Saturday, June 16, 2012

"Get off Facebook and into someone's face!"


"What Myanmar can teach Egypt" is the title of Politico's story about the current events in Egypt. Eighteen months ago Burmese citizens were so impressed by the Egyptian revolution that they started a Facebook page "Just Do It Against the Military" and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi shared “Everyone is waiting around to see with great interest what transpires,” she said, “because people were impressed with what happened, particularly in Egypt.” But that was then, now Egypt is in chaos while Myanmar democracy is getting stronger. Excerpts from Politico: