Proposal to bombard Burma with photos
Please, tell me what you think about this idea.
Even though there has been leaks in the firewall of Burma, and even though there is short-wave radio transmission and so on, the vast majority of the people in Burma, do not have direct access to these sources of information, and have to rely on rumours about what happened during the days of protest and crackdown. I think that spreading the word further, by giving proof of what what and is going on, to ordinary people and to low officials and people on various administrative posts, is crucial to build up even more resistance, motivation and courage to disobey orders from higher up in the hierarchy.
Perhaps one possible way to do this is by mail. With pictures, since a picture is worth a thousand words and speaks every language. My suggestion, as for right now, is to send:
1) Postcards of the demonstrations, that shows the incredible size and power of it, and how it was brutally halted. MOST postcards will probably get stuck in the very first mail sorting facility, but for the workers there to see. Some will probably go further, since you might just look at the address (or you could pretend to do so). By writing realistic fake addresses, the postcards will never reach (and thereby harm) any recipient, but will be seen by various people dealing with mails, and might be shown to even further, when looking for the address...
2) Pictures in envelopes, sent to real addresses: low officials, police stations, local authorities etc. The people there might not even have understood the width of what was happening, and they have been fed lies about violent protestors etc. The problem is of course, to find appropriate addresses.
Postcards can be printed by you, on good paper, and I guess laser or wax printers is better against moist than ink. Pictures in envelopes could be printed with any printer, of course. On the back side, a simple one-sentence message, or nothing at all, except the address.
How does this sound to you? I imagine that feeding the public and low officials in the administration with the truth could be more effective than trying to change the minds of Than Shwe and the other generals.
Please comment on this, so we can develop the idea, or discard it...