Comments on: Travelling Light : Burma on a budget http://werewolf.co.nz/2009/11/travelling-light-burma-on-a-budget/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 13 May 2012 23:00:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dave http://werewolf.co.nz/2009/11/travelling-light-burma-on-a-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-706 Dave Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:29:50 +0000 http://werewolf.co.nz/?p=1298#comment-706 Jeremy: You're hopelessly mistaken if you think boycotting Myanmar is of any use to anyone. However, I can't be bothered convincing someone who sounds like a disconnected-from-reality wrap-his-arms-around-the-world type. People backpacking in Myanmar do a shit load more for the oppressed locals than do-gooders in OECD countries crying "it's not fair". I very much doubt Aung San Su Kyi still believes a tourism boycott is of any help to her people. In fact, she's actually said it isn't. Your literature is out of date and biased. Jeremy: You’re hopelessly mistaken if you think boycotting Myanmar is of any use to anyone. However, I can’t be bothered convincing someone who sounds like a disconnected-from-reality wrap-his-arms-around-the-world type.

People backpacking in Myanmar do a shit load more for the oppressed locals than do-gooders in OECD countries crying “it’s not fair”.

I very much doubt Aung San Su Kyi still believes a tourism boycott is of any help to her people. In fact, she’s actually said it isn’t. Your literature is out of date and biased.

]]> By: Jeremy Rose http://werewolf.co.nz/2009/11/travelling-light-burma-on-a-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-582 Jeremy Rose Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:32:22 +0000 http://werewolf.co.nz/?p=1298#comment-582 Surely "by far the biggest thing" keeping tourist out of Burma is the fact that the democratically elected leader of the country - Aung San Suu Kyi - has specifically asked tourists not to visit Burma. See: http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/action_holiday.html and http://www.rebound88.net/sp/eco/stour-boycott.html Even if after weighing up the facts you decide the National League for Democracy is mistaken in its belief that a tourism boycott will put pressure on the regime - isn't it a tad arrogant to flout the closest thing there is to a democratic representative of the Burmese people? Surely “by far the biggest thing” keeping tourist out of Burma is the fact that the democratically elected leader of the country – Aung San Suu Kyi – has specifically asked tourists not to visit Burma. See: http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/action_holiday.html and http://www.rebound88.net/sp/eco/stour-boycott.html

Even if after weighing up the facts you decide the National League for Democracy is mistaken in its belief that a tourism boycott will put pressure on the regime – isn’t it a tad arrogant to flout the closest thing there is to a democratic representative of the Burmese people?

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