Rambo IV

I finally conceded to watch the much anticipated (not by me) movie Rambo IV with the man partner the other day. To be honest, I was pretty darn sure I would NOT be enjoying the movie since I didn't really pay attention to the previous three installments of the film. So, I demanded that the man child ply me with a feast of junk. Yes. I eat junk. Moving on...

Somehow during the whole 10 minute drive to the cinema he managed to go on and on about the movie...how this one was shot in the Thai-Burma border, and it was going to be a clash of Rambo the Buff against a whole horde of Burmese Junta boys. Yada yada yada...*Grin* I tuned him out after the first minute or so. I'm special that way.

Well, wait for it, waaaaaaaait, SIGH, somehow somewhere in some parallel universe, where a 70 year old man who is probably twice the size of The Rock (heh heh Dwayne Johnson, who might I add is totally HOT!) managed to kill an entire platoon? Kakakakaka and one gay general I think. No offense to the gays. I love you...all of you. Heh Heh maybe one, more than the rest. 

I digress, back to the issue at hand, (hehe gays, control yourselves). I have to admit that the man boy has told me stories aplenty ever since we first met of the deplorable state his native country is in. But to actually witness the fear, pain, suffering and inhumanity gripping an entire nation in this day and age because the world chooses political and financial gain is shocking. I know some of you may say, it's just a movie, why is Yaya such a tragic tranny?

 

Well I'll tell you, even if just for the sake of making the movie "seem" more interesting they embellished, it totally blew me away. In a world so dedicated to saving the environment, eradicating poverty and yes, even saving the whales, we haven't fought loud and hard enough for these people. I won't be booking the next flight to Burma anytime soon with an AK-47 (I hope that's the pretty one in Lara Croft) to take on the Junta. I will however NOT be supporting the Olympics in China or buying their goods, I will try my best to tell as many people who will or will not listen that every voice counts, I will not support goods exported by the Junta and I will try my bestest to show every Burmese I meet kindness, love and hospitality. 

I know it's not enough. I know it won't change much. But it's all I can do. For now.