A mistake, most of us who don’t live in Burma are making, I think, is to assume that the horror in Burma, only affects those in Burma. However, it could affect us all in an incredible big way.
The world, in part, runs by inspiration. The last positive invigorating experience for the world was the Orange Revolution in the Ukrainian in 2005. However, a lot of little kids have been inspired by Columbine, Virginia Tech, and 9/11. Some assume only Muslim kids get inspired by the overwhelming power of a very few people on 9/11, but that isn’t true.
Once Communism, or “the people united can never be defeated” inspired the world. However, events such as Tiananmen Square, and brutal stupid government in North Korea dampened that dream a little, but the Korea Peninsula is finally coming around to sanity again. Other dreams were around, like Elijah Mahammad’s, who thought he could right the injustice against the Muslim world by creating a streamlined proselytizing version of the faith called the Black Muslims and successfully proselytized a large number of Westerners. It was (with the possible behind the scenes efforts of the West) declared a heresy. So, now instead, bin Laden has rougher plan to end Muslims being the left-outs of the world.
At some point it might be too late. Sensible dreams, whether nonviolent or somewhat violent, becoming overwhelmed by suicidal “I ain’t going to take it any more” cults and individual theatrics,” such as with Virginia Tech. There may be no such thing as stopping science. In a few decades any small suicide group or strategically placed individual possibly could get nukes or designer doomsday germs.
Burma, becoming one big graveyard, could be the last straw for us all. Fortunately, for the time being, Latin America is being spared because Castro and Chavez offer more positive hope but the world may be on the brink of being a place where death, with flare, is the only inspiration available. Steps toward peace between Israel and some of the Palestinians, will be a great help, but by itself can’t prevent “I ain’t going to take it” theatrics becoming the norm for the future.
Let’s get involved with trying to stop mass death in Burma like our own lives depend on it, and it might just be the case.
One problem with this, and other essays on Burma, is that none of us our asking the US or China to send troops, instead asking that keeping Burma’s plight in all of our minds, hearts, and prayers. If we do this, perhaps the so-called outlaw nations, Cuba, North Korea, and Iran might have some kind of joint statement and action (as a bonus Cuba could help get North Korea’s economy get back on track).
The world once dreaded an all out nuclear exchange, imagining we are not facing an equal danger with the “I ain’t going to take it any more” mind set, won’t do. If absolutely necessarily, we should try to bribe the Burma junta into behaving a little.
Richard Kanegis
Blog: Ramblings From the Hornets Nest
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