A single Rose…
By Mike Cunningham On June 22nd, 2012…in a veritable bed of thorns.
I wonder which thoughts were upmost in the mind of Aung San Suu Kyi as she rose to address both members of the House of Commons and of the Lords’ yesterday?
Was she thinking of the words of her speech, which of course were obviously benign both in intent and delivery, or was she thinking, as I do, to question her very position amongst the politicians and other members of the ‘great and good’ who flocked to see this small icon of true Democracy.
Was she actually thinking, “What am I doing here in the very centre of this den of thieves, liars, prostitutes, perjurers and criminals?”
p.s. Wasn’t the music good!
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Don’t know how that bunch got hold of my post. I won’t ‘dissappear’ it, but it does give some clue as to the numbers of websites devoted to other things besides British politics.
I mean, with the Pyramids beaming energy around, and this photon cloud to worry about, as well as all those giant spaceships???? and as for all Obama’s gay lovers being murdered? Why weren’t they all given jobs in the Administration; that what I would like to know?
are you ok?
Apart from a scare with all the giant spaceships, not too bad!
Someone needs their dosage upped or cut back.
Is this a wind up, or is this a real person?
I would like to know what they are taking…lol
She is a great, brave woman. Good luck to her, and to the Burmese people.
That she is Phantom.
A shining beacon amongst the squalor that passes for ‘leaders’ across the world.
Quote of the century.
I love that photo
That’s Westminster Hall, a glorious 11th century building.
Logical Unionist, on June 22nd, 2012 at 12:40 pm Said:
That she is Phantom.
We have another contender for quote of the century.
We get the dross, we vote for, don’t vote for any of them, it only encourages them.
WOW. Imagine the progeny of Aung San Suu Kyi and Nelson Mandela… a new Messiah.
I’m sure that you’d be willing to spend more than a decade under house arrest for a matter of principle. She has that in common with Mandela. A will that cannot be conquered.
Phantom, agreed. See my 7:14pm again
Whatever we think of our politicians, the fact that someone can write a blog entry mocking them as ‘thieves, crooks prostitutes.. etc without fear, is exactly the sort of political ethos that Aung San Suu Kyi is struggling for.
It sounded mocking to me.
PS yes that is a wonderfully framed photo.
Colm
I’d be careful about that. That sounds a bit too much like the ” Soldiers died on D Day so that some imbecile could burn the flag at an Occupy rally in Oakland ” The D Day guys fought for no such thing. I was in the military and I’d never have fought for a thing like that.
And what was your self-perceived purpose of serving in the military, Phantom?
To serve the country and to be prepared to defend it if needed.
I would imagine that there are worse things than 10 years of house arrest. Quite a few Tibetans feel self imolation a last option and they are not even in custody. Some people become celebrities, and the rest die. Who has the greater principle ?
I’m not keeping score. But she could have cut a deal just for herself, and she did not, and all credit to her for that.
Phantom
I thought you believed in free speech.
I do but there but free speech is not necessarily the same as mouthing off or inciting. I know what you’re getting at, but I’d be careful about saying ” the other struggled for ( this one thing ) ”
I actually did once hear some ACLU clown in a suit say that ” the soldiers died to protect [ flag burning as " speech " ]. Which was about the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.
Phantom
I did not say that she struggled for a single thing. I meant and I still do that she has fought for a society where people do not need to feel fearful of a brutal govt or worried about airing their views on politicians. That Mike can casually put up a post mocking our parliamentarians is actually a tribute to our political system and yes dare I say it, to those very ‘thieves, criminals and prostitutes’ in our Parliament.
Colm,
You wrong me, you really do.
I was not mocking any parliamentarians with that particular sentence, I was stating the plain, unvarnished truth!