All the “Free Tibet” bumper stickers in every Volvo in the world is not going to impress China one bit. Over time they are slowly destroying anything that is left of Tibet. The native population of Tibet is slowly being replaced with ethnic Han Chinese. One thing the Chinese are good at is long range planning, and patience.
He’s doing what little he can, which is basically to work on public opinion and keep the issue of Tibet alive.
China does what it wants, and nobody is willing to confront them on this issue.
The Chinese were outraged by the prize Bush gave him, and that seems to be about as much as anyone can do.
Maybe it will be like dripping water, and over a long course of time it will have an effect. In any case, what else can he do?
What ever happens to free anything anymore? As soon as the word gets out, poof! -- vultures swoop down and it's gone.
How long did that printer last when you put it on the sidewalk with a sign that said, "Free Printer!" Well, OK, no one needs an old printer. But just imagine doing that with a whole, beautiful country like Tibet!
Oh you; that’s so old school!
Free Tibet
has been replaced by:
Not On My Watch: Save Darfur
as the humanitarian bumpersticker fashion statement of choice for snotty boomer, genX and echo-boomer brain dead yuppies.
...if I had a rocket launcher with a Volvo homing device
Huh! Maybe W mistook the Dalia Lama for an illegal alien?