Into the 21st Century (r)

[suantak@xxxxxx]

OKKAR!
The students who attend are not only the children of the military but
Buddhist officers.  Children of the military who passed the matriculation
with four or five distinctions were admitted to the medical and engineering
faculties but only if they are the children of parents who are Buddhists.
The children of Christian or Muslim are not elegible for admission to these
faculties even if they have the same results or better than Buddhist
students.

The Burmese military has been promoting Buddhism and the ethnic Burman or
Myanmar for the last forty years, and that is why the SPDC is a pure Burmese
government and the military is lead by a pure Myanmar generals. Not a single
non-Burman is a Brigadier or General in the present Burmese Army.  You may
say "How about General Abel?".  Well! he grew up among the Burman or Myanmar
people and knows the ways of the Myanmar or Burman. If you are born and grew
up in Myanmar or Burma then you are Burman or a Myanmar. Similar to General
Khin Nyunt.  That is why the Burmese Army is running the the non-Burman
areas as occupied territory or in other words as colonies. They rule with
much more oppression and brutality than the British colonists or the
Japanese facists.


-----Original Message-----
To: Recipients of burmanet-l <burmanet-l@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, April 06, 1998 11:14 PM
Subject: Re: Into the 21st Century


> Date: 05 Apr 1998 22:34:40
> Subject: Re: Into the 21st Century
>
> In a message dated 98-04-05 13:51:18 EDT, suantak@xxxxxx:
>
> #You did not mention the Burmese military's medical and
> #engineering teaching facilities at the Mingaladon Army
> #quarters. While the schools and colleges of the people
> #are closed, the sons and daughters of the military are
> #continuing their studies as if nothing has happened.
>
>   #Is this how you prepare the future of the youth of our
> #country? Please be real.
>
>$$$Excerpt from OKKAR's reply read as follows:
>
>$$$To be real,  the Burmese military's medical and engineering
>   teaching facilities are not only for the children of the Army
>   Personals.
>
>$$$The children of the civilians can also attend it. But after
>   their graduation they will have to work as the Army officers
>   for some years.
>
>$$$OK
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>
>* Ni Ni's comments
>
>  (1)Reality is an interface between one's perception by (senses)
>     or intellect and the facts.
>     [Note: Since virtual reality exists in the world of science,
>            eg. virtual ship simulation, pilot training, etc.,
>            we have to put the word (senses) in the bracket.]
>
>  (2)It is OK's reality that makes us laugh. "they will have to ...."
>     Why should they OKKAR? Can you answer this question? Why?
>
>  (3)It is OK's fact that presents itself of the status of the
>     education system in Burma. "they will have to work as military
>     officers for some years". Let me add, if they want to get access
>     to the higher education. One can then draw a conclusion that
>     this education system in Burma does not lead to create a civil
>     society let alone a democratic society.
>
>  (4)Make no mistakes about the essense of "Education".
>     It encompasses all faculties including *military science*.
>
>  (5)"Education" means(a)giving intellectural and moral training,
>                      (b)development of character or mental power,
>                      (c)systematic course of instruction on
>                         physical or mental faculty.
>
>  (6)THE point I make here is that all students are not alike.
>     Each student carries their own ambition and interest. No
>     education system can force students to become uniform
>     products, in other words, militarists. It is against nature.
>     If a person or a system goes against nature, its destiny is
>     a SURE failure.
>
>  (7)In Burma, the education system goes against nature. It was
>     not successful and still not successful. If it continues in
>     this way, it will never be successful.
>
>  (8)The constant instability in Burma during last 50 years and
>     today is due to the lack of profound education system.
>     Just think about a saying, "if one knows better, one will
>     behave differently".
>
>  (9)It was easier to topple the Colonial Education.
>
>  (10)It is not easy to topple the militarised Education. Because
>      it is brothers against brothers. To be specific,
>      Brother_military against brother_civilians.
>
>  (11)Buddha taught us,"Volition(cetana) is Karma". The solution
>      can be found in the mind of students in and outside Burma
>      supported by their parents, relatives, teachers, neighbours,
>      religious teachers, good will and human rights organisations.
>
>With metta and solidarity,
>NiNi
>
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>
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