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    Burmese Activist Charged After Visit By "Wretched American"
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    05/14/09

    In reply to Burmese Activist Charged After Visit By "Wretched American"
    It sounds like this guy was a very determined stalker. Or an employee of the government. Aung San Suu Ky is a hero. I like to think that I would be willing to suffer for what I believe but I know that I could never have the courage and determination that she has. Her steadfast determination in the face of brutality is amazing. She is a living rebuke to the junta.
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    05/14/09

    In reply to Burmese Activist Charged After Visit By "Wretched American"
    When I heard this on the news, I thought Steve Inskeep said "John Utah" and I immediately thought of point break.


    That said, what a fucking enormous asshole that guy is.

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    05/14/09

    In reply to Burmese Activist Charged After Visit By "Wretched American"
    If something hadn't happened, the Burmese government would've made something happen, or said something happened. This is already an unbelievable flimsy excuse backed up by no actual legal reasoning--are people really blaming this lunatic (and somehow, by proxy, all Americans), as if the junta wouldn't have pulled some other shit out of thin air if he didn't exist? They do not want this woman free, and no single individual actions are going to change that one way or the other.
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    05/14/09

    @Katxyz: yes. its incredibly naive to think, "oh if only this hadn't happened! she'd be free at the end of the month! cruel cruel fate." as I stated above I really believe this was orchestrated in some way. It's too convenient and bizarre.
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    05/14/09

    In reply to Burmese Activist Charged After Visit By "Wretched American"
    What a jackass. Like Aung San Suu Kyi doesn't have enough problems.


    Burma singlehandedly proves the saying that "Good will triumph over evil when the angels start to organize like the Mafia." Those junta wankers are never going to just give up uncontested power without a fight.

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    05/14/09

    In reply to Burmese Activist Charged After Visit By "Wretched American"
    For more information on the deplorable human rights conditions in Burma/Myanmar if anyone is interested:


    [www.amnestyusa.org]

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    05/14/09

    In reply to Burmese Activist Charged After Visit By "Wretched American"
    Not to be all conspiracy theorist but this smells to high heaven. This random guy just happens to get into her place in violation of some obscure law 2 weeks before her detention period was coming to an end? come on now.
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    05/14/09

    @bluebears: I'm unsure as to how a man breaking into her house and refusing to leave constitutes breaking the rules of your own house arrest.
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    05/14/09

    In reply to Burmese Activist Charged After Visit By "Wretched American"
    People who can put their cause before themselves awe me.
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    05/14/09

    In reply to Burmese Activist Charged After Visit By "Wretched American"
    So, this morning there were items about North Korea trying American journalists and Cheney talking about a conspiracy to keep him from invading Iran, and now this. Is the Supervillian Convention in town or something? Will the Junta lead a "Making Up Laws As We Go Along" workshop? Kim Jong Il will lead a discussion on the benefits of keeping your citizens away from all non-government controlled media, education, and information? Dick Cheney will have an exhibit booth in an undisclosed location?
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    05/14/09

    In reply to Burmese Activist Charged After Visit By "Wretched American"
    Who the fuck is this guy? And how is he not harmless if he breaks into peoples houses and then refuses to leave?
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    Image of JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing! JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!
    05/14/09

    In reply to Burmese Activist Charged After Visit By "Wretched American"
    Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was charged today with violating the terms of her house arrest after an American man snuck into her house uninvited.


    Crap Visits From a Dude.

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    05/14/09

    In reply to Burmese Activist Charged After Visit By "Wretched American"
    Did this guy think he was going to free her? As I understand it, she puts up with the house arrest, in part, because she realizes that she is doing more good by staying in Burma, where the people will see that she hasn't abandoned them. I know people who have gone to Burma to meet with her, it can be done. Climbing over a fence is not involved.
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    05/14/09

    @hfree: Actually, one thing mentioned in the report this morning, is the surprising lack of security, for someone who is supposed to be under house arrest. Theoretically, this guy should not have been able to swim to her house and stay there for two days.
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    05/14/09

    @NefariousNewt: My point was that she is not denied visitors. You don't need to climb a fence, swim across a lake, or other silliness. What you do have to do is respect that she is in a terrible situation and doing something stupid is just going to make it worse for her and you.
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    05/14/09

    In reply to Burmese Activist Charged After Visit By "Wretched American"
    It leads me to wonder: how has Burma recovered from the typhoon damage? I've noticed that that whole brouhaha dropped off the radar screen about the time the American Presidential election hit fever pitch.
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    05/14/09

    In reply to Burmese Activist Charged After Visit By "Wretched American"
    There should be some law about pissing people off/doing incredibly stupid things in foreign counties; of course we would have had to impeach Bush.
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    05/14/09

    In reply to Burmese Activist Charged After Visit By "Wretched American"
    I highly recommend Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin for those interested in the country and its crazy-oppressiveness. That book freaked me out.
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    05/14/09

    In reply to Burmese Activist Charged After Visit By "Wretched American"
    He's clearly harmless to himself, but not to her! What a fucking asshole!
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