Description:
(The writer is a pro-democracy activist and former political prisoner. She lives in Rangoon.)
"Like many Burmese, l am tired of living in a fairy tale. For years, outsiders portrayed the troubles of my country as a morality play: good against evil, with no shade of gray in between-a simplistic picture, but one the world believes. The response of the West has been equally simplistic: It wages a moral crusade against evil, using such "magic wands" as sanctions and boycotts..."
Source/publisher:
Far Eastern Economic Review (5th Column)
Date of Publication:
1998-02-19
Date of entry:
2003-06-03
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- Individual Documents
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English
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