Re: U.N. 'furious' as Myanmar aid 'seized'

On May 9, 6:49=EF=BF=BDpm, PaPaPeng <PaPaP...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Fri, 9 May 2008 14:47:02 -0700 (PDT), bmo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> >What if only one grain of rice reaches the people? You're saying that
> >no matter how shameless and horrible the junta is, we should bend over
> >backwards to comply with their edicts, even if it means more people
> >will die. Sovereignty is im****tant but in so is saving lives, arguably
> >moreso in this case. It's too bad the junta is in charge. They don't
> >deserve to be.
>
> This is a human disaster not a morality play. =EF=BF=BDThere is no place
f=
or
> good and evil battles. =EF=BF=BDDo what is possible first and that is to
g=
et
> drinking water food and shelter, medical supplies to the disaster
> site. =EF=BF=BDWho gets the supplies is irrelevant at this moment.
=EF=BF=
=BDThe
> im****tant thing is to get the stuff there on the ground. =EF=BF=BDThen
arg=
ue
> about the fairness and the morality of allocation. =EF=BF=BD
>
> If the regime is stupid enough to hoard the supplies only for itself
> then the anger of the people will have a unstoppable basis to topple
> the regime with. By then their lives are already written off and dying
> with a bullet is better than their families and themselves slowly
> starving to death. =EF=BF=BDThe ordinary army =EF=BF=BDranks will
certain =
not sup****t
> a regime that immoral for their own families will also die in the
> disaster.

Unfortunately, the regime has a history of doing just that.

And as you have seen over last summer, the regime has every ability to
put down any form rebellion.

CKSF