Re: Is a 'Free Tibet' a possibility?

On Tue, 13 May 2008 00:02:16 +0800, rst0wxyz wrote
(in article 
<2783e6ef-2a38-4d72-97dd-4f4e32ce7faf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):

> On May 12, 12:19 am, "Peter Webb"
> <webbfam...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> **************
>>> Freedom to elect their own leaders. Freedom to set their own economic
>>> policies, including the freedom to mint their own currency and control
>>> foreign trade. Freedom of press, of association. There's more, but
they
>>> would certainly be on my list of "freedoms" that I am referring to.
>> 
>> Are these their desired freedoms or your freedoms, or even the
>> freedoms of the CIA agents who put them up to it?  Why take a few
>> individuals who are part of a plot to undermine China's stabilities?
>> Why don't you ask the majority of the Tibetans who are happy and
>> satisfied, and don't give a damn about the Dalai Lama?
>> 
>> ***************
>> Because I can't run an election or referendum on this subject in Tibet.
>> China can, though. Why don't they ask the Tibetan people if they want
>> independence? Its an excellent question you asked - why doesn't the
Chinese
>> government ask Tibetans what they want, and go along with the majority
>> position?
> 
> They have spoken already.  They are content with their lot, happy with
> their lives, and love the modern conveniences of today's society.
> It's a few who allowed the CIA to corrupt their judgement with
> American money, and the Dalai Lama needs money to live a worldly life
> to let America to drive him on.

Chinese in general and Tibetans in particular are not free to express 
themselves. Even the CCP acknowledges that.

Therefore they cannot have spoken already.

When you have been elected as their representative you can tell us what
they 
think and we will have some reason to believe you.

-- 
Love, Jim
(I often delete parts of the previous post and I often remove excessive 
crossposts.)


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