Reply to : wake up, smell coffee (r)

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Subject: Re: Reply to : wake up, smell coffee

Dear Dawn Star,

What a ridiculous windbag you are.

Best wishes, Stu


>From: Dawn Star <dawnstar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: dawnstar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: Stuart Albright <stuart_albright@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>CC: tinkyi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, burmanet2-l@xxxxxxxx, burmanet-l@xxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Reply to : wake up, smell coffee
>Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 16:52:09 +0200
>
>Dear Stuart, how good of you to write, and with such awesome and
>commanding
>determination. it is most admirable. yours is a fine craft of wit and
>steady
>helm in troubled waters. most assuredly, and reassuring pearls of wisdom
>for
>us all. however did you imagine for the slightest instant that an
>ignorant and
>lowly state of mind, should I even venture to dare and call it that,
>might assume a tone, as you suggest, to patronize? Who? What? Where?
>There is nothing at all I see here in my very limited and small view to
>patronize. And conscience, that is indeed a very great thing, perhaps
>even greater than "the movement", or any movement. Summer has past, and
>winter is fast approaching, in my sector. Chill is not for me.
>
>It seems that you yourself in your mind have struck a cord. And it plays
>for James. Admiration for James Mawdsley we all share, there can be no
>doubt. His motivation and his life are his own. The cause is greater
>than James or any rebel in the field. James is now locked up, and either
>fortified or bearing the hardship well, it is to be hoped.Nothing should
>undermine his committment, his determination, his show of moral
>indignation. Not you or anyone. James is his own master, perhaps even
>now, more than ever, as he is under a different master's hand, a most
>intolerant one, where pain is the greatest pleasure of his wickedness.
>You appear to know more than leaves me free to comment, as there can be
>justice for my speaking out from ignorance and on things where i have no
>certainty.
>
>I must repeat emphatically that strength in solidarity, is a virtue, and
>your defeatist remarks are no tribute to James or anyone now fighting
>for or working
>towards freedom in Burma, on either side of the prison wall.
>
>Gandhi is a great example to be followed in Burma. And it may be a
>solution. Fill the jails for freedom. So far nothing has seemed to work.
>
>I do not know you or what you are doing. Speak for yourself. My work and
>my committment speaks for itself and needs no justification here other
>than to say you are completely and regrettfully wrong. And you are
>sinking to a low and uninspired voice of sadness and despair. Pull
>yourself up Man, and stay on course! And stay well, keep a firm grip on
>yourself and how you may each day work out the solutions, and contribute
>to overcoming ignorance and despair.
>
>May I add that you would do well to read the works of Daw Aung San Suu
>Kyi, and for that matter, His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
>
>Concentrate on what is important. And stay well and strong. And please,
>in the future, should you wish to communicate with me, do it discreetly,
>privately, without abuse or slander. Its not, well, very becoming. Its
>negative, and boring.
>
>Finally, let me ask you, what can you do, today, to help James and
>Rachel? Why dont you send them a letter through the Australian and UK
>embassy's, and please, nothing but strong positive spirited words of
>encouragement and forebearance. Tell him that the world is looking up to
>him and he will not be forgotten. Thank you, ds
>
>
>
>
>Stuart Albright wrote:
> >
>
> > Dawn Star,
> >
> > There's no need to take this patronizing tone, which you seem to take 
>with a
> > lot of people. You may think you're the conscience of the movement, but
> > you're not. So chill.
> >
> > First: I have complete admiration for James, and consider him a friend. 
>More
> > importantly, he's totally committed. He chained himself to Burma and 
>threw
> > away the key. I say "poor James" because he showed the way, and no one
> > followed. We chickened out. How can you talk about "solidarity in 
>strength"?
> > If James is by himself, then there's no solidarity, no movement, no
> > strength.
> >
> > That's why this is such an important moment. You were exactly right, 
>what
> > you said about Gandhi's strategy of filling the jails. That was a 
>brilliant
> > strategy, because there was no way the oppressors could fight it. Same 
>thing
> > with SPDC. There's nothing in the way of action -- all you need is
> > commitment. Fill the jails, and victory is inevitable.
> >
> > FACT: Nobody's doing it, Dawn Star. Not you, not me, not the hundreds of 
>NLD
> > people who are resigning every week. SPDC is laughing right now.
> >
> > That's the truth, and you're just in denial if you accuse me of 
>defeatism.
> > You refuse to look at the facts, and you just insist that nobody else 
>look
> > at the fact either, we're all just supposed to lull ourselves into a 
>false
> > sense of accomplishment.
> >
> > We have real problems, and we've got to solve them. Are you going to 
>help,
> > or are you just going to keep on pretending everything's fine?
> >
> > Stu
> >
> > >From: Dawn Star <dawnstar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Reply-To: dawnstar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >To: Stuart Albright <stuart_albright@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >CC: tinkyi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, burmanet2-l@xxxxxxxx, burmanet-l@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > >Subject: Re: [burmanet2-l] Re: The Times - Bribery is key to life in
> > >Burma's death jail
> > >Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 23:31:02 +0200
> > >
> > >Stuart, i will reply to you privately, but this message you posted
> > >publicly so here and here alone let me say that this kind of defeatism
> > >is ueseless and self-defeating and undermines every and all actions 
>that
> > >we put forward and intend to put forward; james is a fighter, no more 
>of
> > >this "poor james" business. he knew what he was doing, prepared himself
> > >and was ready for what happened. do not underestimate him or his
> > >determination or what he represents to the world. surely it is hard for
> > >him and his parents and closest loved ones. this is a time for
> > >solidarity, in strength, not weakness. the enemy will crush the weak
> > >hearted and they find sick pleasure in it. it is the spirit that keeps
> > >the body alive, remember that. ds
> > >
> > >
> > >Stuart Albright wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Dawn Star,
> > > >
> > > > You're right, we don't know exactly what happened. All we know is 
>that
> > >they
> > > > put Rachel in jail, and suddenly thirty people who were planning to 
>do
> > >the
> > > > same thing instantly changed their minds. OK, whatever.
> > > >
> > > > With all the NLD members giving up anyway, what's the point? I know
> > >they're
> > > > being pressured, but if they're not willing to go to jail, why  
>should
> > > > anyone else? Poor James.
> > > >
> > > > Stu
> > > >
> >
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