Freedom IV

In the movie "V For Vendetta", V tortured Evey to free her from fear. I couldn't believe it when I was watching the show. Like Evey, I thought V was sick. But when I watched the show a second time, I understood in some part why V did that. In order to be free from fear, you have to go beyond fear and death is one way of doing that. Aren't we all afraid of dying? If you're not, then you must be fearless. Yes, we all want to live when we know that our end is near.

W said that the Myammar people don't like Asean which includes Singapore. This is because the government is a military one and oppresses the common people. The revenue that flows into the government coffers belong to the government alone and not to the people. The money then goes to the military. The people remain poor. W said America has imposed economic sanctions on Myammar and if Asean hadn't helped Myammar, the military government would run out of money and collapse of the government would have been inevitable. But because Asean is helping the government, it is hard for the government to fall on its own. I asked W doesn't the common people benefit from Asean's help? W replied that only the military government benefits from it. The government doesn't invest in the people. There is no difference in the living standard of the people if Asean hadn't come into the picture. Without Asean, the people could still survive on what little they have, on the grains they plant. If Asean hadn't come in to help Myammar, the government would have been toppled in a few years for sure. But for Asean. In giving Myammar economic freedom, Asean had inevitably caused the loss of political freedom for the Myammar people.

W said he once asked about Aung Sang Suu Kyi in IRC and his IP address was blocked from IRC. The Myammar government blocked it. This is worse than China because at least in China, netizens are still able to post the “草泥马”video on Youtube. Haha. Although Youtube was recently blocked in China and for the longest time, you can't access the BBC website or google "Taiwan", "Falungong", or even "xxx". For that matter, you can't even come to blogspot.com (including this blog) or blogs based overseas. How ridiculous! Back in China, I thought it was really an oppression of individual freedom. After discovering about the military government in Myammar, I must say that China is nothing compared to Myammar. But I do not support the Great Firewall of China.