I've just changed the title of my blog from John's Trek for Tibet 2007 to Tibet 2008 to reflect what's now happening in Tibet and world wide.
And I have to say congratulations to Kevin Rudd, Australian Prime Minister, for being so forthright in challenging the Chinese leadership on their human rights record in Tibet and elsewhere. If only world leaders had previously had the courage to do the same, China may not have reached the situation where it believed it could act with impunity in the way it treated Tibetans and other minorities, as well as its own citizens who voice dissent.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Torch Relay Action
Even the torch bearers are carrying Tibetan flags
San Francisco protest reports
It's interesting to see the way China and its supporters are dealing with the protests. Their reactions vary from vilifying His Holiness The Dalai Lama, to denouncing the Tibetans for their ingratitude for everything the Chinese have done for them.
How powerful is the propaganda that these people have swallowed over the decades that they cannot imagine why a downtrodden people would want to resist, would want to grasp the opportunity when their oppressor has the spotlight of the world upon it.
San Francisco protest reports
It's interesting to see the way China and its supporters are dealing with the protests. Their reactions vary from vilifying His Holiness The Dalai Lama, to denouncing the Tibetans for their ingratitude for everything the Chinese have done for them.
How powerful is the propaganda that these people have swallowed over the decades that they cannot imagine why a downtrodden people would want to resist, would want to grasp the opportunity when their oppressor has the spotlight of the world upon it.
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