Quote Originally Posted by Marsilius
Interviewed on TV, the brave protesters have asked the world NOT to use the term "Myanmar" which was imposed unilaterally on the country by the unelected junta.

Using the name "Burma" is, they say, a significant way of demonstrating one's rejection of the tyrannical and undemocratic regime.

Maybe we on this board should henceforth comply with their request?
One imagines that they are outside the country if they are being interviewed on TV. My Shan friends, both inside and outside the country, prefer the more inclusive name Myanmar. (This name has been in use for more than 700 years but the country was labeled Burma by the colonial power.) The Shan and others have been fighting the Burmese for 60 years or so.