Advice? DASSK "wholly out-of-touch (r)

[dawnstar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Subject: Re: Advice? DASSK "wholly out-of-touch with reality" says  		"Nicholas"

In light of the recent clarification on this man's ulterior motives,
profit and promoting the tourist industry, i think we should post this,
to show once again, how sound thinking can so easily be cast aside and
go foul. au revoir.


Dawn Star wrote:
> 
> dear nicholas
> 
> look, i like people, i love life, and i wish to be happy. i also wish
> all these things and more for others, and you talk here about seeing the
> light. that is funny you now, because that is the whole point. okay, you
> so smart, is that it, you know, you have more wisdom and knowledge and
> understanding that dawn aung san suu kyi, is that it? is that what you
> really think. i think you are wrong. dead wrong. and i think you think
> so too.
> 
> > Typical of you lot - can't see the light for the trees. One word against your
> > heroine and that person is a traitor, a spy, an SPDC stooge/puppet, fan of
> > the generals, blah, blah, blah. No wonder that you have achieved nothing.
> 
> no, not at all, but a goon lover,  yes, perhaps. misguided one.
> 
> >
> > I have made no secret of the fact that I am wholly opposed to both
> > sanctions/boycotts and  a call for a tourism boycott of Burma. And I am not
> > so overcome by the aura of your heroine that I am prepared to stand up and
> > say this.
> 
> good, hero worshipping, and personality cults dont make it any more, you
> should know that. we know that. its not the issue. not at all. and daw
> aung san suu kyi has said so much of that too. you are off course again.
> watch it. back to course, mate.
> 
>  You lot, on the other hand, simply kowtow to her every word - if
> > she said the Shwedagon Pagoda was made of cream cheese, you'd believe her.
> 
> why can not you offer something intelligent, please, this is boring.
> what is it that is really wrong, what dont you like. what do you wish to
> see change.
> >
> > Since, unlike I, you do not travel regularly inside Burma, you cannot
> > possibly be aware what the "man on the street" feels about tourism.
> >
> tell me about the man on the street. tell me about the Burma Everyman.
> Is he like you or me, or is he so different from both of us. But you
> have special knowledge, even more so that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. You are
> amazing. You and your man in the street. Tell me about humanity.
> 
> > I am a trifle surprised that it has taken you so long to abuse me; my views
> > have been well known for many years.
> 
> Please, spare me, do not be so soft skinned, we are talking about Burma,
> not fairy land, and if you think this is abuse, well, save it. you ain't
> seen nothing, if you think this is abuse. but i will save the
> dialectical imperative, i dont have the  time.
> 
>  And indeed my guidebook may just
> > surprise you - I suggest you read it, along with the reviews of it by the
> > likes of Bertil Lintner and John Pilger. Even Dr Sein Win has a signed copy,
> > along with your great heroine, to whom it was actually dedicated and to whom
> > I presented a copy at her Rangoon home in December 1995.
> 
> you mean, apart from promoting yourself and your book, you mean its
> still in print? of course the burmese junta didnt burn it. my book, they
> will burn.
> 
> so long fella, good luck with your friends the goons.