September 2007: The Vest Is Off

Hiya,

I have notified local meteorologists and the press. I have taken my vest off and thus marks the end of a winter in Wellington. It wasn’t too bad but I am glad that summer is dawning down under.

So this is the third round of bobbins which I’ve decided to call ‘Episode 3: The Gummi Berry Juice Journals’ (‘July 2007: Naughty Little Face’ to present) – the difficult third series. Following ‘Son Your Girlfriend Is Mine’ (chronicling ‘February 2004: Son Your Girlfriend Is Mine’ through to ‘June 2006: The difference between knowing the path and walking the path’) and the less popular, more self-indulgent, self-titled ‘Tomoism’ (chronicling ‘June 2000: Slappers On Tour 2000 – 2001′ through to ‘July 2003: It’s been emotional’). Maybe I have a little too much time on my hands or I fancy myself as a Sarah Jessica Parker / Doogie Houser, M.D. type. I enjoy writing this bollocks, so I’ll keep churning it out.

However, just this one time, I’d like to side-step the usual bollocks and make a few points about the situation in Burma. Just to mix things up a little. So basically it’s a self-serving (the sucky kind of) military government, who freely torture, abuse and persecute their own people. With the protests in Burma, there’s a possibility that the military might get scared and turn the peaceful protests into a blood bath. If they know that they are being watched, that the world knows what’s going on, then hopefully that won’t happen and with trade sanctions something positive might arise out of this situation. So here are a few things that you can do in just a few minutes of your time …
1. Don’t buy TOTAL petrol & oil – they support the military government and generally take the p!ss – general human rights abuses of the Burmese people, using them as slaves and being downright naughty.
2. Stand with the Burmese monks and sign this petition to show your support.
3. Get those kids out of prison.
4. Call for urgent UN action now (although China will probably veto the sh!t out of it).
5. Email the EU President.
6. Petition Gordon Brown to get off his fat arse and do something constructive.
7. If you want to donate some money, then that’s great – why not support the kids who are getting the sh!tty end of the stick?
8. Nominate the Burmese monks for the Nobel Peace Prize.

You can also find out more about the situation in Burma …
1. BBC country profile of Burma
2. BurmaCampaign.org.uk
3. Leading article: The generals take their revenge (11/October/2007).
4. Only now, the full horror of Burmese junta’s repression of monks emerges (11/October/2007).

It’s all going a bit Mark Thomas this month – I’ve got fire in my belly. FIRE!! FIRE!!

Back to the bollocks next month …

Take care,
Tomo.x

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