Comments on: New reports of Tibetans burning themselves alive to protest Chinese opression http://boingboing.net/2012/08/14/new-reports-of-tibetans-burnin.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 04:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Robert Moore http://boingboing.net/2012/08/14/new-reports-of-tibetans-burnin.html#comment-1509600 Robert Moore Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176375#comment-1509600  I live in China and I can tell you that these people are just thought of as a wack fringe group.  Much like American's see terrorist.  Chinese propaganda has been really successful in the mainland.  Much how the American government spins things to its own people but 10 times worse.  They no very little about their modern history or its current events.  I live in China and I can tell you that these people are just thought of as a wack fringe group.  Much like American’s see terrorist.  Chinese propaganda has been really successful in the mainland.  Much how the American government spins things to its own people but 10 times worse.  They no very little about their modern history or its current events.

]]> By: hakuin http://boingboing.net/2012/08/14/new-reports-of-tibetans-burnin.html#comment-1509444 hakuin Thu, 16 Aug 2012 05:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176375#comment-1509444 the wheels are starting to come off all over China:  http://thediplomat.com/china-power/chinas-growing-jihadist-problem/ the wheels are starting to come off all over China:
 http://thediplomat.com/china-power/chinas-growing-jihadist-problem/

]]> By: Nicholas MacDonald http://boingboing.net/2012/08/14/new-reports-of-tibetans-burnin.html#comment-1508247 Nicholas MacDonald Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176375#comment-1508247  Pretty much everyone I know in China has heard about the immolations; they're not a secret by any means. Nothing is secret in the land of 1 billion cell phones and 300 million Weibo accounts, try as the state might to make it so.  Pretty much everyone I know in China has heard about the immolations; they’re not a secret by any means. Nothing is secret in the land of 1 billion cell phones and 300 million Weibo accounts, try as the state might to make it so.

]]> By: benher http://boingboing.net/2012/08/14/new-reports-of-tibetans-burnin.html#comment-1508100 benher Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176375#comment-1508100 At least they're almost as adept at spinning their headlines as their western counterparts At least they’re almost as adept at spinning their headlines as their western counterparts

]]> By: benher http://boingboing.net/2012/08/14/new-reports-of-tibetans-burnin.html#comment-1508098 benher Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176375#comment-1508098 Do you suppose other Chinese citizens who witness these acts or even hear about them second hand are as heartless as their leaders and do not begin to  distrust, suspect, and resent those leaders? Do you suppose other Chinese citizens who witness these acts or even hear about them second hand are as heartless as their leaders and do not begin to  distrust, suspect, and resent those leaders?

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2012/08/14/new-reports-of-tibetans-burnin.html#comment-1507801 penguinchris Wed, 15 Aug 2012 01:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176375#comment-1507801 I regularly talk to some relatively internet-savvy young people around my age (mid 20's) who live in Shanghai and the surrounding area. They all know about the situation in Tibet, and the self-immolations. Whether or not the population at large does I'm not sure, but I <i>do</i> think it gets some coverage in state-controlled media - heavily slanted, of course. I regularly talk to some relatively internet-savvy young people around my age (mid 20′s) who live in Shanghai and the surrounding area. They all know about the situation in Tibet, and the self-immolations. Whether or not the population at large does I’m not sure, but I do think it gets some coverage in state-controlled media – heavily slanted, of course.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/14/new-reports-of-tibetans-burnin.html#comment-1507584 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176375#comment-1507584 <blockquote>There's easier ways to get media attention.</blockquote>Thank you so much for the First World perspective. Sadly, it's utterly irrelevant to the subject at hand.

There’s easier ways to get media attention.

Thank you so much for the First World perspective. Sadly, it’s utterly irrelevant to the subject at hand.

]]> By: Al Billings http://boingboing.net/2012/08/14/new-reports-of-tibetans-burnin.html#comment-1507540 Al Billings Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176375#comment-1507540 You don't look big enough to be China. You don’t look big enough to be China.

]]> By: ChicagoD http://boingboing.net/2012/08/14/new-reports-of-tibetans-burnin.html#comment-1507524 ChicagoD Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176375#comment-1507524 If I AM China, not IN China. If I AM China, not IN China.

]]> By: Dan Hibiki http://boingboing.net/2012/08/14/new-reports-of-tibetans-burnin.html#comment-1507202 Dan Hibiki Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176375#comment-1507202 Plus it must make for great headlines in China: Evil separatists religious fanatics force followers to commit suicide. Sounds better in Mandarin. Plus it must make for great headlines in China: Evil separatists religious fanatics force followers to commit suicide.

Sounds better in Mandarin.

]]> By: Al Billings http://boingboing.net/2012/08/14/new-reports-of-tibetans-burnin.html#comment-1507120 Al Billings Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176375#comment-1507120  Dude, if you're in China, you won't even hear about this. It isn't like they're going to let the media show it there. It is the *rest* of the world that hears about it.  Dude, if you’re in China, you won’t even hear about this. It isn’t like they’re going to let the media show it there. It is the *rest* of the world that hears about it.

]]> By: Al Billings http://boingboing.net/2012/08/14/new-reports-of-tibetans-burnin.html#comment-1507118 Al Billings Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176375#comment-1507118  Not especially.  Not especially.

]]> By: ChicagoD http://boingboing.net/2012/08/14/new-reports-of-tibetans-burnin.html#comment-1507077 ChicagoD Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176375#comment-1507077 I get that part, but if I am China I'm fine with this. It ultimately makes my problem go away when the last person who will self-immolate does. Also, since we are hearing reports and not seeing it on our TVs (a la Vietnam-era self-immolations) it isn't having the impact they want. I get that part, but if I am China I’m fine with this. It ultimately makes my problem go away when the last person who will self-immolate does. Also, since we are hearing reports and not seeing it on our TVs (a la Vietnam-era self-immolations) it isn’t having the impact they want.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/08/14/new-reports-of-tibetans-burnin.html#comment-1507053 Boundegar Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176375#comment-1507053  They have been doing it for decades, and I have never understood.  I wonder if it has a particular resonance or meaning to Buddhists?  They have been doing it for decades, and I have never understood.  I wonder if it has a particular resonance or meaning to Buddhists?

]]> By: Adam Gorley http://boingboing.net/2012/08/14/new-reports-of-tibetans-burnin.html#comment-1507042 Adam Gorley Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176375#comment-1507042 Pretty straightforward isn't it? "Hey world, look at the insane lengths the oppressive Chinese government has made me go to in order to draw attention to my cause. It must be bad to make people set themselves on fire in protest." Pretty straightforward isn’t it? “Hey world, look at the insane lengths the oppressive Chinese government has made me go to in order to draw attention to my cause. It must be bad to make people set themselves on fire in protest.”

]]> By: RKTR ♫soundcloud.com/rktr http://boingboing.net/2012/08/14/new-reports-of-tibetans-burnin.html#comment-1507026 RKTR ♫soundcloud.com/rktr Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176375#comment-1507026 I dont get it either.  There's easier ways to get media attention.  Will i am does it with a car.  Courtney stodden does it with wierd facial expressions.  Tibetan monks and fire seem like way too extreme a swing for the views. I dont get it either.  There’s easier ways to get media attention.  Will i am does it with a car.  Courtney stodden does it with wierd facial expressions.  Tibetan monks and fire seem like way too extreme a swing for the views.

]]> By: Walt Buchanan http://boingboing.net/2012/08/14/new-reports-of-tibetans-burnin.html#comment-1507014 Walt Buchanan Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176375#comment-1507014 I really don't understand this form of protest. If I were the Chinese I would be thinking,  "Great, enough more of these and the problem will take care of itself.". What is the thinking behind this? I really don’t understand this form of protest. If I were the Chinese I would be thinking,  ”Great, enough more of these and the problem will take care of itself.”. What is the thinking behind this?

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