The CBC in Canada is reporting the following story with regards to Aung San Suu Kyi:
From the CBC website:
"Parliament on Wednesday unanimously passed a motion to designate Burma's democracy advocate, Aung San Suu Kyi, an honorary Canadian citizen.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper presented the motion in the House of Commons, calling her a "symbol of the desire of the Burmese people for political freedom."
Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been held under house arrest in Burma — also known as Myanmar — for the past 18 years by the military junta governing the impoverished southeast Asian country.
"All Canadians know that what is happening in Burma is an attack on the values we hold dear … and an attack on the values of civilization itself," Harper said, following a standing ovation."
Effectively I am not sure how this helps Burma in the short run but I am very glad none the less that this has happened.
Almost everyone I speak to is frustrated by the sense of helplessness about being able to help.
By the way, where is the money that these corrupt Burmese generals are syphoning off of the Burmese people.
Shouldn't we be able to trace that somewhere and freeze it. That would get their attention. As the old saying goes, "Follow the money!"
The amounts of money that must have been gathered after all these years of corruption must be huge and I doubt that they are keeping it in Burmese banks.
Somewhere out there is a banker who knows were this money is.
Well at the very least I just want to encourage you all to keep sharing information, keep talking about it and praying.
Somewhere out there is a solution.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
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