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To: antonia

That is a photo of an expat community of refugees of ethnic genocide, taken thousands of miles away from Burma.

They are like any other group of expats and erfugees in the world who exercise speech rights to protest and demonstrate.


12 posted on 05/09/2008 6:30:37 PM PDT by JerseyHighlander
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To: JerseyHighlander
They are like any other group of expats and refugees in the world who exercise speech rights to protest and demonstrate.

Not only that, but the sign in the background makes an argument no American should have trouble with: It is the responsibility of Myanmar's government to respect its citizens right to life (and liberty, and property). These things are in short supply in Myanmar nee Burma. I wonder how many FReepers would remain unsympathetic to these expats' calls for aid if they understood the extent to which our enemy, China, has shielded the despicable thugs running this country from serious action by the rest of the world.

16 posted on 05/09/2008 10:15:19 PM PDT by FredZarguna ("I want that crazy uncle institutionalized, pronto.")
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To: JerseyHighlander
That is a photo of an expat community of refugees of ethnic genocide, taken thousands of miles away from Burma.
They are like any other group of expats and erfugees in the world who exercise speech rights to protest and demonstrate.

So Fox News has used a photo from another event to illustrate "cyclone-ravaged Myanmar". That was my point in the post, not whether or not anybody has the right to demonstrate or to receive aid.

21 posted on 05/10/2008 4:25:23 PM PDT by antonia ("Information is terrain and someone will occupy it.")
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