Standing on the Shoulders of...

After a hiatus, I am back paying respects to those who have given of themselves freely to help others. This week I am standing on the shoulders of Maung Thura, a comedian in Burma, who has resisted the SPDC in order to provide humantarian aide to victims of the cyclone. In doing so, he has been detained indefinitely. Maung Thura has a history of helping the Burmese in need, regardless of the penalties from the military-minded government. How many of us would be willing to do the same?

Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict -- alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence.
Dorothy Thompson