US House of Representatives Tells China To End the Tibet Crackdown NOW! Dammit! | |
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User ID: 394580 Canada 04/10/2008 12:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Perhaps Nancy could lead by example and block funding of the Iraq war. Maybe the withdrawal of NATO troops from China's border would be a show of good faith that NATO wouldn't station its troops in an independent Tibet. Has the Dalai Lama renounced the divine right of kings and admitted that he is just the hand picked front man of a powerful religious oligarchy and ceased claiming to be the supreme God "Chenrezig"? Both sides need to move forward. owner of an extensive collection of curios from the exotic orient |
ANONOMOUS User ID: 412154 United States 04/10/2008 12:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | LET THE TEBIT PEOPLE GO STAND IN FRONT OF BULLETS. I DO NOT SUPPORT ANARCHIST ..PALASTINE STUPID MARCHES BURN ME OUT AND THE REST OF THE WORLD OUT ALREADY..LET EM STAND IN FRONT OF CHINA'S TANKS.I AM FED UP WITH ANARCHIST METHOD OF COMPLAINING.. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 412840 Germany 04/11/2008 01:34 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You can be damn sure this is going to piss China off. This is not a good sign, it seems like what The Doom said is coming true after all. This could get very interesting...Titor said the 08 games will never happen, it looks like that has some validity currently as well. To much of this shit is adding up to me and I have a very strong intuitive feeling we are in for some very very dangerous months ahead. |
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Senior Forum Moderator User ID: 287257 United States 04/11/2008 01:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | As if those Chinese give a damn of what hypocrite Bush wants Quoting: Anonymous Coward 52612???? do you realize the house is democratic ??? "If there is a new fascism, it won't come from skinheads and punks; it will come from people who eat granola and think they know how the world should be." - Brian Eno |
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User ID: 413056 United States 04/11/2008 01:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Read the UPDATE II at the end of this article: [link to studentpa.info] UPDATE II: Congressman Paul’s Communications Director responds: "Congressman Paul voted against it for the same reasons he has voted against recent measures on Burma and Turkey. In keeping with his non-interventionist foreign policy positions, he feels it is not the place of the US Congress to be making statements such as these about other countries. The US Congress is charged with looking after the freedom of its own people. This is not to say he has no sympathy for the plight of Tibetans, or that private US citizens shouldn’t express their views on the matter. He feels it is just not the role of Congress or the government to do so." |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 412840 Germany 04/11/2008 01:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Read the UPDATE II at the end of this article: [link to studentpa.info] Quoting: mystikerUPDATE II: Congressman Paul’s Communications Director responds: "Congressman Paul voted against it for the same reasons he has voted against recent measures on Burma and Turkey. In keeping with his non-interventionist foreign policy positions, he feels it is not the place of the US Congress to be making statements such as these about other countries. The US Congress is charged with looking after the freedom of its own people. This is not to say he has no sympathy for the plight of Tibetans, or that private US citizens shouldn’t express their views on the matter. He feels it is just not the role of Congress or the government to do so." I do agree with what a lot of Ron Paul says. But this is an issue where I'm at a stalemate with, I feel like it is people's duty to help others who are in serious legitimate need of help. With Paul's stance this world could blow itself up and as long as the US and it's citizens are ok it doesn't matter. Again, this is a very difficult issue as I understand the stance that telling other countries and governments what to do is not a good thing, but when others are being repressed and murdered by these governments for pointless reasons I feel that something needs to be done. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 404921 United States 04/11/2008 01:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | US House calls China to end Tibet crackdown Quoting: Passed a Resolution they did 115[link to afp.google.com] WASHINGTON (AFP) — The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a resolution asking China to end its crackdown on protests in Tibet and to enter into a dialogue directly with the Dalai Lama. The resolution, proposed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, also called for independent monitors, journalists and medical personnel to be allowed into Tibet, and the release of all Tibetans held for non-violently expressing political views. "It is long past time for Beijing to reassess its failed policy to attack and demonize the Dalai Lama and show the world it can have civilized discussions as a responsible world power," Pelosi said before the resolution was adopted by a vote of 413-1. The senior Democratic lawmaker said the resolution was "a clear message that we support the fundamental freedoms of the Tibetan people and a peaceful solution to the instability in Tibet." A fortnight after anti-Chinese riots erupted in Tibet last month, Pelosi flew into Dharamshala, seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile in India, to pay the first high-level call on the Dalai Lama, angering Chinese officials. Republican legislator Chris Smith said during the debate that the effects of China's crackdown "will hang heavily in the Tibetan air for decades. "Never, since 1959, has the Chinese government's tyranny over Tibet been as cruel and raw as it is right now," he said. Both Democrats and Republicans agree that the Chinese government "needs to end the violent crackdown on nonviolent Tibetan protesters," said Democratic representative Rush Holt. "Congress is making a strong statement," he said. The violence in Tibet on March 14 came after days of peaceful protests in Lhasa against 57 years of Chinese rule and quickly spilled over into other parts of China inhabited by Tibetans. Exiled Tibetan leaders say 150 people have died while China insists it has acted with restraint and killed no one, while blaming Tibetan "rioters" for the deaths of 20 people. The unrest, the worst to hit the Himalayan region in decades, has come at an awkward time for Beijing as it prepares to host the Summer Olympics, attracting the attention of the entire world. that fag the diala lama, whatever the fuck his name is, is an employee of the CIA fucking wake up |
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User ID: 374870 United States 04/11/2008 02:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Oh my! -- They passed a resolution asking China to stop!? Yeah, that will definitely work. Mmm hmm. Tell me why Americans who are suffering should give a fuck about what China does to Tibet? My belly ain't full and I'm blaming all the governments, not China, not the US, and certainly not the terrorists.. but all governments -- they're all worthless pieces of bureaucratic cesspools. How about passing a resolution asking the American public to rise up in arms against tyranny -- especially domestic? Nevermind, I need no dumb motherfucking Pelosi or Bush or Cheney or whatever other old psychopathic megalomaniac to tell me what the fuck I should do. OT but, I had a Chinese-American give me a Chinese cigarette to smoke today in Manhattan and boy it was the best cigarette I have ever smoked. I'm not defending China but I just don't give a fuck what the "House" passes. 95% of what "our" government does is bullshit. The blackening of roses will send you to the edges of the land/ The emerald tablets of Thoth the Atlantean/ The hands of the mighty Lion of Judah/ Will throw you through the triangular portals of Bermuda/ Exploring the Hologramic aspects of consciousness/ |