Burmese-Canadians
British Columbia, Canada
Dear Friends,
The situation in Burma right now is at a critical point and we need to get serious.
It is time for all to take active measures to secure the freedom of the people of Burma.
I am appealing to our fellow Burmese Canadians to get involved and join the movement. There are many foreigners around the world who are actively involved in the movement to free Burma and the Burmese people. Your close relatives and/or friends are suffering hardship, and your religion is being destroyed under the military regime.
Please get involved in politics, don’t let politicians or the so-called military regime do whatever they want to do. If you don’t want to get involved in politics, please get involved in this cause as a humanitarian issue, please get involved as a religion issue because many Buddhist monks and nuns were brutally shot and violently beaten and their monasteries destroyed.
Some people say that there is nothing you can do from here to stop that military government. You may be right but think carefully. One of the strongest reasons why people are standing in a group, holding signs, shouting slogans and even perhaps standing up to speak in public are attempts to stop what the military government is doing to its own people inside Burma. Let me give you an example. There is a house in your neighbourhood which has violence inside as some powerful men are beating others. When people gather outside this house and shout "stop beating and stop killing people", the persons who are beating others might stop beating or killing or even free those who are being beaten .
That is one reason and purpose for demonstrations. When people from around the world are demonstrating against the Burmese military regime, there are so many positive evidences such as release of politician prisoners, cease of arresting people, and small basic human rights improvement. When people do more, the results could be phenomenal.
I have heard that many Burmese are saying that you can’t do anything to change the military government and so on. I want those people to think about what they are saying. If you say that you can’t do; and I say I can’t do, who else will do anything, and who will try to change that brutal government.
Please don’t give up hope; sometimes it only takes one person to change the world.
Here are ways you can help free Burma and the Burmese people.
- Drop by the weekend demonstrations that take place every Saturday at noon in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery at Robson Square;
- Bring your friends and colleagues to attend the weekend demonstration;
- If you do not want to get involved, just drop by and watch what others are doing; we need more people; the more people we have the better;
- If you don’t have time to do those, please drop by to just sign the petitions;
- You can attend periodic meetings and share your ideas on this blog.
I warmly welcome any comment.
Yours sincerely,
William Aung
Vancouver, Canada
partywilly@yahoo.com
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