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by "fyfpoon@[EMAIL PROTECTED] " <fyfpoon@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > May 1, 2008 at 04:58 AM

On 5=D4=C21=C8=D5, =C9=CF=CE=E79=CA=B131=B7=D6, bmo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Apr 30, 5:58 pm, "fyfp...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
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> > On 5=D4=C21=C8=D5, =C9=CF=CE=E73=CA=B122=B7=D6, bmo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > On Apr 30, 8:34 am, "fyfp...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > When people refuse to face truth, all sides can keep arguing
endless=
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> > > > and there will be no result.
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> > > > I think the truth regarding Tibet is as follows:
> > > > (1) CCP did free the slaves in Tibet when it first came to Tibet
> > > > (2) Mao did turn the Tibetans, together with the people in other
> > > > provinces of China, into slaves again for a new slave owner named
Ma=
o.
> > > > (3) CCP is now called Chinese Capitalist Party and is doing a
> > > > wonderful job in lifting many Tibetans out of poverty and turning
th=
em
> > > > into petty bourgeois.
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> > > > While the Tibet independence activists refuse to admit (1) and
(3),
> > > > the nationalist Chinese students refuse to admit (2), and the West
> > > > refuses to admit (3).
>
> > > There is also
> > > (4) Many Tibetans in Tibet are unhappy with Chinese rule
>
> > > The Chinese government and its apologists like LT Lee refuse to
admit
> > > (4).
>
> > >http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/04/the-wishes-of-a-tibetan/
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> > > > So what is the point of debate?  Might as well call it adjourned.
>
> > > > Lunch time!
>
> > > Or admit that 1-4 are all true and try to understand that China
needs
> > > to acknowledge that there is a big problem there. The West should
> > > accept (3) and I think in general it has. But by denying (4) the
> > > Chinese government denies reality. This inevitably leads to big
> > > problems because the society is not anywhere nearly as "harmonious"
as=

> > > the Chinese government says it is.
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> > There had to be a thick layer of discontent before it could be ignited
> > to cause so much destruction.  I am not sure if this level of
> > discontent is due to the 'Chinese rule' and whether the discontent
> > would have disappeared under the rule of Dalai Lama.  What I can do is
> > to speculate on the reason.  I think the reason is that many Tibetans
> > feel they have been marginalized in the modernization process.  I
> > heard from a very authoritative source that most businesses in Lhasa
> > are owned by non-natives such as the Hans and the Muslims.  That said,
> > it would simply suggest that the central government has not done a
> > satisfactory job in terms of income redistribution in order to even
> > out the fallouts from  economic development.  In the West, there are
> > programs such as Affirmative Action programs meant to redress the
> > issue, and have been there with various debatable outcomes.
>
> > On the other hand, too much government interference can cause the
> > natives to become a bunch of welfare recipients, or something no one
> > wants to see...
>
> > Thus the issue does not have much to do with human rights, religious
> > freedom and the other jazz....
>
> It is at least partially about religion and human rights. Even though
> the Chinese government tries to keep the rest of the world from
> getting info about Tibet, it's pretty clear from what has gotten out
> that Tibetans are unhappy and want the Dalai Lama to return.-
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There are two issues here:
(1)Tibetans are unhappy.  But how unhappy are they? What is the % of
people who are unhappy?
(2)The Tibetans who are power and wealth conscious are certainly not
welcoming back DL.  And there are not that few of them inside Tibet.
The whole notion that Tibet would become a peaceful and tranquil
Shangreli once DL descends upon Potola is a Hollywood fiction and does
not match reality.  Tibetans need modernization like anyone else.
I know some Tibetans in HK.  They are no more spiritual than you and i.
 




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The endless debate...
"fyfpoon@[EMAIL PROT  2008-04-30 08:34:53 
Re: The endless debate...
bmoore@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-30 12:22:24 
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"fyfpoon@[EMAIL PROT  2008-04-30 17:58:18 
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bmoore@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-30 18:31:30 
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Jim Walsh <jimNOwalsSP  2008-05-01 14:22:14 
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"fyfpoon@[EMAIL PROT  2008-05-01 04:52:13 
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Jim Walsh <jimNOwalsSP  2008-05-02 15:53:28 
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"J.Venning" <  2008-05-02 10:14:31 
Re: The endless debate...
"fyfpoon@[EMAIL PROT  2008-05-01 04:58:55 
Re: The endless debate...
Jim Walsh <jimNOwalsSP  2008-05-02 15:52:22 
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bmoore@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-05-01 08:47:09 
Re: The endless debate...
"fyfpoon@[EMAIL PROT  2008-05-02 00:22:06 

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