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Subject: TIME: DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI IS THE BEST!!!

Dawn Star wrote:
> 
> WHEN YOU READ THE TIME STORY AND I HAVE READ WELL TRIED TO READ TIME FOR
> OVER TWENTY YEARS AS IT SLIDES DOWN IN QUALITY FROM THE DAYS OF STROBE
> TALBOTT (NOW WITH STATE) Y0U CAN ONLY BE IMPRESSED BY HOW BAD THIS
> WESTERN JOURNALIST SANDRA BURTON IS AND WHAT A PAIN IN THE ASS IT MUST
> BE FOR DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI TO DEAL WITH WESTERN JOURNALISTS WHO DONT DO
> THEIR WORK BEFORE THE INTERVIEW....
> 
> DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI IS THE BEST!!!
> 
> > Time Asia -November 15, 1999 vol.154 No.19
> > TIME contributor Sandra Burton's Interview with Aung San Suu Kyi (Part 2)
> >
> > TIME: There you go again. The government complains that if you would only
> > say something nice about them...
> >
> > Suu Kyi: If they do something nice, we will say something nice. If they want
> > to do something nice, I'll say something nice about them. Compared with what
> > they write about me in the newspapers here, our criticisms really appear
> > like songs of praise. So they have no reason for complaint. If they do
> > something nice, we would say something nice. We have said some nice things,
> > such as when we held some of our ceremonies. But we are certainly not going
> > to say nice things if there are none. We cannot praise them for putting our
> > people into detention or torturing our prisoners or harassing members of the
> > NLD. Why say nice things about that?
> >
> > TIME: But how do you evaluate the ICRC's role so far.
> >
> > Suu Kyi: We are waiting to find out what they can achieve. So far things
> > seem to be not so bad.
> >
> > TIME: How long do you think you will have to wait? With Indonesia's Megawati
> > Sukarnoputri and Gus Dur [Abdurrahman Wahid] it's 35 years of waiting. With
> > East Timor's Xanana Gusmao it's a lifetime.
> >
> > Suu Kyi: I don't think we should complain. It would be too embarrassing for
> > us to make a fuss about waiting 11 years, when you consider what they have
> > been through.
> >
> > TIME: If you use 35 years as a benchmark, you would have to wait for another
> > 24 years. Can you hold on that long?
> >
> > Suu Kyi: Things don't always move at the same rhythm. Things are different
> > from government to government and country to country. So it doesn't worry
> > us. Change begets change, and usually at a much faster pace.
> >
> > TIME: So these developments right around Burma--not to mention others
> > elsewhere--give you encouragement?
> >
> > Suu Kyi: Yes. And speaking of saying nice things if nice things are done, I
> > must say that we really respect everyone involved in Indonesia, because
> > [former president B.J.] Habibie was so admirable in the way he in which he
> > decided not to continue in the race for the presidency, so dignified.
> > Indonesians should be proud of how things have turned out in their country.
> >
> > TIME: It says a lot about compromise.
> >
> > Suu Kyi: Yes, we like it. I think people admire and respect Mr. Habibie for
> > the way in which he decided to back down gracefully instead of clinging on
> > in the face of the opposition of the people. I think many people respect him
> > for that. I certainly respect him for that. And I respect the way in which
> > President Wahid is interested in bringing about compromise and trust, and
> > Megawati in the way she accepted the vice presidency shows broad mindedness.
> > It's a good sign for our part of the world. We do want to say nice things
> > about people. It's so much more pleasant to say nice things about other
> > people, than to always complain. And I do want to say that we do hope that
> > the people of East Timor are in for a period of peace and prosperity. We
> > wish them very well. We have found the East Timorese very supportive of our
> > struggle for democracy.
> >
> > TIME: What do you think about the High Court's decision to hear several NLD
> > cases against the government?
> >
> > Suu Kyi: It's easy for cynical people to assume that the authorities are
> > taking on these cases now just because the General Assembly is in session.
> > Or they want to use these lawsuits against us. Or they may even be
> > interested in justice, in which case we would be prepared to say very nice
> > things about them.