Rangoon is seething with frustration after last year's failed protests, which were led by monks. The government's callous handling of the cyclone in May which killed at least 140,000 people has increased popular anger.They ought to knock that kind of talk off. It's not pragmatic and they're going to scare yellow people.
Some now talk about taking up arms against the government after the failure of last year's non-violent protests.
A group of young men in a Rangoon bar spoke openly about wanting to attack the army. "If we could find guns, we would do it," said one English-speaking teenager. "I marched last year, we were shot at and we had nothing to shoot back with."
[Via Tom H]