"Many superstitious Burmese cannot help but believe that nature has finally intervened and punished Burma. But it’s is not fair, they say. The cyclone didn’t hit Naypyidaw where all the top brass live.
Traditionally, Buddhist Burmese consider that if the country is ruled by a bad king, it is doomed to face natural disasters—floods, storms and fire. It’s a sign that the tyrant or inept ruler needs to be removed.
And there is reason to believe. The regime unleashed its wrath through brute force on peaceful gatherings of Buddhist monks and their supporters in September, killing dozens of innocent people. Killing monks is an unthinkable crime in a predominantly Buddhist country. Since then, many Burmese people have been warning that bad karma was coming and the generals would be punished."
Although I can be cynical at times, I certainly would not mock those who think such things. It also seems that when higher beings decide to punish nations, it is always the poor, the hungry and the children who suffer. The men in fine suits live to say more fine words that are designed to fool and deceive, to camouflage the death and misery caused by orders given by the same tongues.
