It's hard to believe that so many Burmese people are protesting after years of being too afraid. When I see pictures and read about some of the places where thousands of Buddhist monks and nuns--as well as more and more lay people--have marched in Rangoon, I remember being there in 2002. I'm worried that the military dictatorship might react violently, as they did back in 1988.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7010624.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7012198.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7012813.stm