Now the Chinese protesters on the other hand…

“Hate speech is violence, of an emotional kind.”

and violence is hate speech, of a phycical kind. Whose nation is occupied, physically? Oh, Tibet is!

Naming a ew dalai and other lamas is hate speech, of a spiritual kind. Whose spiritual leaders have been siezed? Who has appointed new lama’s? Oh, China has!

c’mon man. Apples and oranges, learn to tell them apart.

Boing Boing and BBTV have hosted numerous posts on the current situation in Tibet. Those comment threads have touched on many issues related to the current and past situation there. Here’s a list of some of the livelier discussions about this issue:

Protest inside Tibet captured on tourists’ cameras

Police attack peacefully protesting monks in Tibet

Tibet: more deaths, injuries in Lhasa as crackdown grows

Tibet: China blocks YouTube, protests spread, bloggers react

Tibet: nearly 1,000 jailed in Lhasa, Dalai Lama offers to resign

To do in SF – Tibet rally on April 8, Richard Gere, Desmond Tutu

Photo of pro-Tibet protest on Golden Gate Bridge

And of course, the two posts that are currently on BB:

Beijing: Five US activists detained after lighting up “Free Tibet” LED Throwies banner near Olympics site

GRL’s James Powderly detained in Beijing for planning pro-Tibet “L.A.S.E.R. Stencil” art protest

From our Moderation Policy:

7. Failing to notice that there are other people in the conversation. Posting a remark that’s already been made five times and answered six. Coming back and re-posting essentially the same material after a twenty-message thread has discussed your previous comment. Trying to forcibly wrench the conversation onto one of your own pet topics. Posting a stale, canned rant you’ve posted a dozen times before at other sites. Not coming back to see how others have responded to you.

Before posting in this thread, please familiarize yourself with the territory of this ongoing discussion. Repetitive arguments, unsupported claims, cut-and-paste posturing or disingenuous concern for the plight of any and everyone except the subject of the post will be removed. Links to the same articles that have already been linked a dozen times will be removed. Links to up-to-date, reputable news sources are, naturally, most welcome.

Thank you for making this a lively, civil and compassionate discussion about the plight of the Tibetan people.

who knew?

Brilliant.

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I can tell you mean “national shortcomings”, and I don’t believe you’re sincere. Sino-cere, however…

As individuals, surely you are correct, but to treat the government better than we treat each other is insane, or maybe it’s just Sino-sane.

MgabrysSF @1 & 3, first, please don’t go picking fights in comment threads. It’s one thing to reply to someone who’s making excuses for an authoritarian regime. It’s another to preemptively declare it’s happening when it isn’t yet.

Second, don’t go around calling people Nazis who aren’t.

Third, your comment #3, which appears to be a reply to BBNinja’s #2, doesn’t actually engage with any of BBNinja’s text. It’s like you’re carrying over an argument that started somewhere else, only I can’t find where.

Honestly, I don’t really know what to think of this. My first reaction is “What did they expect?” They must have known this was going to happen. Hopefully they were a least a little prepared for it …

If a protester is jailed in China and nobody is there to hear is, did he ever exist?

That’s what it takes to merit counter-coverage, yes.

Myb f sd Rchrd Gr cs f th mnth?

xcs m – bt vry sngl thrd s ldd wth PRC Mz plgsts sng vry strw mn spm tctc pssbl t dflct ttntn wy frm th tpc. Y knw wht? Tht’s nt nly brng t’s bllyng.

s fr s M nd Nz – xcs m – ‘ll cll thm wht wnt. Thy’v gn nt flly prgrmmd rctnry ntnlst md vr snc th trch rly wnt vr lk thd. Sms prtty pt t m – srry y dn’t fl tht wy t th bvs.

nd s fr s cmprsns t th Nzs lt’s strt wth 56 mlln dd chns cn’t b wrng – bt thn f y wnt t swp tht ndr th rg nd gv th Mzs brk pls d. Hstrcl rvsnsm s bg dl n Mz cntry.

t’s nt sm ct ntrnt mm – t’s nt Gdwn’s lw – t’s frkng pt. Mz. Gt sd t t. Y’r gng t s lt f thm n ths thrd – nd tht’s wht th frst cmmnt ws prdctng.

Lks lk ws nt nly pt – bt ccrt. Dn’t y ht t whn ‘m rght? GD tht mst rlly frstrt th CRP t f y!

Independence and statehood of Tibet is a misguided goal. Dalai Lama himself has argued for reform, not statehood.

First of all, Tibet is a landlocked country, the only safe trade avenues are through the Chinese mainland. For better or for worse, worse in most cases, Tibet is dependent on China for economic aid.

Second, most of the resources and development power are in the hands of Han immigrants. If Tibet becomes dependent tomorrow, We will have massacres in our hands not unlike anti-Chinese riots in Southeast Asia.

The most likely scenario that serves the Tibetan people’s interests is autonomy and economic reform that empowers instead of disenfranchises Tibetans.

I’m not so sensitive but I approve of appellation moderation.

Surely there is a more effective way.

ws rfrrng t hs cmprsns f gtm t th PRC. Bllts vs bnnrs. gn bvs – bt nt t y. Bt snc y’v scrmbld th psts – wh crs.

bvsly thrds r mprtnt bcs thy’r gm chngrs n th rl wrld – r nt – nd nvr hv bn.

Read my comment at #15. Crypto-”disingenuous concern for the plight of any and everyone except the subject of the post” is still “disingenuous concern for the plight of any and everyone except the subject of the post.”

yeah, the post that inspired it lasted a whole 45 seconds before being yanked. It was actually a classy response.

At any rate, you would think they might’ve planned these protests a little better, especially with all that expensive equipment they shouldn’t have been carrying computers and cameras on them as it was obvious they’d be arrested.

They should have had people who they left their stuff with, and then had their pictures takers separate also.

Than making international headlines? I’d be interested in hearing some that don’t involve murder or mayhem. Huge news – nobody hurt. Seems full of win to me.

I don’t think the US government should get in the habit of running to the rescue every time an American traveler willfully breaks the law in a foreign country. People raised the same kind of concerns when Michael Faye was about to be caned in Singapore.

Sadly, when the Olympics come to a close in a few days most people will go back to their daily routines and forget about any news item involving China. After the global spotlight disappears, it will leave the protesters in a tight spot. The publicity of this case will be reduced to a handful of blogs and the occasional coffee house fund-raiser concert. Worst of all, their actions will have done nothing to help the people of Tibet.