[BNM] Burma

[Nick Taylor]

> However on a newmedia topic, I think the ease which people can be misled by
> plausible looking websites is something that is relevant.



True - though some websites are more credible than others - and the 
Blair Peach (although it was so long ago as to be scarcely relevent) 
inicident isn't really up for dispute I don't think. It happened - 
there's no need to give a source.


> Regarding Burma, standard chinese tactics isn't it? let the opposition
> expose themselves and then they are so much easier to destroy. I wonder how
> much of it we would know about if it weren't for the interntet? Having said
> that, in the end, what difference has it/does it made?

It's not over yet. The images of loads of orange-clad monks is pretty 
iconic as well. The consensus among the ebb and flow of (western) 
web-commentry seems to revolve around trying to pressure China into 
doing something, using the Olympics as leverage.

It's a tough one I think though - I don't think anything can be done 
without the dissolution of the ruling Junta... and I can't see that 
happening without some sort of rebellion from within the military itself.

Not that I actually know what I'm talking about of course.