[lbo-talk] some post-US election recommendations............

[ravi]

Shane Mage wrote:
>>Patrick Bond wrote:
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: <uvj at vsnl.com>
>>>
>>>> Why should there be any trade sanctions against Myanmar?
>>>
>>>It's called Burma, comrade.
>>
>>Huh? What are the politics of the name?
>>
> Some people think that when a gang of thugs takes over
> a country they can legitimately change its name against
> the expressed will of its people.  That's their politics.
> Some refuse to grant the thugs such legitimacy.  That's ours.
> 

what is the original name of the country? any pointers to the expressed
will of the people of myanmar/burma? what is the origin of the name
'burma'? is it anything more than a western/british corruption?

	--ravi