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  • From: Dieter Brand <diebrand@yahoo.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] The people of Tibet need help now - Boing Boing
  • Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 02:47:26 -0800 (PST)

More than 100 Tibetans have self-immolated in the last few months, yet the
Western media has almost stopped reporting about Chinese repression and
Western leaders keep on courting powerful and cash-rich leaders in Beijing.
The Chinese are preventing the reporting about the repression and large parts
of the Western public have swallowed the Chinese propaganda lies. Young
Westerners who are privileged by enjoying political freedom and prosperity
are insensitive to the suffering of the Tibetan people. They are excusing the
brutal repression of the Chinese government by highlighting demeanor of
Western governments.
Does the West only acknowledge the fight against oppression if it is
accompanied by terrorism? Do we want to reward terrorism? If that is the case
we morally bankrupt. Then the Tibetans would have to change from a strategy
of self-immolation to a strategy of suicide bombs. That may further their
political aims but would mean an end to the spiritual values of the Tibetan
people. However, this is about our own spiritual values and the question of
whether we’ll be able to look at ourselves in a mirror tomorrow.





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