Comments on: 10 Reasons Against “free Tibet” http://newsflavor.com/opinions/10-reasons-against-free-tibet/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:57:04 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: R. Moon http://newsflavor.com/opinions/10-reasons-against-free-tibet/comment-page-1/#comment-6073 R. Moon Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:39:20 +0000 http://newsflavor.com/opinions/10-reasons-against-free-tibet/#comment-6073 "...prefer to continue their subsistence, environmentally-managed lifestyle without the pollutions of modernization"<br /> <br /> True, but I think the Tibetans actually wants the technological and economical developments that China has brought to their region. <br /> <br /> "In Tibet, we paid much too little attention to technological and economic development, and today we realize that this was a mistake.”<br /> –Dalai Lama<br /> <br /> Source: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1989/lama-lecture.html “…prefer to continue their subsistence, environmentally-managed lifestyle without the pollutions of modernization”

True, but I think the Tibetans actually wants the technological and economical developments that China has brought to their region.

“In Tibet, we paid much too little attention to technological and economic development, and today we realize that this was a mistake.”
–Dalai Lama

Source: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1989/lama-lecture.html

]]> By: Lester Woods http://newsflavor.com/opinions/10-reasons-against-free-tibet/comment-page-1/#comment-6071 Lester Woods Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:20:46 +0000 http://newsflavor.com/opinions/10-reasons-against-free-tibet/#comment-6071 It would be much more insightful and legitimate if your article actually referenced the supposed citation you give in Point #1 to npr.org .<br /> <br /> Additionally, how can you claim that Tibet lacks natural resources? Can you suggest where else to the 5 major headwaters for eastern Asia form? Are the gold mines in Tibet now suddenly shutdown without my knowledge? What about all the barley grown there, or, better yet the wheat Mao Ze Dong attempted to raise so unsuccessfully?<br /> <br /> Prospering in the world economy is not necessarily the best type of modernization or development. Why, if everyone tries to do that as we are currently trying now, which nations will start to explode first? Many peoples in many parts of the world would prefer to continue their subsistence, environmentally-managed lifestyle without the pollutions of modernization and foreign culture. Also, do not say something is "not possible", cause it ain't the right thing to say in this or many cases. It would be much more insightful and legitimate if your article actually referenced the supposed citation you give in Point #1 to npr.org .

Additionally, how can you claim that Tibet lacks natural resources? Can you suggest where else to the 5 major headwaters for eastern Asia form? Are the gold mines in Tibet now suddenly shutdown without my knowledge? What about all the barley grown there, or, better yet the wheat Mao Ze Dong attempted to raise so unsuccessfully?

Prospering in the world economy is not necessarily the best type of modernization or development. Why, if everyone tries to do that as we are currently trying now, which nations will start to explode first? Many peoples in many parts of the world would prefer to continue their subsistence, environmentally-managed lifestyle without the pollutions of modernization and foreign culture. Also, do not say something is “not possible”, cause it ain’t the right thing to say in this or many cases.

]]> By: Gasper Mlakar http://newsflavor.com/opinions/10-reasons-against-free-tibet/comment-page-1/#comment-6069 Gasper Mlakar Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:12:23 +0000 http://newsflavor.com/opinions/10-reasons-against-free-tibet/#comment-6069 I am a Tibetan and I am proud to say that I am very much against Tibetan independence. It is true that Tibet can not possibly be better off without China's help. People today in Tibet need to count their blessings instead of only looking at China's faults. Although China has done wrong things in Tibet, the good that they have done far outweigh the bad. I express regret and remorse for the barbaric actions of my people during the march riots. I just wish that Tibetans will be thankful for what the Chinese people have given them. I am a Tibetan and I am proud to say that I am very much against Tibetan independence. It is true that Tibet can not possibly be better off without China’s help. People today in Tibet need to count their blessings instead of only looking at China’s faults. Although China has done wrong things in Tibet, the good that they have done far outweigh the bad. I express regret and remorse for the barbaric actions of my people during the march riots. I just wish that Tibetans will be thankful for what the Chinese people have given them.

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