Comments on: Time for NZ to support a free Burma – not Myanmar! http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/21/time-for-nz-to-support-a-free-burma-not-myanmar/ hopping along the corridors of power Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:39:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Sapient http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/21/time-for-nz-to-support-a-free-burma-not-myanmar/#comment-78271 Sapient Thu, 21 May 2009 13:11:15 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=4281#comment-78271 drsbanerji, Its not known for certain, but new Zealand is a couruption of the name 'Nova Zeelandia', given to it by the dutch, by Cook. The right is not god-given, but i call it military force :P

drsbanerji,
Its not known for certain, but new Zealand is a couruption of the name ‘Nova Zeelandia’, given to it by the dutch, by Cook.
The right is not god-given, but i call it military force :P

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]]> By: drsbanerji http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/21/time-for-nz-to-support-a-free-burma-not-myanmar/#comment-78268 drsbanerji Thu, 21 May 2009 12:34:41 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=4281#comment-78268 Who coined the name New Zealand? Do Europeans have some kind of God-given role to establish democracies in all lands they colonize?

Who coined the name New Zealand? Do Europeans have some kind of God-given role to establish democracies in all lands they colonize?

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]]> By: Mark http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/21/time-for-nz-to-support-a-free-burma-not-myanmar/#comment-78254 Mark Thu, 21 May 2009 07:56:00 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=4281#comment-78254 no Fly; when they run out of ideas they challenge your sanity(supposedly). The last refuge of an irredeemable Rascal...Twitter Tweak Twoll

no Fly; when they run out of ideas they challenge your sanity(supposedly).
The last refuge of an irredeemable Rascal…Twitter Tweak Twoll

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]]> By: greenfly http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/21/time-for-nz-to-support-a-free-burma-not-myanmar/#comment-78246 greenfly Thu, 21 May 2009 06:24:38 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=4281#comment-78246 Apparently Valis, I'm somewhere 'over the top'! (looks like I've got worms)

Apparently Valis, I’m somewhere ‘over the top’!
(looks like I’ve got worms)

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]]> By: Valis http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/21/time-for-nz-to-support-a-free-burma-not-myanmar/#comment-78239 Valis Thu, 21 May 2009 05:54:07 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=4281#comment-78239 Where's greenfly?

Where’s greenfly?

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]]> By: earthworm8 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/21/time-for-nz-to-support-a-free-burma-not-myanmar/#comment-78217 earthworm8 Thu, 21 May 2009 03:58:51 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=4281#comment-78217 greenfly your over the top

greenfly your over the top

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]]> By: kahikatea http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/21/time-for-nz-to-support-a-free-burma-not-myanmar/#comment-78214 kahikatea Thu, 21 May 2009 03:44:00 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=4281#comment-78214 I see now - you mean the government that was democratically elected in 1990 but never allowed to actually govern the country. Of course, the dictators called it Burma up to 1990, too.

I see now – you mean the government that was democratically elected in 1990 but never allowed to actually govern the country.

Of course, the dictators called it Burma up to 1990, too.

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]]> By: frog http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/21/time-for-nz-to-support-a-free-burma-not-myanmar/#comment-78208 frog Thu, 21 May 2009 03:12:58 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=4281#comment-78208 Source? Wikipedia of course: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma

Source? Wikipedia of course: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma

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]]> By: frog http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/21/time-for-nz-to-support-a-free-burma-not-myanmar/#comment-78207 frog Thu, 21 May 2009 03:12:23 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=4281#comment-78207 "In May 1990, the government held free elections for the first time in almost 30 years. The National League for Democracy (NLD), the party of Aung San Suu Kyi, won 392 out of a total 489 seats, but the election results were annulled by SLORC, which refused to step down." So maybe 1990 is correct. Point is NLD was democratically elected and the Junta squashed it and changed the country's name.

“In May 1990, the government held free elections for the first time in almost 30 years. The National League for Democracy (NLD), the party of Aung San Suu Kyi, won 392 out of a total 489 seats, but the election results were annulled by SLORC, which refused to step down.”

So maybe 1990 is correct. Point is NLD was democratically elected and the Junta squashed it and changed the country’s name.

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]]> By: welly http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/21/time-for-nz-to-support-a-free-burma-not-myanmar/#comment-78206 welly Thu, 21 May 2009 03:09:24 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=4281#comment-78206 Kahikatea: The 1989 elections were democratic, but the junta annulled them and took back control of the country, So, yes a government was democratically elected, but it is just not the government that ended up ruling the country.

Kahikatea: The 1989 elections were democratic, but the junta annulled them and took back control of the country,

So, yes a government was democratically elected, but it is just not the government that ended up ruling the country.

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]]> By: Mark http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/21/time-for-nz-to-support-a-free-burma-not-myanmar/#comment-78199 Mark Thu, 21 May 2009 02:33:53 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=4281#comment-78199 Their Regime is one of the Worst - Johnny Pilger has the goods on Burma. Brutal & repressive - took them 2 weeks to get Foreign Aid to it's own people last year. Khun Shaa has been the ersatz ruler since the 80's.....too much opium 4 the Yanks to ignore Where there is money, it's long shadow of corruption remains unreported - we jail 'blue collar' criminals almost exclusively. The World Court is far more functional than the UN. Any move we can make to encourage freedom from repression should be made. Strings: Peace in Sri Lanka!!?! Good hey?

Their Regime is one of the Worst – Johnny Pilger has the goods on Burma.
Brutal & repressive – took them 2 weeks to get Foreign Aid to it’s own people last year.
Khun Shaa has been the ersatz ruler since the 80′s…..too much opium 4 the Yanks to ignore
Where there is money, it’s long shadow of corruption remains unreported – we jail ‘blue collar’ criminals almost exclusively.
The World Court is far more functional than the UN.
Any move we can make to encourage freedom from repression should be made.
Strings: Peace in Sri Lanka!!?! Good hey?

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]]> By: kahikatea http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/21/time-for-nz-to-support-a-free-burma-not-myanmar/#comment-78174 kahikatea Wed, 20 May 2009 23:56:01 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=4281#comment-78174 "It may seem like a small thing but, surely it would send some sort of message to those supporting democracy in Burma, if New Zealand actually reverted to the name favoured by the democratically elected Government of 1989." the Burmese governmetn of 1989 democratically elected? are you sure of that, Froggy?

“It may seem like a small thing but, surely it would send some sort of message to those supporting democracy in Burma, if New Zealand actually reverted to the name favoured by the democratically elected Government of 1989.”

the Burmese governmetn of 1989 democratically elected? are you sure of that, Froggy?

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