{"id":88,"date":"2007-10-06T18:21:48","date_gmt":"2007-10-06T15:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basbasbas.com\/blog\/?p=106"},"modified":"2007-10-06T18:21:48","modified_gmt":"2007-10-06T15:21:48","slug":"young-idealists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.basbasbas.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/06\/young-idealists\/","title":{"rendered":"Young idealists… (Free Burma protest in Sofia, Bulgaria)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pieter<\/a>Well, it wasn’t big.. but at least I did something. The protest had 8 participants, but it’s probably the biggest protest the Chinese embassy has ever seen here in Sofia. As indicated earlier, I decided that it would be a good idea to get red flowers, because I had a feeling our presence would not be very strong. Turned out to be roses, because they were the closest to maroon red we could find. So we went to the Chinese embassy and went onto the steps to place the roses. Immediately a guard came out to ask us what we were doing, tell us not to take pictures and wanted to know if we had any permit to be protesting… Come on, it’s just 8 of us placing roses. So the only picture I have of us at the embassy is 1 second (literally) before that moment and you can see it at the bottom of the post. We stayed around for about half an hour, seeing if anything would happen. We saw some Chinese employee of the embassy looking at us and making a few calls. After a while we decided to leave the rest of the roses for the embassy employees with a note that said “For a free Burma”. Then we left.<\/p>\n

If there is anyone from Bulgarian protest groups reading this, or has any experience (and knows how to get a permit), please contact me.<\/p>\n

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\nRepresenting France, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, the UK and Bulgaria.<\/p>\n

Oh, and I realize now that i could use my contacts at the radio and TV next time. Great!<\/p>\n

This proves that everyone can do at least SOMETHING. And it can be fun, I met two new people through it. STUMBLE IT<\/a> to spread the world!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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