Are the Burmese people being defeated?
Some people say that the Burmese people are defeated. They say that the uprise was a failure.
To me, the time frame is too short to say that the uprise was a failure. Nobody knows what is going to happen next week, next month, or the next years? The journey to democracy is long, as has been proven in many countries who liberated themselves from dictatorships. I didn't expect to see the Burmese regime brought down overnight but this is a CRUCIAL step for the Burmese people. In 1988 they stood up, and 20 years later the people's aspiration for democracy is still there.
I think that the current set back of the uprise is only temporary. The people have set their minds for democracy and that is hard for the regime to remove.
Like in Vietnam, within the last 2-3 years, Vietnam has experienced a new wave of democracy movement. For the first time, people protest in large numbers such as workers' protests in 2006 with the participation of tens thousands people. The most recent event was the peasant protest in Saigon in July 2007 that lasts for 27 days!!
I think that people are getting out of their fear..... and that is an important step for the democracy movement in South East Asia.
Let's wait and see, this is only the end of the beginning.
Some people say that the Burmese people are defeated. They say that the uprise was a failure.
To me, the time frame is too short to say that the uprise was a failure. Nobody knows what is going to happen next week, next month, or the next years? The journey to democracy is long, as has been proven in many countries who liberated themselves from dictatorships. I didn't expect to see the Burmese regime brought down overnight but this is a CRUCIAL step for the Burmese people. In 1988 they stood up, and 20 years later the people's aspiration for democracy is still there.
I think that the current set back of the uprise is only temporary. The people have set their minds for democracy and that is hard for the regime to remove.
Like in Vietnam, within the last 2-3 years, Vietnam has experienced a new wave of democracy movement. For the first time, people protest in large numbers such as workers' protests in 2006 with the participation of tens thousands people. The most recent event was the peasant protest in Saigon in July 2007 that lasts for 27 days!!
I think that people are getting out of their fear..... and that is an important step for the democracy movement in South East Asia.
Let's wait and see, this is only the end of the beginning.
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