tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10952063.post114083223401237359..comments2023-11-02T04:10:01.993-07:00Comments on Unconventional Thoughts & Commentaries: Revolution ReviewedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10952063.post-6074508626065499722008-04-30T07:37:00.000-07:002008-04-30T07:37:00.000-07:00Think of practicality if each ethnic group want to...Think of practicality if each ethnic group want to set up their own state.<BR/><BR/>First, there is no state with solely only with 100% of one ethnic group. All state has a mix of different ethnic groups. Then, where you gonna draw the border lines? Does it also mean you are ignorning other ethnic minority group by labeling this land as your solely land? <BR/><BR/>Second, if each state are speaking only their language, how can you communicate each other from different state? That means somebody from Karen State will never be able to communicate or travel to different state like Kachin or any other parts. <BR/><BR/>If you have such different kind of nations within small country like Myanmar, where is the efficiency and practicality? There are many landlocked states in Burma, how they gonna survive by themselves? <BR/>By all living as one nation, it is better off and more practical. <BR/><BR/>Again, language and ethnicity is just a culutural problem. It is not a state problem. It is also a civil right issue. For example, in United States, you cannot set up a seperate state just based on one ethnic group, like Black State, or White State or Asian State, Latino State. Who would accept that and how practical would it be? <BR/><BR/>As the author of this article points out at the beginning, Karen people want "respect from Burmese". It is solely social and cultural issue. You don't need to go and fight to get respect. And also it is not defined about "respect" and how Burmese people disrespect them. Give us specific examples. It could only be misunderstanding. <BR/><BR/>This is just a cultural problem and nothing to do with state problem. Even then, in Burma, we don't discriminate each other as you might have seen between White and Black in the West. <BR/><BR/>In the real modern democractic country of the future Burma, you may become a governer of a Burmese "majority" division like Yangon Division even if you are a Karen or Shan or whatever your ethnic background is, as long as people vote for you for your merit and love for the state or division you are representing. <BR/><BR/>Your religious,race differences are not a strong reason to setup your own state within a country where multi ethnic-background people are living intermingly. <BR/><BR/>This, again, is a cultural and civil right issue, nothing to do with state and secession.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10952063.post-85532086304503197962008-02-22T00:07:00.000-08:002008-02-22T00:07:00.000-08:00it's very equality and fairly , such as, Shan , Mo...it's very equality and fairly , such as, Shan , Mon, Karen, and other ethnic , they want to build their state as a country or , at lesast they are not under Burma control,cos, any other wont agree that, if they want to name the country name to Shan country,and then use the Shan Language as the main language instead of Burmese language. and there is not a problem that, karen or other nation are living in other state, as long as they are following the rules.<BR/><BR/>the burmeses think that, they are calling other nation as Ethnic and, why dont they call themself as ethnic too, which mean, other are under of thier control and, Each Nations have their own state too, and if the burmese want to be United, they should fully Stop calling other Nations as Ethnic,<BR/><BR/>Just make A vote, to solve out, i havent seen any Ethnic , that they want to be under of burmese control or , want to use burmese language as the main language in their own state,.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10952063.post-23990586062197489792008-02-21T09:18:00.000-08:002008-02-21T09:18:00.000-08:00I think such fantasy thought of building their own...I think such fantasy thought of building their own nation by Karen ( actually Kayin) is outdated and is not compatible at all with a mordern notion of a nation for Burma or Myanmar. <BR/><BR/>First, Karen cannot define their area exactly. They have a Kayin State where majority is Karen but there are also other many ethnic groups living in that state. And also many Karen are living in other states and divisions where they are minority. So, it is much more of mingling and intersection among different ethnic groups living at many different places.<BR/><BR/>Second, there has never existed a Karen country in the history! Trying to setup a country out of nowhere in 21st century is just a fantasy. <BR/><BR/>I think people in Burma should discard their narrow minded definition of their nationality through race but rather build up leaders for the country based on their merit and love for the country as a whole. <BR/><BR/>Like once Martin Luther King said, I dream of one day to judge people not by color but their virtues and merit. So should be in our country, but not by race but merit and patriotism for a whole country. <BR/><BR/>Such narrow-minded racism views are earlier causation for emergence of miliary junta in Burma. <BR/><BR/>Hope all people in Burma can leave race issue as solely culutre and do not mix race with state, as in seperation between state and religion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com