Tibetan Uprising 2008

I pray for all the lives lost in the demonstrations.

I'd like to think that the Tibetans risked their lives for a reason, for the future generation of Tibetans to be born into FREEDOM and not under the shackles of the CCP.

FREE TIBET!
FREE CHINA!


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Township Rebellion - Rage Against the Machine

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[redrosary]

What a blatant lie. This doesn't disprove a single verifiable fact that the Lama class were a bunch of totalitarian monsters, it only proves these people are also being oppressed by the Chinese.

[splittist]

@redrosary: how is it a blatant lie? redrosary, enlighten me.

The Chinese people it seems are much happier under the CCP than they were under foreigners(i.e., the Japanese).

[splittist]

@redrosary :

same logic, the Tibetans would be happier under their own people than under foreign Chinese oppressors. They would have the opportunity of building and advancing their nation like every other nation has had. remember, not all nations were perfect back then, slaves were present even in mainland china. how do u think they built the goddamn "Great Wall"??

[Akiyo12345]

Tibetans rebelling against the Commies proves to the world that Tibetan people WERE NOT slaves to the Dalai Lama and that China lies!

If Tibetans really were slaves under the Dalai Lama then they wouldn't rebel against the CCP.

[arafel1964]

You have to let people change and to plot their own future for themselves.

It is better than being oppressed by a non- democratic system like the chinese, who have no respect for human rights, civil liberties, freedom of speech, freedom of press, an individual rights to choice and basically freedom.

[splittist]

In any case, I did not mean 'isolate' as in physical isolation in the post that you had replied to. I merely meant isolation from the world media and the international community. Maybe I should have stated it explicitly and not have assumed that you would not misunderstand.

Cheers.

[splittist]

That is a very simplistic, and dare I say, a narrow minded way at looking at things. The British built the most elaborate railway network in India mainly for purposes of consolidating their power, transporting raw materials translating to more profit, etc. Basically, they did what any colonizer would do, i.e., make the juice worth the squeeze.

I hope you can see how the railway would have more benefit to the CCP than for the CCP to care about 'isolating' Tibet.

[splittist]

I have never espoused the US and its dealings, neither have I given even so much as a hint of support for Imperial Britain, et al.

I did not generalize the CCP when i said they are an oppressive foreign regime in Tibet. That, my friend, is a known fact.

[johnny9037]

If they really wanted to isolate Tibet, they would not even build the railway at all. Your Tibetians will end up in the similar situations like the Rohingyas as well.

Every country has reasons why they need to do such blockades. They can be bad and good. Look no one knows what is going on entirely in Iraq and Afghanistan. CNN and BBC cannot provide such coverage.

[johnny9037]

Again, I did not say it was wrong to protest. I have read a lot of Tibetian history and have tibetian friends. And i did not paint CCP in an awesome light. Neither did I generalise CCP as what you said just now. If I use your generalised assumption, isn't the US an oppressive foreign force on Iraq and Afghanistan? How about Britain and the other colonial forces in the past?

[splittist]

Again, you're drawing false parallels. The CCP is an oppressive foreign regime colonizing Tibet, don't forget that. You're only looking at the surface when it comes to the 2008 March demonstrations. Maybe it's time you looked under the hood and actually read more of Tibetan history which would give you a better idea of the situation.

When the Japanese Imperial Army invaded China, was it wrong for a young woman from Shanxi who led her fellow villagers to rise up against the Japanese army? No.

[splittist]

What that implicates is that the Chinese (govt) does NOT want you, nor the world, to have any "neutral sources" that you need in order to believe the reality that's actually taking place on the ground.