Censored Tibetan uprising photos and videos

April 14th 2008 in activism

120 censored videos and photos of the Tibet Uprising

[Warning! Shocking Images] Wikileaks has also called on bloggers around the world to help drive the footage through the Chinese internet censorship regime — the so called “Great Firewall” of China.
Please spread the word about the Tibetans protesting for freedom.

James

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“Censored Tibetan uprising photos and videos”

KevinC

wrote on April 21st, 2008

After sitting on this subject for the past few months, It’s come clear to me that the country of my birth has more problems than I thought. As you can imagine, it’s a very sensitive subject in my household and within the recent weeks, I realize just how divided my opinions are with my folks. Growning up as an “american” I’ve adapted it’s lifestyles and ideas while my parents lean more on the old ways. While I support Tibetians for bringing this subject to light, my parents blame the american goverment and media for not showing china’s side of the story.
It’s true that china has a long way to go in terms of human rights (heck, if china was in better shape, my family and I wouldn’t be in the U.S!)
Now I find myself in a bit of a bind. I support human rights, (hell, who wouldn’t??) yet I cannot change who I am and I’m all for the olympics. I hope things change for the better and soon. What I really dont like are how some individuals (like what happened in france’s torch run) feel the need to attack the torch runner… I mean COME ON! what ever happened to “don’t shoot the messenger”???

One of the reasons for china’s human rights laws is very simple, China’s population is about 3-4x more than the U.S, with that many people, if they had a goverment system like we do, can you imagine what kind of chaos would erupt amoung it’s people? it’ll be a total meltdown of their already fragile system. China has a long way to go but i have faith that they’ll make changes (hopefully) in my lifetime.

James

wrote on May 17th, 2008

As always, Kevin, thanks for your insightful comments. I agree, the torch-bearers should not have been attacked. I do agree that China is in a quandry regarding joining civil society’s quest for universal human rights and they are facing a serious crisis in how to do that while maintaining integrity of cultural heritage, as well as to feed, clothe, and house the Chinese people. Having said that, as an American from the traditional school that a popular democracy is the best way to socially organize, the Chinese people have for too long been the victims of a legal, massive conspiracy by their ruling class to believe only what they are told to believe. This is evident when Chinese students at Americans universities accuse speakers and presenters of lying when they are actually telling historical truths from documented situations: i.e.: Tibet’s autonomy as a nation and people vs China’s repetition that Tibet is a province of China. Which Southeast Asian country will next become a “province” of China, I wonder?

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