Courtesy of the BBC:

A Buddhism student, who experienced first-hand the events of the last two weeks at a Buddhist monastery in Burma, describes the recent unrest.

They knew that there is no point in asking the generals for freedom. They knew that they don’t have guns and can’t beat the army. All they wanted to do was show the world what their situation is and that they are prepared to die.

Too bad Burma doesn’t have a Second Amendment.  And for all the Ghandi fans out there, a lesson that Passive Resistance only works on a government that is susceptible to public sentiment.

But when they hear that support for the demonstrations is dwindling and time passes by without help from anyone, they lose hope. They are getting disillusioned and eventually they’ll give up.