tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post4919167331433659984..comments2024-03-07T14:43:21.888-08:00Comments on Whatever I want to write about: The Rohingya genocide, and Aung San Suu Kyi's silenceSriram Khéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06907731254833435446noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-6322397529227168002015-06-10T06:48:42.723-07:002015-06-10T06:48:42.723-07:00All of us are in agreement that the situation is h...All of us are in agreement that the situation is horrible, and it is awful that Aung San Suu Kyi has stayed silent throughout. Her silence is reasoned as a low form of political calculation: that there is more than merely a few who are targeting the Muslims--Rohingya--and that by speaking out she will alienate them and lose their votes at the elections this coming fall. <br />The military government is making sure that she stays in this politically tough corner. <br />Oh well, all Nobel Prize recipients are not Desmond Tutus--apparently most are the realpolitik, calculating, Kissinger kind! :(<br /><br />The Burmese are powerless and puny, but are at an interesting geo-political situation, backed by the Chinese ... but, that's another post some other time.Sriram Khéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724218458246880137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-54124804346768734902015-06-10T00:19:48.720-07:002015-06-10T00:19:48.720-07:00The curse of being born in a continent full of peo...The curse of being born in a continent full of people is that, any atrocity is a mere statistic. Strangely this incident has found little takers in any media from any country for that matter!! never knew the burmese were so powerful!!!gilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03259194565523548553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-21581224623803520352015-06-09T20:33:31.714-07:002015-06-09T20:33:31.714-07:00I will never, ever understand violence against one...I will never, ever understand violence against one group by another, whether for religious, ethnic, racial, or any other reason. Why is it so hard to treat others the way we want to be treated?<br /><br />I had not noticed her silence so appreciate your comments. How does she reconcile her own contradiction? She says she won't comment since she is a politician not a human rights defender, yet she says it is a government problem to solve. Don't politicians work in the government to solve such problems? I wonder what is really behind her inaction.Anne in Salemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-7818092007111031432015-06-09T16:00:46.962-07:002015-06-09T16:00:46.962-07:00I simply could not get past the picture you have p...I simply could not get past the picture you have posted :(. The word genocide gives me chills and nightmares....I hope no human soul has to ever suffer from it. <br /><br />Shachihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05008713817905152623noreply@blogger.com