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Published Date: 24 November 2008
THE Dalai Lama yesterday warned Tibetan leaders in exile to act prudently, after calls to push for independence if China refuses to grant autonomy soon.
At the end of a conference in India, 500 delegates agreed to maintain the Dalai Lama's strategy of measured compromise.

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  • Last Updated: 23 November 2008 9:47 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
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2dogs in D.C.,

24/11/2008 00:38:10
Well,Postit,old pal,can't get pizzed at prudence,can ya?
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Postmark-55,

China, 24/11/2008 04:36:47
#1 2dogs in D.C.,
No I can't and I won't if indeed that is what he said privately, not just publicly. I don't trust the guy, he's been stirring the pot for a wee bit too long for my liking and I'll believe it when I actually see positve results, in the meantime my guard is up and so is our government's. The problem is that they still want to govern themselves and because they are a legal province of China I can't see that happening anytime soon, they will always have to answer to Beijing and they're not willing to do that. They should be thankful for Chinese rule, their lives and standard of living have vastly improved and the ones that I know personally have told me so. They don't want independence for they know that they would slide back 50 years to the days of old and they most definitely don't want that.
3

Ben More,

Edinburgh 24/11/2008 14:58:05
Postmark--you are a Canadian pretending to be Chinese, what do you care anyway, and why do you refer to 'our' government when you're not even Chinese?
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mike - across the pond,

postmark 24/11/2008 16:04:43
a country that circa 1945 had 5000+ bhudist temples...

and now has less than 150....

now THERE is some progress... from a purely Maoist point of view....

please explain to us all the difference between Tibet, and Bhutan... geographically they are virtually neighbors... recently Bhutan was rated one of the "happiest countries in the world"... aside from that little land grab that the chinese staged...
5

Taz,

The Land of the Free. 24/11/2008 19:17:29
Get out of Tibet. The Chinese are fooling no one but themselves. They would be better off taking care of the 90% of their population in the countryside that is half starved.
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Postmark-55,

China, 24/11/2008 23:54:03
#3 Ben More,
Do you have an actual comment on the story itself or are you content to just troll?
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Postmark-55,

China, 25/11/2008 00:00:15
#5 Taz,
Get out of Iraq and Afghanistan, the Americans are fooling no-one including yourselves.
It would be much better if the Americans looked after their own impoverished population that's going through life without proper health care and forced to live out on the streets, I've been there many times and have seen it many times.
You can't even find China on the map, if you could you'd see that Tibet is a province of China.
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Postmark-55,

China, 25/11/2008 00:11:02
#4 mike - across the pond,
It's impossible to take the likes of you seriously. You go only by what you read and hear about China but you've never actually set foot in China.
It's not just about temples Mike but rather about the quality of life the Chinese have provided the Tibetans, and only a handful of them bitch about Chinese rule, by far the majority recognize and appreciate what China has given them.
And don't start on geography, you guys are the ones to talk. Look at Alaska, a perfect fit for Canada, look at Hawaii which you conveniently stole from the Hawaiians strictly due to it's location in the middle of the Pacific Ocean so that it is easier to keep an eye on the East and it's a great refueling point.
You have lost every argument with both Mashimaro and I about that yet every other month you come back and try again, well you'll keep losing the argument, time and time again.
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Dragonhead,

Dalian,China 25/11/2008 09:03:37
#4 Mike across the pond. Your views on Tibet are garbage my Ocker mate!Lest we forget that the munificent British in India signed a treaty with Tibet in or about 1913!Now who the heck were they to 'grant Tibet independence'???.At the time they were the very folk who were exploiting India and the Indian people.China at no time was consulted or agreed to THEIR territory being ceded to anyone!The hypocrisy of westerners, the same gullible fools who believe the rants of the Tibetan 'activists'.The same people who treated Tibetans like slaves.The ruling 'nobles' had the power of life and death over 95% of the Tibetan population.The Tibetans were referred to (by those for whom the Dalai Lama is both POLITICAL and RELIGOUS leader)as two legged animals.You and your misguided and brainless fellow anti-Chinese friends are demanding that China returns them to those days?Postmark-55,is perfectly correct in stating that the vast majority of ethnic Tibetans do not under any circumstances want that! Those Tibetans in the west who want a free Tibet, only wish to return to positions of power.They have no feelings for "their" people at all. Tibet is part of China, whether you and those like you like it or not.The Dalai Lama, when he became such, did so only after the Chinese Government sanctioned his accession!Fact.Later he wrote poetry lauding Mao Ze Dong to the heavens.Your totally distorted view of China of today makes your comments worthless.Ignorance is bliss one supposes? In your case definitely
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mike - across the pond,

dragonhead.... 25/11/2008 20:22:27
may I suggest some DeCaffienated brands?

please point out to me where I cannonized the british involvement in the region...

dont bother looking... you wont find it ANYWHERE...

what I said was BHUTAN... a pretty poor country between India and China... a country in an extremely similar geographical locale to Tibet

the only think I asked was why couldnt Tibet become another Bhutan?

correct me if I am wrong here but dear Mao came to power AFTER the current Dalai Lama... 1937 for the current Dalai Lama... Mao's communist revolution finally won in December 1949

Dalai Lama went into exile in 1950... that doesnt leave much time for lauding poetry... does it??

1913 - the china of today DID NOT EXIST... if you give credence to that era, how far back do you go?

and if you are going to deny Tibet... what do you feel about Mongolia? heck if you are going back to 1913... why not go back to 1911...

all I am asking for is answers...

I guess calling me ignorant IS an answer of sorts... isnt it?

 

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