Burma's Suu Kyi 'to be charged'

Can you all sign this petition please? Maybe forward it to friends too? It has to be better than no action.

It's just so sad. I had some Karen patients today. So sad.

A big THANK YOU!!, Helen for the petition. I know sometimes it's easy to succumb to a sense of helplessness and despair but if each of us take one small step to alert our representatives and leaders to her plight, perhaps the junta may have to reconsider their draconian actions.
I believe international journalists' outcry to protect Sabieri, the Iranian-Japanese-American journalist recently released in Iran helped get her sentence reduced and suspended.
Let's hope such an action for ASSK does likewise.

Our leaders and representatives all have the internet so they are all aware of her plight. Petitions are actually worse than no action because not only are they pointless and achieve nothing (except allowing a few armchair activists to convince themselves they're making a difference) but they waste time and resources as well.

"Petitions are actually worse than no action because not only are they pointless and achieve nothing (except allowing a few armchair activists to convince themselves they're making a difference) but they waste time and resources as well."

I don't believe that. How defeatist and cynical would the world be if no one cared and did not bother to voice their concerns?! It's when voices reach a critical mass that representatives realize they've got to do something.

So what does non-action or indifference accomplish?

Sure while the junta may seem impervious to pressure, international unconcern over ASSK's situation would guarantee that the generals would do whatever they want.

Kananga, I don't always agree with your sentiments but on this one you are spot-on. Some punters sign petitions so they can feel good whilst the powers that be continue to do business as usual with the Generals.

In case you hadn't noticed, the Generals are doing whatever they want. And incase you also hadn't noticed, the UN Security council along with the World leaders are doing nothing about it and have done nothing for the last 19 years. Do you really think 'HelenIAM's petition is going to make the slightest difference?.

Wasting time filling out a pointless petition is as much use as the World leards comments this time around. Let's hear a few of the quotes.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton demanded her immediate release, saying she was "deeply troubled"

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed "grave concern"

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown earlier said he was "deeply disturbed" by the charges

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva told Reuters, adding that the group was "concerned" by the recent events.

Grace concern, deep concern, deeply troubled etc etc etc blah blah blah.

~~So what does non-action or indifference accomplish?~~

Exactly the same as pointless action.

of course all leaders, specially the US will have loads to say about this, so they APPEAR to be concerned,
but in fact, none of those great world leaders care,

was she not a US and UK asset, put in there to try and form a civil government, lost, got dropped

like a few more want to be leaders around the world

you want to help, gather 1000 foreign tourists, go to burma a protest in person, surround the gov. compound and the jail... might be better than a petition that will only be used to help start tonight's dinner's cook fire

Thanks for your armchair non-action. Very easy to sit back and complain how the world works. Makes it even easier for tyrants and dictators to impose their will. Great enablers. Isn't that how the fascist came to power.

"In Germany, they came first for the Communists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist; And then they came for the trade unionists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist; And then they came for the Jews, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew; And then... they came for me... And by that time there was no one left to speak up."

Milton Mayer