Burma, America, The World, Art, Literature, Political Economy through the eyes of a Permanent Exile. "We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Sometimes we must interfere. . . There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention . . . writers and poets, prisoners in so many lands governed by the left and by the right." Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 1986, Oslo. This entire site copyright Kyi May Kaung unless indicated otherwise.
Friday, April 06, 2018
My conclusion, not worth my time reading/listening to Burmese media outlets on regular basis, when I can scan quickly in a few minutes every month or even every year or 5 years--very little original reporting or essays.
To paraphrase Bishop Tutu talking to Aung San Suu Kyi, in his open letter,
"if the cost is the price of your integrity, it is surely too high" when he castigated her for not speaking up for the Rohingya.
Another man who resigned--Gen. Jim Mattis--you can read it all in Bob Woodward's Rage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Mattis
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