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By Bal(t)imoron, 1 month and 17 days ago

Tibet in Its "Proper Context"

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Gravatar #5. Eva
1 month and 7 days ago

I say NO Olympic Games in a nation without human rights!

Gravatar #4. Bal(t)imoron
1 month and 14 days ago

It's only because we live so close to the source, you know, right?

I hear that snide retort. Expats, and natives, in Asia, just don't understand the world! Or, so I'm told!

Gravatar #3. sparks
1 month and 14 days ago

Finally another sane voice in the wilderness.

Human rights. Jesus H. Christ!

Tibet is one of the most gender-segregated (i.e. patriarchal), most feudal of contemporary societies. You've got monks at the top of the social pyramid, doing nothing but «pray» all day while squeezing the labour surplus of those who prostate themselves in the name of the dalai lama. Forgive me while I puke.

Gravatar #2. Bal(t)imoron
1 month and 16 days ago

There's no personal liberty without general stability.

Gravatar #1. Bill
1 month and 17 days ago

«And, like it or not, a stable China means a stable America. We disrupt that at our own peril.»

So self preservation and US stability is the ultimate principle ? Not freedom, human rights ?

Wake up time for the world ?

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