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I Accidentally Spoke To the Wrong Burmese

let me give you some history of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar is that Burma? it used to be they won’t let us have more than two children they persecute us daily we cannot travel freely and are refused citizenship I wonder who “they are” so I ask. rohingya people. we cannot own land either. the Burmese are holding a grudge, angry with us. why? our ancestors sided with the British when? 1948 when they came into our country to steal our resources. which ones? jade, gems, oil, teak, natural gas I try to get away from this crazy person. there are fifty-four million other Buddhists living here. surely some of them are more positive. it begins to rain; a monsoon is not much easier to take.

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Date: 11/13/2022 12:59:00 PM
Thanks for this look, Caren. I don't know much about Burma...or the Rohingya, for that matter. I don't like to see any group of people persecuted for simply being who they are. Perhaps I should read up on this situation.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 11/14/2022 1:39:00 AM
I do not like to see it either but it is in Wikipedia, so I believe it is probably true.

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