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How to freak out a Burmese general |
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Written by Trish Elliott
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Thursday, 29 May 2008 |
 Did you know that Burma’s
generals are highly superstitious? And that they are deathly afraid of women’s
undergarments? They believe contact with women’s clothing worn below the waist,
especially panties, will erode their power. The women of Burma know this,
and that’s why they started mailing their panties to the regime beginning in
October. And now they’re asking sisters around the world to do the
same.
These men are afraid of your undies. Lanna Action image.
I challenge Saskatchewan women, wherever you are, to send
in your panties, so the generals know women around the world are mocking and
hexing them. It’s easy:
1) Clean out your
drawers,
• choose some panties,
• Write a message of solidarity
on them (for example, « Solidarity with Burma », « Oust the Military
Regime! » « Take that, Than Shwe! » …) and/or print the flower-shaped sticker
displaying the leaders of the military regime (available on Lanna Action for Burma http://lannaactionforburma.blogspot.com/).
While you’re visiting the Lanna Action site, you can learn more about the
situation directly from women from Burma – and play a cool online game
of firing panties at generals. It is the Lanna Action group - representing a
coalition of Burma women's groups - who created the campaign. 2) Send your package to the
representatives of the military junta in Canada :
Embassy of the Union of
Myanmar
85 Range Rd,
903
Ottawa (Ontario) K1N 8J6
Funds will be sent directly
to group working with victims of the humanitarian crisis in Burma.
The results will be displayed on 2008-08-08, which is the 20th anniversary of
the 1988 uprising in Burma.
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