Online Public Relations Thoughts

 In a faux democracy, there isn't a diverse audience to persuade and to reconcile in legislative bill-passing.  The targeted group is but one -- the military.  Or, at least that is the case in Myanmar where generals staged a coup yesterday and shut down the country by cutting communications, the internet and roadways.  The country's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, was taken away, and parliament disrupted.  It is a reminder that public relations persuasion is a democratic ideal and requires a society in which multiple beliefs and opinions are tolerated.  PR is a First Amendment right.  It has little to no bearing in authoritarian regimes where persuasion is cramped and directed solely to the top.  Myanmar may someday become a true democracy.  It isn't there yet.