lets get serious

To tie in the issue of the political detainees - an issue of due process of law- to what is happening in the country (unnecessary deaths, widespread displacement, lootings, burning of public and private property…basically anarchy) is irresponsible and dishonest. These are two separate issues, regardless of whether or not one preceded the other. Instead this makes it seem as though the rest of the country has to pay a steep price because of the house arrest of the 11, whereas none of us were privy to the decision-making process that led to their detention. I would hope that the detainees themselves separate themselves from the violence currently happening in their name. It is okay to support a political cause while at the same time decrying the means to achieving it.

To state that the end objective of this rebellion is to grant us a more peaceful and democratic state makes absolutely no sense and is not in keeping with the wants of the majority. None of us were consulted.  This does not bode well for those who state that they are fighting for democracy when this has not been a democratic process. Lets us rethink our objectives.