Kill The Messenger, Not The Message

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Burma is going through a rough patch. By “rough patch” I mean they have one of the most fucked up governments on the face of the Earth. In 1962, the military staged a coup and took control of the country. In 1990, the opposition won an election, but has never been allowed to take power. Opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Aung San Suu Kyi, has spent nearly every year since under house arrest. Her detention was recently extended another year.

Meanwhile, since 1990, the people of Burma have experienced the joy of torture, murder, torture, rape, detention without trial, massive forced relocations, and forced labor. Good fucking times.

And now Burma is experiencing a severe gas crisis.

The fuel price rise, in the case of cooking gas by 500%, has enraged a population already living in poverty.

People are protesting in the streets and the government has responded with the usual violence.

In addition to deploying soldiers and armed police, the government has sent gangs of thugs, some allegedly recently released criminals, to attack the protestors and drag away their leaders.

Thankfully, Jim Carrey has stepped forward in what is either a sincere message or another pathetic attempt to win an Oscar. Either way, it is fucking weird.



It is a great message; I just don’t want to hear it from Jim Carrey. First of all, cut the long hair, Greystoke. Secondly, I can’t take anything he says seriously. NOTHING. As much as he wants to be taken seriously and hopefully win a meaningless acting statue, he is the world’s biggest clown. I think I can sum up why I don’t want Jim Carrey to deliver messages about human rights violations with one simple video.



I would actually prefer to hear about the imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi from Jim’s ass. But the video is popular, having been viewed over 135,000 in two days on YouTube. Still, his sincerity freaks me out.

I wish somebody else were delivering the message, like Rambo. Rambo is going to kick the shit out of the Burmese military in Rambo IV.



Now that is a fucking message! Hopefully it does not turn out like Rambo III, when he helped some guys who turned out to be al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.

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