Fifty Years Later: Remembering Tibet

Posted by Quixote, Shakesville at 8:39 AM on March 10, 2009.

Fifty years of occupation. Fifty years of non-violent resistance.

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Fifty years of occupation. Colonizing a neighbor instead of another continent doesn't make it all right. Having an empire now instead of two hundred years ago doesn't make it all right.

Fifty years of non-violent resistance. The powers-that-be insist that's the right thing to do. Then they ignore the hell out of anyone who actually does it because quiet people aren't a problem. Don't ask why there's so much death and destruction in the world. Ask why there isn't more.

Buddhist monks in Japan holding a vigil for Tibet

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China will never give up their strategic buffer; Tibet [Report this comment] Posted by: Fog on Mar 11, 2009 8:04 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Sadly to say, it's not about human rights or anything like that. Tibet represents a buffer between China and India. China is merely asserting control over a geopolitical boundary that is vital to it's national security. That Tibet is populated by peace-loving monks is incidental to them. If Tibet were to relocate itself it would again realize peace. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: China will never give up their strategic buffer; Tibet Posted by: sinfony78 Arm Tibet [Report this comment] Posted by: evasta7 on Mar 11, 2009 7:01 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] To China, "50 years of nonviolent resistance" has been no resistance at all. The Dalai Lama has admitted as much. The basic meme should no longer be "Free Tibet" it should be "Arm Tibet". Set up a defended corridor from Tibet to India for all Tibetans who wish to leave. China needs to hear and understand the word "no" once in a while. If not, the world, and Tibet, should stop pretending and admit failure and relocate all remaining Tibetans and Tibetan culture before Tibetan culture has no meaning left at all. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

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