration to the USA by a number of predominantly Moslem countries, how long will it be till Trump targets Moslems within the USA and we start to see deportations using the "potential terrorist" excuse (which holds no water whatsoever when you examine the facts)
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The simple fact of the matter is that Americans have elected a racist as their 45th President.
Meanwhile the UK has an unelected racist foisted upon us as Prime Minister and one who has been promoted well above her ability. She sent these vans out in the UK just a couple of years ago:
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No wonder she claims to have a "special relationship" (which actually exists only in the minds of Brits - at least the Americans are under no such delusions) and are happy to hold hands.
christianpfc (January 30th, 2017)
However horrified we may be about the Rohingya's present situation, we should never forget why this has arisen. There is as usual no single reason, but the clearest of them all has to be British colonial rule! The British East India Company annexed the Arakan region in Rakhine State and imported a large number of Muslim workers from present day Bangladesh. When the British took over rule in India and Burma, waves of immigration continued as they were needed to work on the land, in the same way that Indians were imported from colonial India into colonial Malaya.
Finding a solution will be a huge problem. Aung San Suu Kyi now has to face it after the British at the very least east exacerbated it and the generals did nothing about it. The world, led by the Americans, wanted the generals out and democracy restored - because they always come across as viewing democracy as the solution to everything. Was there in fact much on-going official concern expressed by the USA about all the Burmese minorities when the generals were in charge?
Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Prize "for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights." So she is not living up to the terms of that citation.
Salad is absolutely right. And Fountainhall as the British so often did, we left Burma Democratic and over 60 years ago. Rather piss poor of you to lay that at the door. And are you using that to justify recent events? Because it sounds like you are.
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For those of you who don't know. Aung Sans' father founded the independence army with help from Japan.
sglad (January 29th, 2017)
So I'm salad now? Let me guess: the fruit variety?
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