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roger,

ooof. every time you write you show how little you know!

1. renovation of Shwedagon started more than one year ago! finished in april 
or may i think? as soe than said, more pagodas than Shwedagon are covered in 
gold, but it is obvious to all burmese that you (and BBC) are talkng about 
Shwedagon.

2. important: Shwedagon is NOT A TEMPLE! it is PAGODA! not just word 
different -- important! you do not even know this basic basic thing you have 
no right to talk about burma. you talk about roof of pagoda, every burmese 
person laugh at you.

3. you are so sloppy about thinking. no respect for knowledge. have you even 
been to burma? or only watch BBC tv show?

4. try reading book sometime. even okkar know much more than you.

5. it is this british arrogance, you think you have right to talk talk talk 
about burma even though you do not study to understand it.

6. get to work, television-brain.

love to all from, darling susu



>From: policy.office@xxxxxxxxx (Roger Bunn)
>To: burmanet-l@xxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Burma Out! Temple Balls : The final solution.
>Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 13:32:37 +0000
>
>And the final word it seems.. as much as i have enjoyed
>the debate.. and learned from it.
>
>Got a memory that can cover the debate from beginning
>to end?
>
>if you all remember, and you should as Susu darling took
>exception to the phrase, we posted that "some temple"
>have been covered in all that glitter stuff.. right. i am afraid
>that Susu darling immediately configured that we were talking
>about Shwedagon. And why not? For we had also posted an
>Okkarthing posting that refered to Shwedagon?
>
>see Burma Out!  Village Idiot gets bad dose of religion
>
>(2 and 2 generally making 4...  We all suddenly made 5...)
>
>For in my converstation with those whose job it is to know
>about these Burmese "things" this morning. I was reminded
>that this documentray, on poverty versus the religious
>doctrine of Burma that covered roofs with gold, while the
>people starved  was made by the BBC some months ago.
>And so presumeably it does not. Repeat, does Not, refer
>to the  temple in Shwedagon?
>
>In support of freedom. The BBC had repeated the
>documentary.  (Credit where its due huh?)
>
>And so our term "some temple" was accurate, (providing
>the original BBC report was accurate) to a degree wherein
>we had not refered to Shwedagon by name. Nor would
>we wish to, as we provided this information for a general
>comparison between the polarities of the as then, unexpressed
>core of the debate,  "the teachings being the body and (in this
>case  Burmese)  society being its shadow"..
>
>(We would like to thank those who made that point on our
>behalf.)
>
>A valid point under the circumstances, don't you think?
>Anyway, it was Sunday and things get a little "spiritual"
>around here on a Sunday when one does not have to
>concern ones self with those who prefer the burning down
>of an embassy or two over a weekend.
>
>(Just another glittering token huh?)
>
>We would like to thank the junta for sending us a temple
>history lesson.  Religion is truly to opium of the people
>under such conditions that prevail in "their land" and in
>bringing a racist peace to murderers and state drug dealers.
>And we will study this junta temple history with care.
>
>In the hope that somewhere in there we will find a clue as to why
>Buddhist priests in Nam could set themselves on fire. And as to
>any underground network within the Burmese buddhist secular
>community that works day after day to bring freedom to the people,
>and to bring Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to her rightful position as the
>popular leader of the nation.
>
>Because there is one point to make, that has yet to be advanced.
>
>During the struggle for freedom in S Africa, (apart from the
>Orange white men) the Christian church (not only Bish Tutu
>and ArchBish  Huddleston) took a very secretive and very
>prominent role in the internal armed struggle.
>
>One wonders if roofs being covered with buddhista gold would
>actually  lead to a similar activation of those who are "closest to
>the gods", when it comes to the "society being the shadow2.for
>Burmese freedoms.
>
>But as these are over sensitive questions to be asked upon
>an  open net. I have no intention of replying to any answers
>that  are published in public. However, on this direct action /
>doctrinal point alone...   Anyone can write and "straighten me
>out"    in private.
>
>But one could certainly "relate" to such an active priesthood.
>
>(And even 20 tons of gold would  relieve a lot of the nations
>frustrations)
>
>So, as my bald headed postman arrives at my door this
>lovely  sunny morning in London..  And I write about "Temple
>Balls : the final solution", while others get to dream about the
>eminent J Edgar Fan club and the imminent legalisation of cannabis.
>
>We well you wish.
>
>Rr
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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