Comments on: Free Tibet http://raphael.doxos.com/2008/08/05/free-tibet/ We are Flesh-and-Spirit on a journey to Integral Unity with God. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:16:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Huw http://raphael.doxos.com/2008/08/05/free-tibet/comment-page-1/#comment-6300 Huw Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:08:38 +0000 http://raphael.doxos.com/?p=3038#comment-6300 Michael - Try actually engaging the conversation and explaining what the deal is. I was asking honest questions in my post: your comment seems to indicate I've committed some kind og grave sin by questioning the received wisdom. Michael -

Try actually engaging the conversation and explaining what the deal is.

I was asking honest questions in my post: your comment seems to indicate I’ve committed some kind og grave sin by questioning the received wisdom.

]]> By: Michael King http://raphael.doxos.com/2008/08/05/free-tibet/comment-page-1/#comment-6299 Michael King Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:51:28 +0000 http://raphael.doxos.com/?p=3038#comment-6299 Yes, by all means lets make another jab at those poor dumb liberals, cause if you know a couple of misguided souls on the issue of Tibet, then all liberals must be misguided! Ah, the glory of internet traditional conservatism! Yes, by all means lets make another jab at those poor dumb liberals, cause if you know a couple of misguided souls on the issue of Tibet, then all liberals must be misguided! Ah, the glory of internet traditional conservatism!

]]> By: Jonathan http://raphael.doxos.com/2008/08/05/free-tibet/comment-page-1/#comment-6293 Jonathan Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:45:46 +0000 http://raphael.doxos.com/?p=3038#comment-6293 Maybe like Nepal or Bhutan- not exactly model states, though the latter's not too bad a of place, and Nepal has made a great deal of progress lately. At least they both have developed into more or less democratic states, despite having a somewhat similar past to Tibet's. For that matter, look at Taiwan's development- the KMT was pretty wretched itself, but Taiwan has managed to advance beyond that considerably. The problem in the PRC is that politics outside of the Party line is absolutely static- there is room for economic development, but political power remains in pretty much the same state as it did when Comrade Mao consolidated control. But on the whole Tibet pop-culture thing- you'll notice no one ever holds rallies for the Uighurs in Xingjiang Province- oppressed Muslim minorities just aren't as hip as oppressed Buddhists. Maybe like Nepal or Bhutan- not exactly model states, though the latter’s not too bad a of place, and Nepal has made a great deal of progress lately. At least they both have developed into more or less democratic states, despite having a somewhat similar past to Tibet’s. For that matter, look at Taiwan’s development- the KMT was pretty wretched itself, but Taiwan has managed to advance beyond that considerably. The problem in the PRC is that politics outside of the Party line is absolutely static- there is room for economic development, but political power remains in pretty much the same state as it did when Comrade Mao consolidated control.

But on the whole Tibet pop-culture thing- you’ll notice no one ever holds rallies for the Uighurs in Xingjiang Province- oppressed Muslim minorities just aren’t as hip as oppressed Buddhists.

]]> By: Schultz http://raphael.doxos.com/2008/08/05/free-tibet/comment-page-1/#comment-6291 Schultz Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:09:41 +0000 http://raphael.doxos.com/?p=3038#comment-6291 I don't have an answer, but I ponder this issue often and come to the same conclusions/questions you have. I also find it incredibly amusing that most, if not all, of those Tibet flags people in the US wave were made in China. It also puzzles me how people who, before Richard Gere introduced the normal Joe Public to the Dalai Lama in the early 90s, the same people who do the free Tibet concerts are the same who wore Chairman Mao t-shirts. Yes, I personally know at least two people like that. I don’t have an answer, but I ponder this issue often and come to the same conclusions/questions you have. I also find it incredibly amusing that most, if not all, of those Tibet flags people in the US wave were made in China. It also puzzles me how people who, before Richard Gere introduced the normal Joe Public to the Dalai Lama in the early 90s, the same people who do the free Tibet concerts are the same who wore Chairman Mao t-shirts.

Yes, I personally know at least two people like that.

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