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ElPresidente		2007-09-26 08:31:41 AM

| The monks are revolting |

.......................

| The students are, too |

.......................

| The government tells the troops |

.......................

| "You know what to do" |

.......................

| Burma Rave |

NikolaiFarkoff		2007-09-26 08:34:22 AM

Get the Tony Sha-lube ready, it's gonna be painful

g026r		2007-09-26 08:39:10 AM

ElPresidente: The monks are revolting

And they're rebelling as well!

Gavino		2007-09-26 08:43:28 AM

It's Burma, biatch. Only the junta call it Myanmar.

/nice name, bad vibes.

UNC_Samurai		2007-09-26 08:45:11 AM

They're trying to fulfill the conditions for the ring of Water. Watch; they'll move to another province in a minute.

DammitIForgotMyLogin		2007-09-26 09:48:52 AM

Gavino: It's Burma, biatch. Only the junta call it Myanmar.

/nice name, bad vibes.

Even the BBC continue to refer to it as Burma, which should tell you something about how the Generals are regarded.

2wolves		2007-09-26 09:57:04 AM

Burma? Did you panic?

Accent		2007-09-26 10:23:24 AM

laughed at the headline... nice way to start a morning

millertrey		2007-09-26 10:23:55 AM

Burma? I barely even knew her!

importedbeer		2007-09-26 10:24:22 AM

Hmmm....Looks like they really need democracy.

/Looks pointedly at USA

overlord_mike		2007-09-26 10:25:12 AM

did anyone else think "Whack-A-Monk" would make a good euphemism for doing you know what.

Crown_of_Shoes		2007-09-26 10:25:43 AM

At what time today does George Bush come on to tell the Myanmar government, "no, no you're doing it wrong, you have to kill them IN THE NAME of Democracy, not against it."

halfof33		2007-09-26 10:25:54 AM

As expected, it's Whack-A-Monk Day in ~~Myanmar~~ Burmae

/sorry, pet peeve

wraithmare		2007-09-26 10:25:54 AM

ElPresidente

WIN!

Thisbymaster		2007-09-26 10:26:43 AM

Is it Monk stomping day already?

schiefaw		2007-09-26 10:27:45 AM

Not amused!

Sybarite		2007-09-26 10:29:15 AM

This is a sad story, and my heart goes out to the people suffering under that brutal regime. However, I did want to take just a moment to say that "junta" is my favorite word for a dictatorship.

/junta-junta-junta

karlandtanya		2007-09-26 10:30:12 AM

El Presidente

You said it, they stink on ice...PULL!

/good to be the king.

I_Can't_Believe_it's_not_Boutros		2007-09-26 10:32:47 AM

Monk, monk, monk, monk...

Goose!

alienation		2007-09-26 10:36:29 AM

Won't somebody PLEEEASE think of the monks?!

ClintonKun		2007-09-26 10:37:22 AM

Heard that the people of Burma put the monks in high regard and that they will not react kindly to the government cracking down on the monks.

Can somebody say Revolution?

Anyways, it's refreshing to see people in a repressed country standing up for themselves, after all these years of "We must bring freedom through force!" in Iraq.

herratik		2007-09-26 10:37:55 AM

I read the headline as whack a monkey day...heheh whack the monkey...

zippythechimp		2007-09-26 10:38:11 AM

Crown_of_Shoes - that blaming Bush stuff is old and, to be honest, not very creative.

hectomoo		2007-09-26 10:39:55 AM

This would not happen if the monks were better armed!
(Right?)
(Right.)

Dynascape		2007-09-26 10:40:07 AM

I think its about time we start a mission of Burma!

Remember to reach for your revolver.

/obscure?
//Come on..

bobbette		2007-09-26 10:40:51 AM

Yeah, I know it's fark, but I'm really not amused by the headline.

dly		2007-09-26 10:41:10 AM

As expected, it's Whack-A-Monk Day THANK GOD!......you've done nothing but moan since you got here!"

Magorn		2007-09-26 10:41:40 AM

Government's cracking down

Protestors, the troops are beating

but no one's retreating

the monks are standing their ground

Burma's saved?

daffy		2007-09-26 10:42:32 AM

Did they set them on fire? I always thought that was the preferred
way for them to die.

To those who used the Python line, I hate you for getting there before me.

dhudd		2007-09-26 10:42:35 AM

I blame Jessie Helms

hoodiowithtudio		2007-09-26 10:43:06 AM

Maybe that is how Bush is inspiring the world. Fix your own country or we'll come and make it about as farked up as before if not worse

RiverRat		2007-09-26 10:43:11 AM

FTFA:
The security forces fired warning shots and tear gas to try to disperse the crowds of demonstrators while hauling away defiant Buddhist monks into waiting trucks ...

"defiant Buddhists"?

Oxymoron much?

/jumbo shrimp
//government intelligence
///deafening silence
////poor little rich kid

And oh yeah, +1 for what Sybarite said also ...

jerfy		2007-09-26 10:44:04 AM

Junta-Junta-Junta...Lobster

FunkOut		2007-09-26 10:44:19 AM

Oh, this finally made it. When do we get the story about the bridge in Vietnam that just collapsed and killed 30+ people?

And make the headline funny, dammit. I can't be getting all my news from the CBC, you know.

crabapple		2007-09-26 10:45:31 AM

Barry will save them

Badgers		2007-09-26 10:45:37 AM

/Hopes they sanitized the whacking implement before using it

MidnMike		2007-09-26 10:46:51 AM

unavailable for comment

Biological Ali		2007-09-26 10:47:07 AM

Junta junta junta junta junta junta junta junta...
Mushroom mushroom!

bump		2007-09-26 10:47:25 AM

I'm suprised Peter Tork put up with the abuse

JohnBigBootay		2007-09-26 10:48:18 AM

RiverRat: "defiant Buddhists"?

So, just what in your knowledge of Buddhism is it that would be odd about a monk being defiant?

Thyomorb		2007-09-26 10:48:40 AM

FunkOut
. . . not news . . . Fark, etc.

When will you people learn?

xria		2007-09-26 10:49:52 AM

hoodiowithtudio

Maybe that is how Bush is inspiring the world. Fix your own country or we'll come and make it about as farked up as before if not worse

That just shows how great Bush is - he is willing to be considered an aggressive evil farkwit by almost the entire world just to help advance democracy in other countries a little...maybe.

moops		2007-09-26 10:50:51 AM

junta junta burnin' love...

0Icky0		2007-09-26 10:51:44 AM

RiverRat: "defiant Buddhists"? Oxymoron much?

It's just like all of the Christians you know who would turn the other cheek if you struck them. Not too farkin' many.

There is only so much up with that they will put.

RGW		2007-09-26 10:52:31 AM

Good thing I'm safe and sound living here in Shanghai. I just moved here. Weird that this is regional news for me

Mister6		2007-09-26 10:52:54 AM

UNC_Samurai: They're trying to fulfill the conditions for the ring of Water. Watch; they'll move to another province in a minute.

So they're going for an enlightenment victory? That's a hard one to pull off.

moops		2007-09-26 10:53:08 AM

Not to worry, we're sending in John Rambo as we speak (pops)

chemical_angel		2007-09-26 10:55:33 AM

RiverRat

Might want to look into that a little farther than Hollywood ...

Silver_Kestrel		2007-09-26 10:55:36 AM

RiverRat: "defiant Buddhists"?

Satyagraha - Peaceful Non-compliance; The willingness to do the right thing despite whatever personal suffering it might bring about.

A word originated in Hinduism but also applies to Buddhism.

HomoHabilis		2007-09-26 10:55:44 AM

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