Re: Tibet closed to western media is just a way to say "No comment"

On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:21:18 -0700, ltlee1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

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> If there is such an overarching "principle of self-dtermination" is of
> suh im****tance, then your government and other governments should
> terminate diplomatic relation****p with Beijing unless Tibet has self-
> determined. As a matter of fact, I believe your goverment's official
> positon is "Tibet is part of China."
> 

You are actually quite correct, though you may not realize it. Morally, 
Australia should break off all ties with Beijing. And if I want to I can 
publicly advocate that. People in Tibet, however, get locked up for 
speaking their minds. 
> 
> 
>> >>  Luckily for you
>> >> though, they got locked up for speaking their mind, if not killed.
>>
>> > I heard that all the time. But I am still waiting for someone to say
>> > that he or she knows the above is indeed a fact.
>>
>> Well I know it's a fact.
>>
>> Here's an account of two young men sentenced, at the Lhasa Intermediate
>> People's Court, to three years in prison simply for shouting "Free
>> Tibet" and carrying the banned Tibetan flag.
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/6fycff
> 
> AI does not hve re****ters inside China. Their re****ts are
> unsbstrantiated and unsubstantiable.

He was tried in a public court, ergo it should be a matter of public 
record that you could probably check on if you wanted to. But, of course, 
you won't will you? Because you don't want to know. 

> 
> 
>> Here's the case of Ronggyal Adrak, jailed for 8 years simply for
>> shouting "Long Live the Dallai Lama!" at a racing festival.
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/6zkq2o
>>
>> Want to see extrajudicial execution? Here's a video of your gallant
>> troops shooting unarmed Tibetans like dogs.
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/6gtm9e