Comments on: Website? http://www.drunken-pumpkin.com/2007/10/website/ Amusing Ourselves Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:04:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Elsbeth http://www.drunken-pumpkin.com/2007/10/website/#comment-15181 Elsbeth Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:20:07 +0000 http://www.drunken-pumpkin.com/2007/10/website/#comment-15181 I had heard on NPR that they were protesting gas prices and economic issues. This is a quote from a CBS news report. "The monks' protest is not surprising in Southeast Asia, where Buddhist clerics and intellectuals have traditionally played important roles far beyond the spiritual life. Given the deepening poverty and an economic crisis that left many Burmese on the brink of starvation, including the monks who depend solely on alms to survive, it's surprising that it took them this long before taking action." http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/28/opinion/main3308372.shtml This story has made me realize for more effective protests in the US we need to get some monks. Maybe Rent a Monks is the premium package at Rent a Mob. I had heard on NPR that they were protesting gas prices and economic issues. This is a quote from a CBS news report.

“The monks’ protest is not surprising in Southeast Asia, where Buddhist clerics and intellectuals have traditionally played important roles far beyond the spiritual life. Given the deepening poverty and an economic crisis that left many Burmese on the brink of starvation, including the monks who depend solely on alms to survive, it’s surprising that it took them this long before taking action.”
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/28/opinion/main3308372.shtml

This story has made me realize for more effective protests in the US we need to get some monks. Maybe Rent a Monks is the premium package at Rent a Mob.

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