Protesting Monks!

[anthrobabe]

some stories are beginning to trickle out now about how they were held captive. days without water and not allowed to sleep.

many think it's fairly ominous that the gov't has lifted the curfews- mean they think they've got nothing ot worry about now from the 'protesters'.

many people still in hiding- the gov't has teams of people out now with photos (from the protests) and they go door to door at night and if you look like someone in a photo then they take you.

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

Opsanus! Heinous!


I think that all sorts of undies would be excellent choices.


And I hadn't heard about the sleep deprivation. Sounds like they're taking a page for the CIA's book.

[Darlica]

The Monks are back on the streets of Pakokku a city in central Burma.

BBC reports that: "The procession in Pakokku was ostensibly a religious affair. The monks gathered at a shrine, and walked chanting through the town. But it is hard not to see this as a challenge".
And that "the procession also took place on the same day a pro-government rally was staged by the authorities, although it is not clear whether the monks' rally was a direct response." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7071018.stm

Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter also reports that the monks where chanting lyrics from the Metta Sutta a Buddhist text about love and peace as they walked from the monastery of Sasana Wihmula to a pagoda in the city.

Those monks must have backbones of steel. Their courage is admirable and humbling.
I really wish there was more I could do.

 

[Opsa]

Being inspired by their courage to do the right thing in a peaceful way may be enough.

[anthrobabe]

I've heard the phrase bandied about--- 'freedom isn't free', sadly all too often the person who says this has no idea


lets all remember the ones who truly know the meaning of that phrase---



humble is being barefoot but still standing......