Comments on: Burma: 'net cut as brutal crackdown worsens http://boingboing.net/2007/09/28/burma-net-cut-as-bru.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 09:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/09/28/burma-net-cut-as-bru.html#comment-32550 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-32550 When I was in Burma 2 years ago there was effectively no internet access then. We found it in just a few places and at prices that only foreigners could afford. I don't understand why this is news, read any guide book, there wasn't much access to the net before this. When I was in Burma 2 years ago there was effectively no internet access then. We found it in just a few places and at prices that only foreigners could afford. I don’t understand why this is news, read any guide book, there wasn’t much access to the net before this.

]]> By: lost feliz http://boingboing.net/2007/09/28/burma-net-cut-as-bru.html#comment-30571 lost feliz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-30571 The last three days the news from Burma (via Bangkok) has been more about the technology of reporting, than the overall situation there. My ex is supposed to go to Burma in January. Yikes. Hopefully, they won't even let her across the border from Thailand. Kinda sucks that the U.S. can't get away with much moral finger wagging. The footage out of there looks like MacArthur Park (with real bullets instead of rubber). The last three days the news from Burma (via Bangkok) has been more about the technology of reporting, than the overall situation there. My ex is supposed to go to Burma in January. Yikes. Hopefully, they won’t even let her across the border from Thailand. Kinda sucks that the U.S. can’t get away with much moral finger wagging. The footage out of there looks like MacArthur Park (with real bullets instead of rubber).

]]> By: Dr Benway http://boingboing.net/2007/09/28/burma-net-cut-as-bru.html#comment-30832 Dr Benway Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-30832 "Reports from Rangoon suggest soldiers are mutinying. It is unclear the numbers involved. Reports cite heavy shooting in the former Burmese capital... "Soldiers in Mandalay...are also reported to have refused orders to act against protesters..." http://www.newsdeskspecial.co.uk/2007/09/army-mutiny-rep.html “Reports from Rangoon suggest soldiers are mutinying. It is unclear the numbers involved. Reports cite heavy shooting in the former Burmese capital…

“Soldiers in Mandalay…are also reported to have refused orders to act against protesters…”

http://www.newsdeskspecial.co.uk/2007/09/army-mutiny-rep.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/09/28/burma-net-cut-as-bru.html#comment-30590 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-30590 This Youtube video clearly shows that the Japanese journalist was shot deliberately, point blank: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LymH0aPenBM This Youtube video clearly shows that the Japanese journalist was shot deliberately, point blank:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LymH0aPenBM

]]> By: JacobDavis http://boingboing.net/2007/09/28/burma-net-cut-as-bru.html#comment-30620 JacobDavis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-30620 I wonder if the government actually believes that cutting internet will prevent the rest of the world from finding out what is happening within the Myanmar borders. Do they really think that cutting easy real-time access means no access at all? I wonder if the government actually believes that cutting internet will prevent the rest of the world from finding out what is happening within the Myanmar borders. Do they really think that cutting easy real-time access means no access at all?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/09/28/burma-net-cut-as-bru.html#comment-30646 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-30646 So why hasn't the US attempted to export Democracy to Burma, since the whole plan is to extend the reach of freedom and Democracy? These people want change so bad they are in the streets protesting at grave danger to themselves and all the world does is cover the story. So why hasn’t the US attempted to export Democracy to Burma, since the whole plan is to extend the reach of freedom and Democracy? These people want change so bad they are in the streets protesting at grave danger to themselves and all the world does is cover the story.

]]> By: Dr Benway http://boingboing.net/2007/09/28/burma-net-cut-as-bru.html#comment-30701 Dr Benway Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-30701 I know short notice. But if you are in the Washington DC area: <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/9/28/104528/608">DC Area Solidarity with Burma</a> March at 4pm today from Burmese to Chinese embassies. I know short notice. But if you are in the Washington DC area: DC Area Solidarity with Burma

March at 4pm today from Burmese to Chinese embassies.

]]> By: Dave Hecht http://boingboing.net/2007/09/28/burma-net-cut-as-bru.html#comment-30710 Dave Hecht Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-30710 BBC TV reported that Japan is sending their deputy foreign minister to investigate the death of the photog. A Burmese journalist they were interviewing in the studio said he had reports from the ground that hundreds are being killed today and the BBC also had reports of impromptu prison camps being set up, which the guy confirmed. Yikes. Looking for links... BBC TV reported that Japan is sending their deputy foreign minister to investigate the death of the photog. A Burmese journalist they were interviewing in the studio said he had reports from the ground that hundreds are being killed today and the BBC also had reports of impromptu prison camps being set up, which the guy confirmed. Yikes. Looking for links…

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