Jim Carrey - Call to Action on Burma and Aung San Suu Kyi

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Run time: 01:21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NySuaJ2B20E   Posted on YouTube: August 27, 2007 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: August 29, 2007 By DU Member: WTF cubed Views on DU: 4159

 
Watch this. Please.

And let your voice be heard.

Peace out.

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1. R&K

:thumbsup::kick:

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4. A great timeline to her life and actions:

http://www.dassk.com/contents.php?id=39

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2. Yay

I love it when celebrities take this stuff on.

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3. Thanks, here's a couple of links on her:

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/08/29/carrey.suukyi... /

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi

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6. Thanks. I knew who she was.

Just didn't know Carrey was involved.

The fact that she's not very well known in this part of the world is definitely a product of our media's focus on the west.

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8. Hello? You hit the nail on the head. n/t

[Tab]

15. I didn't know Carrey was involved with anything

but he has a big following, so if he's going in this direction, more power to him. If you're going to have that kind of name recognition, it's good if you use it for some cause you believe in. Most people don't have that option.

[Quantess]

18. Tab, I love your avatar!

In November 2000, just a few days before the dreadful election, I was visiting NYC with 3 of my good friends. One of the places we went was the World Trade Center.

Right away, they told those of us who were wearing sneakers that we couldn't go up to the bar/restaurant, IF we chose to go to the top of the WTC, and pay the fare.

I was wearing sneakers. My BestFemaleFriend and I opted to not go to the top of the World Trade Center, because it seemed way too much more money than it was worth. (yes, that was a dumb decision!)

So, we went to the Sephora cosmetics store, and then we visited the Prescription-store (can't remember the name. We don't have that chain store on the west coast.)
I bought fake eyelashes and my friend bought a 6-pack of TAB soda, excitedly. TAB was so rare! I still have no idea why ANY bland-drug-store would be selling TAB soda, even if it was NYC.

We learned that Gore lost the election during our cab ride to the airport back home. We couldn't believe it, and, we refused to believe it.

[Tiggeroshii]

5. I was collecting petitions for her representing Amnesty at the Warped Tour in LA

...on Saturday. I hope this message gets out to a lot more people.

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10. God love you for that. n/t

[progressoid]

7. K&R. (but why are you in front of a shower curtain, Jim?)

[Spazito]

9. Important cause, thanks for posting!

Recommended.

[usregimechange]

11. k/r

[BrainGlutton]

12. The Burmese junta (nasty thugs!)

Are dissing Aung Suu Kyi
We'll help her out, although it leads us
Into World War III
BURMA SAVE!

[Norrin Radd]

13. Go Jim!

[madrchsod]

14. i`m kind`a shocked that he`s speaking out on this

aung san suu kyi stands with the giants of the non violence movements across the world and across the centuries..the silence from our leaders in the democratic party is deafening

[onewholaughsatfools]

16. some people should just

stick to what they do best.......Sorry Jim......I laugh every time I see you.....so I can't take you seriously......

[Lindsey]

17. I appreciate Jim Carrey speaking out on this...I didn't know anything

about her or this particular situation... just like I didn't know anything about Rowanda until movie came. In the early '90's, I was pretty much out of touch. I think when celebrities lend there voices, people pay attention. It may not be "right" but in today's world, it's truer now than ever......

[garybeck]

19. Actors are real people

you only know him through the characters he plays. now you have a chance to see a part of the real person. I see nothing wrong with that.

If I had any fame or notoriety, I would use every drop of it to raise awareness and help make the world a better place. It's the lazy ass famous people who just sit back on their fortunes and keep their mouths shut so that they don't offend anyone... THOSE are the people who bother me.

I applaud JC for doing this.

[cooolandrew]

23. Yeah, I find the theory exclude actors strange, they are citizens they are voicing their 1st ..

... amendmant rights is all. If important issues can get more focus I encrouage it whole heartedly. Celebs have the spotlight and they can make a world of difference than average joe. We should encourage them every step and email our praise.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

20. not even when he's talking about rape and the destruction of villages?

hmmm. perhaps you have a problem with empathy. maybe you watch too much tv.

[alteredstate]

21. I'm taking him seriously.

And I think it's great that he's made this video.

[theHandpuppet]

25. Funny, I feel the same way about Arnold Schwarzenegger

But I bet you don't.

[RandomKoolzip]

35. Zing!

Yeah, and I can't think of Fred Thomspon without imagining an even grumpier version of Judge Wapner....but I'm sure dudeman doesn't have that problem either.

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27. You haven't seen "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?"

He proved he doesn't have to be funny.

[garybeck]

31. I LOVE THAT MOVIE n/t

[stanwyck]

28. Well, "Mancow" agrees with you

he was on Fox last night ranting about stupid celebrities. According to him, Carey is a liar who didn't even know who the woman was until five minutes before he did his speech. And Angelina Jolie is a freak -- his words.
Why? Because they speak out on international issues instead of only voicing concern for the troops. Apparently, if you're Mancow, only the troops deserve empathy.
No one else.
Are liberals the only people capable of caring for the troops and other people...simultaneously?

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36. No. Liberals want all troops DEAD!!!!!

"I was in the unenviable position of being FOR the War and AGAINST the troops. I just don't like those young people."

-Bill Hicks, 1991

We HATE the troops - that's why we keep asking for their safe return. Duh! :eyes: :sarcasm:

[LibertyorDeath]

33. some people should just

stick to what they do best..Sorry onewholaughsatfools...I laugh every time I see you post

so I can't take you seriously......

[cooolandrew]

22. Blimey, he looks like a guru in that clip. Good look actually. Wtg Jim.

[Sweet Pea]

24. Get a haircut, dude

[stanwyck]

29. Disagree. I like the long hair

it suits a lot of men.

[chwaliszewski]

26. Aung San Suu Kyi info

If you'd like to know more about Aung San Suu Kyi, then check out this movie. It tells more about her.

[LiberalLovinLug]

30. Good for you Jim

Where is all the concern for democracy and getting rid of tortuous dictatorships from the WH? I thought that they had whittled their reason for invading Iraq down to that? :eyes: Of course the reason is that Burma holds no oil and is situated in the 'wrong' part of the world.

For a quarter of the cost the US could have deployed troops to Burma instead and liberated Aung San Suu Kyi. Clinton as well could have initiated this. There the US WOULD be greeted with flowers and candy, because it wouldn't be shoving our idea of democracy down their throats, it would be RESTORING a democracy already developed. There may be some on the left who disagree with using our armed forces for ANYTHING but defensive actions, but think of the difference in America's standing in the world if it was Burma that was toppled to 'light the torch of freedom', and not the obvious oil and money grab that is the debacle of Iraq.

For that matter if the troops had stayed in Afghanistan together with a more willing international effort, not only might we have caught Bin Laden, (and found out that though he planned and carried out the attacks of 9/11, even he was surprised at how easy it was to pull off, and how the buildings collapsed so demolition-like) but with that kind of troop level in a smaller, simpler country, perhaps real progress could have been made there as well. Its sad to see the poor Afghan people being only used and discarded as the Neo-Cons jumping off point for their real objective in Iraq.

[OldTymeDem]

32. Burma has done nothing to the US

Has no links to Al Queda, is no WMD, had nothing to do with 9/11 etc. We shouldnt get involved. If we did, the people most likely would end up worse off under US occupation than under the junta, just like what has happened in Iraq. And we shouldnt force our values on other nations, again look what has happened to Iraq--a big mess

[rabidchickens]

37. Iraq was ruined due to poor execution and because

Bush wasn't doing it for "our values" he was doing it for our business interest (and a geniune false idea that Iraq was a threat)

Confronting Burma stronger, obviously not invading, but fighting this regime in other ways in order to continue a global battle against fascism is something I am for.

The Neo-Cons took this fundamental liberal, almost neo-trotskyist idea, molded it to their own ends and misexecuted.

Compare Kosovo, Bosnia with Iraq, hell add South Korea, Germany and Japan to that list, Iraq wasnt a quadmire to being with, Donny R and Bush MADE a mess of it

[Triana]

34. WOW. K & R. What an absolute SHAME this is...

...also, I've never seen this side of Jim Carrey. I'm impressed!