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--- On Tue, 2/7/12, Dieter Brand <diebrand@yahoo.com> wrote:
> This kind of racism is not acceptable.

I am sorry that you feel my sharing of this kind of personal experience is 
racist.
If I told you that there were many places in my hometown in the UK where I 
would be afraid of walking alone after dark for fear of being attacked, would 
you also consider this to be racist against ordinary English people.

I was simply trying to offer a more realistic picture of what Tibet and 
Tibetans are really like.
Ever since Cyril Hoskin created all the Lobsang Rampa books, people have been 
trying to paint a picture of Tibetans as something that they are not.  Could 
not Hoskin also be accused of racism for simply making up stories about a 
place he had never even been to?
Hollywood is very skilled at presenting a pack of lies as accepted truth.  
One only has to look at the current batch of militainment, war porn and 
institutionalised violence to see how skilled they are at this.
I was simply trying to point out that they have used the same skills to 
portray all Tibetans as being pacifist Buddhist saints.  I am not defending 
the Han.  I am simply trying to offer a more balanced picture.
Of course, if you have spent more time in the region than I have, I will be 
happy to defer.

> There is no way that the ongoing occupation of Tibet und the
> suppression of the Tibetan people can be justified.

I did not justify either and have long supported efforts for Tibetan 
autonomy.  My own website was targeted so many times by Chinese hackers for 
just this reason, that I eventually had to let it it go.
Still, it was never my intent to get into a pissing match about who has done 
more for the cause of Tibetan freedom.
> 
> The massacre at Tiananmen is an atrocity beyond words and it
> is totally inacceptable to try to justify it by unfounded
> historical comparisons.

I was not justifying it.
I was simply pointing out that nearly all national administrations have 
similar skeletons in their closet.  Often they are just as bad if not worse.
If you knew a bit more about Chinese history then you would understand that 
Tiananmen could actually be considered a minor incident when compared to far 
worse atrocities in the last 100 years.
If you still believe that such comparisons are still unfounded, I would be 
very interested to know, what instances you feel are relevant.

Chris