Licence to Kill & the Right to Surv (r)

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Subject: Re: Licence to Kill & the Right to Survive

Dear Dawnstar:

A very well written piece, I must say. Keep up the good work!

In solidarity,

S. Wansai

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To: <burmanet2-l@xxxxxxxx>; <burmanet-l@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 11:49 AM
Subject: Licence to Kill & the Right to Survive


> The junta has a license to kill. They are above the law. Only the
> appearance of civiled conduct allows them to interact with the
> world outside their borders. And they have now closed the borders!
> Extraordinary logic, really. How extraordinary, how full of fear they
> are when it is clear that "Johnny" is not just one man, but thousands of
> men, thousands of fighters, many of them who have embraced the spirit of
> non violence but who have been driven to defend themselves after having
> been pushed beyond the limits of survival. One must after all survive if
> non violence is to be the goal. Of course "violence breeds violence" but
> self defense is another issue entirely.
> 
> And that is what the junta has to fear. There are thousands of "Johnnys"
> in the field, and there will be thousands more. And when the day comes
> for all of them to throw down their weapons and bow to their leader of
> peace and non violence, that will be the day when the world can rejoice. 
> 
> But you know that they will not renounce their right of self defense,
> the right to survive.
> 
> All of these men should be protected, and sheltered in safe houses and 
> through underground networks, and they are. 
> 
> The revolutions of the twentieth century have been a turning point in
> the spirit of man. And now we are at the brink of a new era for the
> millenium. 
> 
> And the spirit of freedom is very much alive and well in Burma, and it
> will defend itself against force and against the generals of the junta.
> 
> People seem sometimes to get it all backwards, and then mixed up in
> their minds. It does not take a plane to highjack, or a bomb to explode
> or an embassy to hold the world spellbound. It takes a junta, a
> dictator, an unlicenced right to kill. And when its gone, its over.
> 
> dawn star
> 
>