I tend to find the coverage on Tibet rather offensive - why should people disproportionately care about that region, when the U.S. and other western powers have so many colonies - historical and contemporary - which have much worse human rights problems?
Tibet is considered strategically important and I'm sure all the major powers would like to 'influence' it, regardless of the wishes of the Tibetans themselves. Of course, the presence of the Olympics in China is a good time to raise human rights and nationality issues whilst attention is focused there.
I don't understand how people can be for Iragi, Palestinian and Ossetian freedom, yet oppose the same when it comes to China / Tibet. Pure hypocrisy.
Oh that's easy. China apparently is socialist and therefore can't be imperialist and rather than national self-determination they are engaging in an "international brotherhood".
Yes, fascism can come in many colours and sometimes that colour is red.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2008-08-19 02:00 am (UTC)Tibet is considered strategically important and I'm sure all the major powers would like to 'influence' it, regardless of the wishes of the Tibetans themselves. Of course, the presence of the Olympics in China is a good time to raise human rights and nationality issues whilst attention is focused there.
I don't understand how people can be for Iragi, Palestinian and Ossetian freedom, yet oppose the same when it comes to China / Tibet. Pure hypocrisy.
Oh that's easy. China apparently is socialist and therefore can't be imperialist and rather than national self-determination they are engaging in an "international brotherhood".
Yes, fascism can come in many colours and sometimes that colour is red.