On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:32:22 +0100, Kris <
[email protected]> from -= Belgacom
Usenet Service =- wrote:
>>>
>>>We're talking about Chinese bureaucracy, not Rambo or liberating Tibetans or whatever. Stick to
>>>the subject please.
>>
>>OK, it seems to me that if you go to Tibet and spend any dough, then you are supporting the
>>Chinese invasion and occupation of a sovereign country. Now, if you could do it without helping
>>China .....
>
>Excellent idea. Let's see what happens... We concince the original poster not to go to Tibet.
>Chinese Intelligence in Beijing intercepts our postings on Usenet. Big panic among the Communist
>leaders. Emergency meeting. "A few backpackers are not coming to Tibet any more... Exactly what we
>feared... Things are going very wrong in our Motherland China, the tourists are not coming any
>more, oh, we have to do something, China can't survive without tourists".
>
>They decide to pull out of Tibet as quickly as possible. Of course, in the process they also remove
>the roads, hospitals, schools, telecommunication infrastructure, waterworks,... they built and
>leave the Tibetan people to rot in the same state they were in before the Chinese invasion.
>
>My point, a) you will not make ANY difference (same as not visiting Myanmar will change a single
>thing) and b) it's not ALL bad the Chinese did and do in Tibet.
Just the killing, raping and torturing stuff is bad, I suppose. And that's bad enough to make me
want to keep my money out of their hands. Fat chance I have, though, seeing as how they own our
economy with cheap consumer goods.
Here's a clue for you: it's admirable to sacrifice personal pleasure for a noble principle.
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