{"id":882,"date":"2009-08-12T08:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-12T08:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2009\/08\/no-suprises-from-the-dictators-aung-san-suu-kyi-convicted\/"},"modified":"2011-11-01T15:09:26","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T19:09:26","slug":"no-suprises-from-the-dictators-aung-san-suu-kyi-convicted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2009\/08\/no-suprises-from-the-dictators-aung-san-suu-kyi-convicted.html","title":{"rendered":"No Suprises from the Dictators: Aung San Suu Kyi Convicted"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>The conviction of Nobel Peace Laureate <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Aung San Suu Kyi<\/a> on trumped up charges stemming from a mentally unstable admirer\u2019s swim to her home to see her was completely expected. This allows the dictators to remove her as a direct influence on the upcoming elections. By officially halving the sentence and continuing to allow her to live under house arrest the dictators hope to fool the world. And no doubt some will be fooled.<\/p>\n<p>But, the sadness of Burma\u2019s fate under the boot of tyrants should be noticed.<\/p>\n<p>And the crimes of these brutal dictators needs to be shouted from the rooftops, and the nobility of the opposition, and the hope that continues to breathe deeply\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/o\/1189\/t\/5102\/p\/dia\/action\/public\/?action_KEY=1308\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">And here\u2019s one way to do so<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Visit msnbc.com for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Breaking News<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032507\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">World News<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032072\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">News about the Economy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/33904114-1341544083418812613?l=monkeymindonline.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The conviction of Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on trumped up charges stemming from a mentally unstable admirer\u2019s swim to her home to see her was completely expected. 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