Burma and Cairns: Nargis and Yasi

If the downtrodden people of Burma were to catch the contagion of events thousands of miles away, they probably needn't be contaminated by what is taking place in Cairo or Tunis, where citizens, finally having had enough of odious governments rose up to seek to throw them out.

Instead, they should look to Cairns, Australia, 6,500 kilometers to the southe…