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Good post.Here two articles confirming your inform...

2008-12-17T06:43:00.000+13:00

Good post.
Here two articles confirming your information.
http://mondediplo.com/2008/05/09tibet
http://www.michaelparenti.org/Tibet.html

Here in the USA, some Tibetan official, a monk I b...

2008-12-15T10:22:00.000+13:00

Here in the USA, some Tibetan official, a monk I belive, from the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, was speaking to some students at a college somewhere here in the USA, and a Chinese student there actually threw a water bottle at the guy.

It will be interesting to see what happens to the Free Tibet movement after the Dalai Lama dies. I don't see what charismatic figure they have to take his place. The PRC will do just what they did with the Panchen Lama, they will "discover" the reincarnated Dalai Lama while the Tibetan exiles will have their Dalai Lama child.

It seems pretty obvious that the PRC is just trying to string things along until the Dalai Lama dies.

A protest against The Dalai Lama’s regime! Now tha...

2008-12-15T07:50:00.000+13:00

A protest against The Dalai Lama’s regime! Now that would be a world first. Count me in.

I am curious Paul if you will be taking any of thi...

2008-12-15T06:57:00.000+13:00

I am curious Paul if you will be taking any of this to the media before the Dalai Lama visits New Zealand next year. I find it strange how modern media shapes the majority view with falsehoods given by a Political Leader, yet the truth is plain and clear for anyone who chooses to look. I have read many books on Tibet (eg Trespassers on the Rooftop of the World, etc) and have been horrified not just at what was actually going on in Tibet, but at the ignorance of the West. For this one fact alone, I give little weight to image portrayal by major media sources. Last night I saw Frost Nixon at the cinema and can only hope that a modern-day Frost can break the "cover-ups" of the Dalai Lama. Thanks for spreading the word! SNT

Gidday there Tommy, I’m not for one moment attempt...

2008-12-14T19:51:00.000+13:00

Gidday there Tommy,

I’m not for one moment attempting to defend the Chinese invasion, which should be rebuked by all governments & international pressure bought to bear to ensure Tibet gets its statehood back – but this will not be in our lifetime. Invasions and counter-invasions are a part of Tibets long and colourful history. After-all the lamists only came to power by spilling blood.

What I’m attempting to do here is redress a serious imbalance of ‘warm & fuzzy’ propaganda that masquerades as fact, and paints Tibet under the lama’s as some sort of utopia at the top of the world. It wasn’t.

Nor do I believe the traditional brand of Tibet government offered by the Dalai Lama to be palatable to westerners, were they to be aware of what the real state the country was in the last time they were in power.

Thanks for your comments, I’ve been surprised how many positive remarks I’ve solicited given the sensitive and passionate nature this subject attracts.

Cheers.

Paul.

I was involved in the Free Tibet movement for a sh...

2008-12-14T18:26:00.000+13:00

I was involved in the Free Tibet movement for a short while about ten years ago. I remember Robert Thurman, Uma Thurman's dad, saying at a rally that the Tibetan monasteries were "enlightenment factories." What a load of crap.

For me, the saddest moment was the last rally I attended, which was across the street from some hotel in Manhattan where Chinese government official Zhu Rongji was speaking. Near us were a handful of pro-China demonstrators (who were nearly all non-Asian, oddly enought), and a bunch of the Tibetans started taunting and yelling at them. Finally, the pro-China demonstrators left, and one of the Tibetans, a short stocky man, started jumping up and down shouting "We won! We won!"

I was like "You won what?"

I agree that Tibet should not be whitewashed, but at the same time, it doesn't seem fair that they should be forced to live under China's rule. But I am a realist and know that there is no way China can ever be induced to leave Tibet. The Tibetans are China's equivalent to the Native Americans of the American West. They are history's losers, and nothing can change that.