Posted on 10/13/2016 5:17:57 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
I used to see “free Tibet” bumper stickers on cars a few decades ago.
There is injustice all over the world, no doubt about it, but you have to choose your battles.
Tibet could stand to learn a bit about Christianity.
The World’s Tyrants are expected to act in weak Obama’s last days to the full extent they can due to the total absence is American leadership.
Great account, tragic.
I remember those bumper stickers. Concern was trending after the movie Kundun.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundun
(appears to be) Original source:
Tibet: a Narrative of Cultural Holocaust
(Indian) Major General Mrinal Suman
Friday, October 7, 2016
http://mrinalsuman.blogspot.com/2016/10/tibet-narrative-of-cultural-holocaust_7.html
note: photos are not the same on both sites.
also note: the comments on the General’s website.
I was in Lhasa for a couple of days as part of a canned tour in 2013. I was not in secondary cities or the countryside of Tibet. So, I was with a tour group.
I would say that the Chinese are flooding the city with Chinese and Chinese influence, but not that they are (at least in Lhasa) watching every tourist.
When you arrive at the airport, you are aware of a heavier level of security than elsewhere in China, where you rarely see police. In the city, it becomes clear that the more responsible jobs are taken by the Chinese, while the Tibetans work at more menial jobs or in retail and/or crafts.
The Chinese are overhauling the infrastructure of Lhasa, putting in gas lines, improving sewage, etc. There’s a lot of building, hotels, etc.
The Tibetans have a completely different worldview because of their religion. They are so religious that they don’t even have a word in their language for religion. It is all. People come from the highlands to Lhasa, which is “only” at 12,000 feet altitude to see some of the shrines. One of the more severe demonstrations of fervor is to prostate oneself repeatedly, moving a body length at a time, around a massive temple and burial building called the Potala Palace, which is a circuit of a couple of miles.
I was able to wander around the city unhindered and unmonitored by anyone. I also met some Australians who were doing the same thing, but without a travel group. They had come to Lhasa by slow train from Beijing—a trip of some 36 hours.
To go to Tibet, you do have to get an internal visa stamp, so visits are definitely controlled.
On the other hand, I was told a lot of younger Tibetans move to greater China for work. It seemed to me that the Chinese were smothering and absorbing Tibet, rather than trying to eliminate it.
As I noted, my experience is very limited.
LMAO, so true.
A little late - the Chinese have been taking a Giant Dump on Tibet for decades now.
I hate injustice and I support the exercise of a free conscience but I agree with you. I also know that the day is coming that the knowledge of the glory of the Lord will fill the Earth as the waters cover the sea. No Buddhism,Islam, Hinduism, no idols or shrines to false Gods, no graven images of idols, and ancient statues and relics of old religions will be shaken and destroyed in that great and terrible day of the Lord. So I while I hate the plight of Tibetans and the loss of life and freedom there, I can’t say I mourn the destruction of their false God! Obviously Buddha must be on vacation, or is asleep to have allowed China to have done this!
WORRRRRD!
Their system of deities can possibly bring them a nice worldly life under some circumstances, but Christianity has a far better message, and not just because it’s nominally majoritarian on the earth. God cares for those people too. We ought to try to show them love and the power of Jesus that can do what the Buddhist entities can’t. Maybe the failing of Buddhism is setting the stage for a success of Christ.
It was always fun to ask the “free Tibet” types just how they would go about doing that. Eye-bulging indignation and name calling usually ensued within 30 seconds or so.
The photos on the source URL for this post are most likely inserted by rediff.com, which is a commercial site.
No one except Richard Gere gives a shit about Tibet anymore. Supporting the Hamas Freedom Fighters in “Occupied Palestine” is a far, FAR more important issue these days, don’tcha know?
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