Comments on: TOC Report: Over 400 visit Burmese embassy to sign petition http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/ a community of Singaporeans Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:45:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dominatio21 http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-2736 dominatio21 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:05:00 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/01/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/#comment-2736 One of the cops asked me if I knew I'd be taking part in was an unlawful activity, & that is was his duty to inform me so. I think I have an even bigger duty to stand beside my people who are still being killed, beaten & imprisoned back in Burma. It's not that I have anything against cops, nor do I have any intent to cause trouble unnecessarily. But really, what's the harm in a peaceful candlelight vigil? If the monks were brave enough to face armed soldiers, how can I possibly allow myself to be intimidated from doing something that is morally right? One of the cops asked me if I knew I’d be taking part in was an unlawful activity, & that is was his duty to inform me so.

I think I have an even bigger duty to stand beside my people who are still being killed, beaten & imprisoned back in Burma. It’s not that I have anything against cops, nor do I have any intent to cause trouble unnecessarily. But really, what’s the harm in a peaceful candlelight vigil? If the monks were brave enough to face armed soldiers, how can I possibly allow myself to be intimidated from doing something that is morally right?

]]> By: Daily SG: 2 Oct 2007 « The Singapore Daily http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-2735 Daily SG: 2 Oct 2007 « The Singapore Daily Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:31:02 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/01/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/#comment-2735 [...] Thugs Target Peaceful Protest - Martyn See: Guard dogs of St. Martin Drive - The Online Citizen: Over 400 visit Burmese embassy to sign petition - The Online Citizen: Candle light vigil at Burmese embassy - What Others Say?: Strategic Analysis [...] [...] Thugs Target Peaceful Protest – Martyn See: Guard dogs of St. Martin Drive – The Online Citizen: Over 400 visit Burmese embassy to sign petition – The Online Citizen: Candle light vigil at Burmese embassy – What Others Say?: Strategic Analysis [...]

]]> By: mehi http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-2750 mehi Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:58:34 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/01/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/#comment-2750 Regarding 'nice chaps' in general: if one really believe that one is wrong, the most ideal thing to do is to discharge themselves/quit - its just very rare.. It simply means they chosen their job, their family, their 'promotion', to follow orders, over the feelings that "they don't want to do anything either" - which we all can understand. I know nice people like that too. I just won't be that quick to defend them though. Do they really have no other option? Can they only be police? Regarding ‘nice chaps’ in general: if one really believe that one is wrong, the most ideal thing to do is to discharge themselves/quit – its just very rare.. It simply means they chosen their job, their family, their ‘promotion’, to follow orders, over the feelings that “they don’t want to do anything either” – which we all can understand. I know nice people like that too. I just won’t be that quick to defend them though. Do they really have no other option? Can they only be police?

]]> By: End the Junta http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-2738 End the Junta Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:27:26 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/01/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/#comment-2738 <a href="http://endthejunta.blogspot.com/2007/10/petition-from-singapore-to-end.html" rel="nofollow">Petition From Singapore to End the Oppression in Burma</a> Petition From Singapore to End the Oppression in Burma

]]> By: ofey http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-2737 ofey Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:08:21 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/01/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/#comment-2737 I had served my national service with the 2 police officers who were recording the crowd and they're pretty nice chaps. I just wanted to say that alot of the time, they're simply doing what orders are sent down from the top and that there's someone else pulling the strings from up top. Where these orders come from, I guess we all know but if you're ever at one of these events, believe me when I say that alot of the time, these officers don't want to do anything either but it's their job and they simply have to do what's asked of them. I had served my national service with the 2 police officers who were recording the crowd and they’re pretty nice chaps. I just wanted to say that alot of the time, they’re simply doing what orders are sent down from the top and that there’s someone else pulling the strings from up top. Where these orders come from, I guess we all know but if you’re ever at one of these events, believe me when I say that alot of the time, these officers don’t want to do anything either but it’s their job and they simply have to do what’s asked of them.

]]> By: Guy Next Door http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-2749 Guy Next Door Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:32:15 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/01/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/#comment-2749 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article2567469.ece It's reported by UK papers that the Junta is moving to Singapore. More foreign talent!! http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article2567469.ece

It’s reported by UK papers that the Junta is moving to Singapore. More foreign talent!!

]]> By: Kai Xiong http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-2748 Kai Xiong Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:49:51 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/01/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/#comment-2748 Just came back. The tally now is just below 700 I think. Just came back. The tally now is just below 700 I think.

]]> By: David http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-2745 David Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:49:41 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/01/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/#comment-2745 "is it appropriate for PM Lee to address Than Shwe as His Excellency" Our gahmen doesn't have moral authority. As long as anything that can make them rich, i won't be surprised that he will also address Than Shwe as : 'My (Money) God'. “is it appropriate for PM Lee to address Than Shwe as His Excellency”

Our gahmen doesn’t have moral authority. As long as anything that can make them rich, i won’t be surprised that he will also address Than Shwe as
: ‘My (Money) God’.

]]> By: at82 http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-2747 at82 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:12:16 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/01/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/#comment-2747 The empire strike back! http://www.todayonline.com/articles/214322.asp The empire strike back!

http://www.todayonline.com/articles/214322.asp

]]> By: Gerald http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-2744 Gerald Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:35:02 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/01/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/#comment-2744 I think our police don't have a sense of proportion. The Myanmar govt is killing its own people -- they claim only 10 killed, while foreign ambassadors estimate many times that; People are protesting against the brutal regime all over the region, from Indonesia to Bangkok to Philippines to Malaysia; And here are our policemen, banning peaceful protests, harassing people who are just going to sign a simple petition and intimidating them by filming them. Kudos to all who went down to sign the petition. I think our police don’t have a sense of proportion.

The Myanmar govt is killing its own people — they claim only 10 killed, while foreign ambassadors estimate many times that; People are protesting against the brutal regime all over the region, from Indonesia to Bangkok to Philippines to Malaysia; And here are our policemen, banning peaceful protests, harassing people who are just going to sign a simple petition and intimidating them by filming them.

Kudos to all who went down to sign the petition.

]]> By: ash'ventures http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-2743 ash'ventures Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:03:29 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/01/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/#comment-2743 <strong>is it appropriate for PM Lee to address Than Shwe as His Excellency ?</strong> I have been silent on writing about the situation in Burma. The truth is I'am embarassed reading the ongoings in Singapore related to reactions on the happenings in Burma, about the police asking Burmese to take off tshirts with sympathy is it appropriate for PM Lee to address Than Shwe as His Excellency ?

I have been silent on writing about the situation in Burma. The truth is I’am embarassed reading the ongoings in Singapore related to reactions on the happenings in Burma, about the police asking Burmese to take off tshirts with sympathy

]]> By: naing http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-2746 naing Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:26:15 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/01/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/#comment-2746 Thank you for writting the report. I and my friends went to the embassy last night but the police ask for our permit. My friend was afraid to get in trouble so we turn back. Tonight we will go to the temple at Balestier because we hear no police will be there. Please all go to the temple no police will dare go in because it is holy ground. Thank you. ဂုဏ္ေတၾ ယူဴပီး မိုးေရေတၾဳကားထဲ သၾားသၾား ရႀာဳကည့္ခဲ့မိတယ္။ အိပ္မက္ေတၾ အထိပၝပဲ။!! Thank you for writting the report. I and my friends went to the embassy last night but the police ask for our permit. My friend was afraid to get in trouble so we turn back. Tonight we will go to the temple at Balestier because we hear no police will be there. Please all go to the temple no police will dare go in because it is holy ground. Thank you.

ဂုဏ္ေတၾ ယူဴပီး မိုးေရေတၾဳကားထဲ သၾားသၾား ရႀာဳကည့္ခဲ့မိတယ္။ အိပ္မက္ေတၾ အထိပၝပဲ။!!

]]> By: observer http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-2739 observer Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:27:58 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/01/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/#comment-2739 Ky Thu, You presume too much. The brotherhood is not in a position to confirm or deny what you have mentioned here. As I understand it, they are apolitical, neutral to the point of being ambivalent on this entire issue. As for the gaming network darkness is not God, he has no influence on the matter – if there is a community that has extended a plug and play facility, I am sure he will be happiest to hear that a line is finally in place. As this will be a much welcome distraction to the underground gaming community in Burma. Everyone has a right to play on-line games. We wish you well and have no further comments on this issue. Please do not post here again, they have told me to inform you, they have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. You must be insane he says to write this nonsense. Darkness says, “there are games and there a games, this is the latter. So it is wise to run deep and silent” I don’t know what he means by this Ky Thu. I guess he just means – he’s happy to know to know there is finally something to play online, so play on! And do enjoy the game. Cheers Observer Ky Thu,

You presume too much. The brotherhood is not in a position to confirm or deny what you have mentioned here. As I understand it, they are apolitical, neutral to the point of being ambivalent on this entire issue.

As for the gaming network darkness is not God, he has no influence on the matter – if there is a community that has extended a plug and play facility, I am sure he will be happiest to hear that a line is finally in place. As this will be a much welcome distraction to the underground gaming community in Burma. Everyone has a right to play on-line games.

We wish you well and have no further comments on this issue. Please do not post here again, they have told me to inform you, they have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. You must be insane he says to write this nonsense.

Darkness says, “there are games and there a games, this is the latter. So it is wise to run deep and silent” I don’t know what he means by this Ky Thu.

I guess he just means – he’s happy to know to know there is finally something to play online, so play on! And do enjoy the game.

Cheers

Observer

]]> By: Bamarthu http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-2740 Bamarthu Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:00:36 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/01/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/#comment-2740 Thank you Singaporeans for your empathy and Thank you Andrew Loh for this report. Nice to know that there are Singaporeans that still care. Some of the Singaporeans that I've talked to are either too ignorant or just can't be bothered. You guys are different and we're grateful for it. Thank you Singaporeans for your empathy and Thank you Andrew Loh for this report. Nice to know that there are Singaporeans that still care. Some of the Singaporeans that I’ve talked to are either too ignorant or just can’t be bothered. You guys are different and we’re grateful for it.

]]> By: KY THU http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-2742 KY THU Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:53:47 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/01/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/#comment-2742 They have tried to shut down the internet, but we will get through. We will succeed now with the Internationale Gaming Network supporting us! They have tried to shut down the internet, but we will get through. We will succeed now with the Internationale Gaming Network supporting us!

]]> By: KY THU http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-2741 KY THU Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:52:28 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/01/toc-report-over-400-visit-burmese-embassy-to-sign-petition/#comment-2741 Thank you for the life line at 0990032 / pls get this message to Mr Darkness, we thank him for allowing us to use the UGN. Thank you for the life line at 0990032 / pls get this message to Mr Darkness, we thank him for allowing us to use the UGN.

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