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2 Responses to “Burma’s Throne”

• #1 David Law Says:
  March 1st, 2008 at 8:03 pm

  Dear Feraya,
  Your graphic depiction of my written description is much, much funnier than the one I had in mind. I was thinking in a concrete manner where the soldiers would be placing their hands on the King’s shoulder as in a typical scene where we see on TV, where the police put their hands on the alleged criminal’s shoulder.
  But that would not be funny. Your idea of pulling by the leg is SO much better !! Thank you once again for making my dream (imagined cartoon scene) come true.

• #2 Myanmar Patriots Says:
  November 6th, 2010 at 3:42 pm

  The comments are puerile and facetious. What most people, particularly the Westerners and Burmese dissidents, do not realise is the trend of Burmese history. Senior General than-Shwe has been projected as a vile tyrant, forgetting that he is the reformer who got rid of the true ‘vilest’ tyrant ShuMaung, Chairman of Burmese Socialist Programme Party. ShuMaung was known by nom de guerre of NeWin. He was the real thug. He was the one who in the dead of night performed a coronation ceremony secretly. His stooges thought it was funny but they had no guts or intelligence to depose him. After the 1988 uprisings, ShuMaung was put under house arrest just like SuuKyi was. He died under house arrest and no one from the Burmese army, Tatmataw ( transalted literally as Royal Army), was at his funeral.
  ShuMaung was a most welcome guest to Britain. Why? he had a house in Wimbledon.

  We have read and are still reading so many nonsense about Burmese politics and about ThanShwe. The truth is Thanshwe is a reformer, who tries to usher in democracy in orderly manner. He is not a politician and he wil not take any political position. However, Tatmataw will – and must- keep an eye on the politicians, who are most prone to corruption.
  Burmese government’s relation with the military , post-election, will be similar to that of thier counterparts in Thailand and Turkey.
  To get rid of your childish minds, we advise you to study seriously how democracy evolved in Thailand, Indinesia, Turkey, Chile, Spain, Greece – jut to name a few countries.

  We conclued that the cartoons are childish.
  Burma can have a king. There is HRH Crown Prince Schwebomin of Burma.
  Note that the original English speeling is Shwebomin but the German spelling Schwebomin is more accurate. His royal Highness Crown Prince Shwebomin or Schwebomin is a true and pure blood royal. The las tking thibaw was not at all blood royal as his mother, daughter of Thbbaw Sawbwa (Hsipaw Saopha in the Shan language) has an affair with a monk. Thibaw was their son, not Mindon’s. You should know about the massacre of the true blood royals in 1879 so that Thibaw could ascend the throne uncontested.
  But today, Schwebomin, grandson of Taungoomin, is the only legitimate heir to the throne of Burma, with his brothers in line.

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