The London School of Economics or LSE is one
of the best universities in the United Kingdom and perhaps in the world,
John F. Kennedy went there for his graduate studies after his
undergraduate degree in United States.It was a constituent college of
University of London, now an autonomous university, one of the Russell
Group Universities in UK. LSE was in the media hot waters for her
association with the son of deceased Libyan leader colonel Gadhafi,
Saiful Gadhafi. Under such circumstances, it is not very surprising that
they are trying to leverage Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's historic visit by
inviting her to their round table. It is a win-win proposal indeed so
that Su can promote the accelerating reforms in Burma, she can dispel
the miscommunications around us, she can promote the rule of law and
order Burma is desperately needed. In other words, LSE needed Su and
they wanted to be good hosts while she is there but we should recognize
their good intentions. However, there is a cliché, all the road to hell
is well paved with good wills.
What happened today was such an excellent
example that fulfills that cliché. The good intention of LSE was spoiled
by their 0 Pounds worth freebie guy with a title visiting fellow called
Zarni. It is the same Maung Zarni who made a noise with his infamous
on-line rant "Long Live [my] Rohingya [Bengali daddies]". To put it this
way, he tried unsuccessfully to turn that round table into a debate or a
duo of words. But it turned out the lady never get soiled by the pig.
Who wants to wrestle with a pig as unfortunately the pig will be happy
but you got soiled with mud.
To elaborate what happen in live video view whic people watch for Daw Suu in LSE where Maung Zarni is given a title of visiting fellow there. The visiting fellowship is just a ploy to get free media coverage for LSE. It is as usual, British seem to have mastered the martial art of Jujitsu, LSE does not have to pay a Pound for visiting fellow pay checks, but it was Prospect Myanmar(Burma) that paid his salary - which was funded by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's Nobel prize money, PB was paying his salaries till he got a job in the University of Brunei, which is in Brunei Darul Islam (means Brunei the house of Islam).
As a Myanmar , it is embarrassing to see his aggressive acts of trying to corner our leader into a tight corner. But perhaps he needs the money as the time he shouted LLR (Long Live Rohingya) co-incited with a time he moved to the new job to the university funded by the coreligionists of Bengalis. Myanmar have no ill issues with Brunei as it is ruled by a British educated handsome Sultan. But the problem is that to get and hold a job, is it necessary to promote the foreigner Bengalis invading into Myanmar who invented a word "Rohingya" to invent the race that never existed. Rohingya means the residents of Rakhine, Burmanised name of Arakan, the land they are trying to steal from Rakines, the land those Bengalis have been quietly infiltrating and now they are openly invading trying to turn the invasion into a race-religious conflict to get international attention. No sane Myanmar want ethno-religious riots to stall the reforms accelerating in Myanmar thanks to the democratization efforts of Suu and leading generals whose collective efforts should be dully recognized.
Therefore, while we can understand everyone has to make a living, Maung Zarni too has to make a living, being a Myanmar, we believe he should not put Daw Aung San Suu Kyi into a tight corner as she is a statesman but not a prime minister, president or portfolio holding official yet. Myanmar were wondering how low he would go, we were watching uncomfortably he was trying to hard to maneuver Daw Su with questions so that she will find hard to answer questions.
Finally, good for Myanmar and Burmese, it was him who was embarrassed, her grace, quiet confidence and well balanced answers backed with well informed knowledge won the day.
So we say "Lady 1, Pig 0" even when she was forced into the ring to wrestle with the hog, not a Myanmar with fine scholar caliber and intellect but just a media hungry thuggish man only how to charge as he was seen on LSE live.
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