http://www.tianchua.net/en/2007/09/28/burmese-migrants-march-for-democracy/ la vie existe grace aux choix Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:58:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.tianchua.net/en/2007/09/28/burmese-migrants-march-for-democracy/#comment-5216 dr.matthew lee Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:48:23 +0000 http://www.tianchua.net/en/2007/09/28/burmese-migrants-march-for-democracy/#comment-5216 is there ever a need for bloodshed .. or is there a need for innocent lives to be brutally murdered/killed including foreign journalist who are only carrying out their work. is there any need for monks to be killed. is there any need to protest knowing very well perhaps the end result may mean unnecessary killings and sorrows inflicted on those family members who has to bury the young innocent lives lost. these are questions which needs to be answered by all who are inclined towards organizing protest in the future when the government is a military government. are there no other means of toppling down a military junta or this is part and parcel of fighting for democratic freedom and for rights. what right .. are we seeking if it means killings of innocent lives .. what democracy are we fighting for if it means someone will be loosing a brother, a child, a husband, a wife .. is it worthwhile, will it be a better place because in most situation even after a dictatoryship or military regime has been topple, things will even get worse before it gets any better .. as can be seen in so many other incidents around the world because usually people will not be able to actually comprehend or control their emotions and actions when freedom is achieved. there will be some chaos before it settles down and that is IF it settles down. at times, i question what kind of democracy are we talking about or searching for or are we mis-using the word or does not really comprehend the real meaning and practice of democracy and rights. my years of studying political science had served me well but when i see what is happening in Myanmar/Burma or even here in Malaysia itself i think there is a wrong perception of democracy painted by the government and i may even say so of the Opposition party. we should undertake a soul searching exercise first and find out what are we actually fighting for and whether is the alternative going to be better or the same. will a new government be able to implement what they had promised or are they unable to do so as they too want to have a grip on power for eternity once they obtained it as humans are power crazy and are extremely emotional. once we have bitten the forbidden fruit we crave for more as it satisfies not only our needs but more than that our wants which is extremely dangerous and we will want more and more .. that before we realised it .. we have assume the role of the previous government and turning into a tyrant or even worse. perhaps people are now disillusion .. in the sense opting to .. the saying-'better the devil you know that the devil you dont', thus the difficulty for any Opposition party to obtain strong support and forming a new government. my humble opinion is that we have to first seek what we hope to change and learn as to what we want first and to learn as to what demoracy means, what freedom entails and what is the meaning of human rights as it seems we maybe fighting for a cause which we dont even understand in the first place and loosing innocent lives which could very well be contributing in improving the world and our respective nations in a different way. we need to look inward before we could look outward and decide where and how we should go from there. never just simply accept what is being offered in other Western democracy and implanting it here in our respective nation just because it looks and sounds nice as it may only be a perception. added to that perhaps our people are not ready to accept such a change or able to handle the changes which will occur. it is best for gradual or incremental changes .. slowly but surely but that requires even harder work and international co-operation as in the case of Myanmar. is there ever a need for bloodshed .. or is there a need for innocent lives to be brutally murdered/killed including foreign journalist who are only carrying out their work. is there any need for monks to be killed. is there any need to protest knowing very well perhaps the end result may mean unnecessary killings and sorrows inflicted on those family members who has to bury the young innocent lives lost. these are questions which needs to be answered by all who are inclined towards organizing protest in the future when the government is a military government. are there no other means of toppling down a military junta or this is part and parcel of fighting for democratic freedom and for rights. what right .. are we seeking if it means killings of innocent lives .. what democracy are we fighting for if it means someone will be loosing a brother, a child, a husband, a wife .. is it worthwhile, will it be a better place because in most situation even after a dictatoryship or military regime has been topple, things will even get worse before it gets any better .. as can be seen in so many other incidents around the world because usually people will not be able to actually comprehend or control their emotions and actions when freedom is achieved. there will be some chaos before it settles down and that is IF it settles down.
at times, i question what kind of democracy are we talking about or searching for or are we mis-using the word or does not really comprehend the real meaning and practice of democracy and rights. my years of studying political science had served me well but when i see what is happening in Myanmar/Burma or even here in Malaysia itself i think there is a wrong perception of democracy painted by the government and i may even say so of the Opposition party.
we should undertake a soul searching exercise first and find out what are we actually fighting for and whether is the alternative going to be better or the same. will a new government be able to implement what they had promised or are they unable to do so as they too want to have a grip on power for eternity once they obtained it as humans are power crazy and are extremely emotional. once we have bitten the forbidden fruit we crave for more as it satisfies not only our needs but more than that our wants which is extremely dangerous and we will want more and more .. that before we realised it .. we have assume the role of the previous government and turning into a tyrant or even worse.
perhaps people are now disillusion .. in the sense opting to .. the saying-’better the devil you know that the devil you dont’, thus the difficulty for any Opposition party to obtain strong support and forming a new government. my humble opinion is that we have to first seek what we hope to change and learn as to what we want first and to learn as to what demoracy means, what freedom entails and what is the meaning of human rights as it seems we maybe fighting for a cause which we dont even understand in the first place and loosing innocent lives which could very well be contributing in improving the world and our respective nations in a different way. we need to look inward before we could look outward and decide where and how we should go from there. never just simply accept what is being offered in other Western democracy and implanting it here in our respective nation just because it looks and sounds nice as it may only be a perception. added to that perhaps our people are not ready to accept such a change or able to handle the changes which will occur. it is best for gradual or incremental changes .. slowly but surely but that requires even harder work and international co-operation as in the case of Myanmar.

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