- Burma: beginning of the end: Many of the monks replied, “You may shoot but we will still march”, and carried on with their marches. The soldiers knelt down, shed tears and finally they stepped down to let the monks go, reported the witnesses from Mandalay. http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/09/28/myanmar-soldiers-back-down-in-mandalay/ 7 comments reddit.com