Have you ever seen footage of people getting their heads hacked off with machettes

Have you ever seen footage of people getting their heads hacked off with machettes?
I have, and the footage was from Myanmar in 1997. I was working at CNBC Hong Kong and they sent in a tape of 3 students getting their heads hacked off (1 girl, 2 men) by a mob backed by the military regime. Their crime? Protesting peacefully against the government in the name of democracy. The footage was gruesome, puddles of blood, heads being held high for the camera. Needless to say it didn't make our broadcast. I hope our government has the balls to take serious action against Burma because the people there are starving for democracy and freedom. And unlike Iraq, they will welcome us with open arms as liberators, not as occupiers. To bad there isn't any oil over there or we would have done something about it 15 years ago. Long live Aung San Syu Kyi.
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Ummm... No.
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I can live without seeing that. Very sad though.
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wow that is very graphic and violent.
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NO BUT I BET IT WAS LIKE WICKED!
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Stop going onto yahoo answers to inform people! Find some other comunity.
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I've never seen something like that, but that is very sad. How can people be so incredibly cruel?? It's so sickening....
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Welcomed with open arms ????? You just said they are cutting off heads for this.....
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it would violate treaties thats the only reason we can't, and those stupid polititians won't cuz it takes more money... money they could be stuffing in their already fat pockets we were just in iraq because of the oil and bush was finishing his father's work. and of course so he could put his good buddies company back in there to make millions so he could fund the candidate HE wanted for the next president. Halifax polititians generally don't care unless there's something in it for them but, you could try to write to congress, or the other forms of our twisted gov't
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Wow, that is intense. Unfortunately most Americans have our heads up our ... and are too concerned with Prada, etc. to give a flying .... The world of humans is a f-ing mess, but it always has been. People are the only intentionally cruel animal, what an evolution... Sorry this is not an answer, but I ask myself everyday if there is hope and what can i do, (I do what I can) but answers to these questions, well it just seems that we will never be free of horrible people causing suffering. Utopia will not happen in my lifetime if ever.
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What does oil have to do with anything? with why we're in Iraq? Have you people forgot about 9/11 already?
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I agree except that China would fight us over it. Those Thugs appernty beat monks to death with batons and fired into crowds appauling
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no, but you do have a link to that video, would love to see it~!!!
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what you wrote up there really angers me. sadly, i feel that there always be that type of people who has no compassion for humanity. i hope aung san syu kyi is alright. anyway, to answer your question, the only footage i remember is from that movie feregnheit 911 (sorry, i spelled it wrong). it was that arabian king or whatever that got publicly executed in front of the whole crowd. needless to say, the whole people were cheering at his execution. but this has nothing to do with fighting for justice and freedom for oppressed asian countries, so i'm sorry! thanks for the question. Long live Aung San Syu Kyi!
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Mob action in riots is so drastic and someone can take advantage of the situation to make it voilent. It can be communist students or it can be work of military intelligence. Most porbably military intelligence. That is why the pro democracy people used monks to have a peaceful demonstration and show to the world that the military is killing peaceful demonstrators. People in general are peaceful and do not like soldiers above them. They should be given a chance to practice democracy after so many years of suppression and economic mismanagement. The past two decades of sanctions did nothing progressive for the whole country. Generals got richer and more attached to power and wealth now.

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Do you thinks that society that afraid of discussing sensitive issue are actually living in a time bomb

Do you thinks that society that afraid of discussing sensitive issue are actually living in a time bomb?
in US people can talk openly about it. Accept for those people that live in the Middle east and Africa, China, North Korea, Myanmar and etc to spooky not really I'm talking overall. So many street protest right now, why because they do not have a platform to discuss about all of this thing. When i say middle east it exclude Israel
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If you are talking about 513 incident, and etc. My own opinion is there are a lot of conspiracy that are not allow to review by the public. So, we might not see what is the truth.
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We can all talk about it but words count for nothing only action matters. By the way what are we talking about.
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i think the so called "afraid of discussing sensitive issue" is another phrase of "living in denial". in my very limited understanding of the malaysian society, that is. sadly, our mentality is - if you cant fight it, you hide it. well i honestly dont foresee another may 13 incident between chinese community and the majority, i believe chinese are much more intelligent nowadays to push things the SAFE way. through words, and other civilised manner ;-) in US, people talk about things openly, that's quite true but there are still incidents that fit into your description of "time bomb". for example, when black people are charged with crimes, its community start yelling "that's racism," whether or not it is the case. well actually, im not sure i read your question fully. lol anyway keep them coming. i like your questions :) to spooky- you may be interested to look at a book sold on malaysiakini.com, entitled: MAY 13: Declassified Documents on the Malaysian Riots of 1969. well it claims to have photos taken that then that were not revealed to the public. im not sure if it is available in any physical bookstore in malaysia, but i havent been able to get hold a copy.
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everyone is hoping to avoid the sensitive issue are really thinking of not lighting the bomb maybe in the future when the community has developed more maturity then it can be solve them one by one seriously that not the case , if after 50 years we are not able to look at those issue then we are sure to be in trouble worse of all are the politicians that are using this pain of the nation for their own agenda namely money
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Don't need to talk about racial matters, corruption and cover up are the main issues today - join politic to get rich fast so less people talking about sensitive matters the better!
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Let have love!
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hmm...interesting...I don’t really talk or discuss on sensitive issues...but it doesn’t mean that I live in a time bomb...I do talk on those issues with my colleagues...especially my boss...mostly are very open minded people...as a Malay, sometimes I get irritated when people start to mock about my own race and Islam...and who’s not? I’m sure each one of us might feel the same...but we tend to keep it low and not to show the anger...but then I openly accept their thoughts and remarks...and I don’t take it too deep...because it could end up with something more serious... so I take it as a lesson and think of their side of views...then will give what I believe as my opinion...my boss is Chinese and he has the same opinion (like mine) on why people don’t talk on this issue openly especially in the public...this is because most of them are the older people...well, I guess I know pretty well why they refused to talk or discuss on the issue...it is obviously why they refused to discuss it because they live in the era where this issue became the most unforgettable tragedy for the entire nation even the youngsters know about it...this is why some people are just too afraid to discuss on this issue...the old may rise up and it could happen...so in order to prevent the old drama to be happened they chose to keep it as low as they can...as a young girl, I believe that they have their own reason why they dare not to touch on the issue...we have been living in peace for at least 50 years (maybe just 49 years or maybe less) so why not we try to maintain the harmony that we have so far? besides some people cannot accept the bad remarks on their own people nor the religion...its an insult to them...we as human have feelings...so try to think what the others might think...see from their view not just our own view as we don’t live here alone...we live together…with the others...we have to respect not just our own self but the rest of the people...if we don’t value the harmony that we have now then we shall regret it, if the old tragedy came to real and become one of our nightmare... My boss once said that Chinese has a shrunken balls...this was said by one of the malaysiakini columnist...why? Because according to these few people Chinese only talks on this kind of issue in kopitiam or in our case...in this YAM...and not many of them are willing to stand up to speak up for their own...no offend...as the same goes to some of the Malay people itself...and why? Like I said because of the fear that the old might rise up...
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Not really. When certain people are not allowed (that's why afraid) to discuss the so-called sentitive issues, and yet, the other can legalise and scream for all the sensitive issues that favour them, it is no longer a time bomb ...
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In a nutshell.....that is why I have to be soooooo....... ---**zipped**---

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Why are there so many tragic natural disaster happening in Asia

Why are there so many tragic natural disaster happening in Asia?
2 years ago it was the Tsunami. Last December it was a cyclone in Bangladesh. And now a cyclone in Myanmar and an earthquake on China. Why on Asia all the time. We should be lucky we live in U.S that we don't have that much natural disaster.
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Don't forget that Asia is the largest continent and the events you mentioned are thousands of miles apart. We had Katrina here in the US.. eventually every part of the world will have some sort of natural disaster. Because of population density though, and poor infrastructure, many more people die in these Asian disasters than in the US (though 1,100 people died in Katrina).
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First of all, it's the largest continent on Earth, therefore we should expect those disasters. Second, the span of the continent, from extremely mountainous regions to tons of coastline, make it vulnerable to all forms of disasters. Thirdly, many countries there lack the engineering resources of countries like the USA, therefore the natural disasters are typically more deadly (compare the recent earthquake in China with 12k+ deaths to earthquakes in California where the death toll is in single digits), thus will be reported to a stronger degree in the media.
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You know, I think natural disasters have been happening for many years - it is just that now we pay more attention because we have instant access to information, and it is in front of our faces everytime we get on the internet. However, I do believe that natural disasters are increasing in frequency and intensity as a result of climate change - in general. And, we are experiencing our own problems in the U.S. I guess you don't live in Florida where they had 4 hurricanes breeze through in one year or in New Orleans where Katrina showed her wrath. Just this past week, tornadoes ripped through the midwest and killed a dozen or so people. We have our share of problems, and it will probably get worse in years to come.
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Sorry what planet have you been on, the USA has tons of natural disasters per year.
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One theory can be taken into consideration...unusual planet activities is happening on the outer parts of our solar system, evidence of a large foreign body in the area, supposedly the dark star called 'nemesis' or 'Planet X', which has a very unusual and deep space orbit. As it appoaches our planet, seismic activity and gravitational abnormalities take place. Scientists have found out by looking at rock layers , that a huge change in earth composition happens like clockwork every 'x' number of years..... I'm just giving u a different answer, doesn't necessarily mean I believe it:)...just keep an open mind!
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Decode this lyrics " Believe it or not" Trace where have they gone wrong in time. Look around what is in their own backyards. Glarings under the sun, moon and stars, even on cloudy and rainy days too in all public places. Exodus 20.1-5 Exodus 23.24 Leviticus 26.1 Luke 21.30-36 Luke 11.28-30 Luke 17.26-30 Leviticus 26.30-41 Leviticus 26.13-24 Matt 22.32 Luke 24.44-45 John 7.19 Exodus 19.5 Exodus 24.12 Exodus 18.20 Luke 9.25,55-56,60 Luke 8.5-8,10-17 Luke 6.39-40,41-45,46-49 Luke 10.24 Matt 23.27 John 8.44 Leviticus 19.31 Leviticus 20.6 Luke 16.13 Add: Leviticus 4.13, 22 What do you think?
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Because many asian nations worship false gods,not the True and Living God,Christ Jesus.The wickedness in those countries are very great,and you can expect america to get her fair share of Judgement as well,for her wicked ways as well.

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"Myanmar" (Burma) "dissident" (Pro-democracy advocate) "dies" (murdered) under "questioning" (torture)

"Myanmar" (Burma) "dissident" (Pro-democracy advocate) "dies" (murdered) under "questioning" (torture)?
Win Shwe, a member of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, was cremated at the detention center which leads one to wonder what kind of abuse might have been covered up in the process of being "detained". All these words that are used to soften the reality of what really has and is happening does not help the public to understand the full gravity of the injustice that the people of Burma are having to endure. Being detained usually means ill treatment in the form of living conditions without toilets, torture (rape, electroshock, beating, being made to stand in tubs of feces, etc). It also is not unlikely that people are either killed in the case of Win Shwe or outright disappeared. Many pro-democracy leaders are still missing from the major rallies in 1988. What does it take for people to care enough for them to do something out of the ordinary of their live routines? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071010/ap_on_re_as/myanmar http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071010/wl_nm/myanmar_activist_dc_1;_ylt=AkgwzsTQVgJwq4Y47Jy24nBlM3wV yipeeyahyah, so let me get this straight. You want people to be silenced about this issue so that the abuses that have been going on much longer than these current protests can continue but maybe not as pronounced as when people actually do speak up? Give me a break. People are already being tortured, killed, displaced (1.5million), beaten, disappeared, extorted, etc, etc, for quite some time now. yipeeyahyah, furthermore this is not about me feeling important but more so a fire that has been stoked in my heart by prayer and compassion. Do you not think this possible or do you always assume the worst in people. If so ask yourself if you might be projecting your inner world upon the outter.
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I think for action to take place, people must be willing to come out of their 'comfort zone'. Usually the way that happens is for people to have to be inconvenienced or suffer in some way. Many people are far too comfortable living in their ticky-tacky life styles and satisfying their own pleasures to do this. They don't want to be bothered. But we are in for a surprise as the economy fluctuates and interest rates vacillate, global warming becomes a hot issue and oil prices continue to rise. Like a great volcano about to erupt, people will have to start looking outside themselves and help the poverty stricken and freedom seeking of the world. Burma is still a major hot spot in the crater of the volcano.
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You will be sacrificed for activists outside who are comfortably enjoying safety and making themselves important talking about freeburma.

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