Torture, hunger, mobile sterilisation units ... the brutal reality of
Tibet 2008

By CLAUDIA JOSEPH

Mail on Sunday - 29th March 2008

http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id...

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Dispatches: Undercover In Tibet is on Channel 4 (UK) at 8pm Monday -
March 31, 2008.

It might be possible to view this from the Channel 4 web site at:

http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/dispatches/undercover+in+tibet/1824047

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British filmmakers have emerged from three months undercover in Tibet
to release a terrifying portrayal of Chinese repression, including
shootings, torture and the brutal sterilisation of women left maimed
by crude operations.

Their film, to be shown tomorrow night as part of Channel 4's
Dispatches series, was made before the recent outbreak of anti-Chinese
rioting in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa.

I took a quick swing through my local pier one on Friday, trying to find
something I needed that was not made in China, (difficult always) when I say
this lovely piece of furniture. The description of the piece explained that
it was inspired by Tibetan culture and craftsmen and the Potala Palace.

http://www.pier1.com/catalog/viewproduct/54.potala-palace-cabinet

I was hoping that it would be marked "made in India" but as I suspected--it
was marked "made in China".

I was incensed and wanted to slap a "FREE TIBET" sticker on it, right then
and there. I realized that would probably get me arrested. However...as I
walked out of the store, I tried to think of a better...

Beyond Ignorance and Understanding

http://www.readingt.readingcities.com/index.php/toronto/comments/12857/

Not long ago, I wrote that we clash cultures while the world plunges
to climate-change hell in burning hand-baskets.

Sure there might be some hoping for the future -- if only human beings
bothered understanding cultural principles and ideologies better.
Cultural principles and ideologies defining who people are -- and who
the enemies of the people are. Because then, just maybe, we might
start bridging gaps between ourselves and cultural others by discourse
-- rather than plugging them with bullets.

But better understanding is not enough. If cultural ignorance of self
and others escalates conflicts, let's absolutely struggle against
ignorance. What to do, though, when hatred precedes mis-understanding?
When the hatred precedes and surpasses all ignorance? When we set out
to genocide cultural others -- knowing full-well what we set out to
do?

That's what I was confronted with on Thursday while at York
University. How hatred has a life and death wish all its own.
Surpassing both ignorance and understanding.

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Hey, Buddha-man, what's up Buddha-man? I have a question for you, man. Like
I dig it where you comin' from with the reincarnatin' stuff, and that spell
you cast in f'n alt.magic was one moth*****r let me tell you dat. But, I've
been reading and reading and Evelyn's right that the Buddha don't come back
for a gall dang longer than you're talking about. So can you explain that,
Buddha-man?

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A startling e-mail to say the least. In any case, it's one of those things
best answered publicly. I am not the re-incarnation of the Great Buddha of
2600 years ago. He'll be back at the appointed time. Where Gautama taught by
oral transmission, I teach by demonstration.

Hope that helps.

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Yes, it's a dichotomy and a paradox, but so is my entire life.

Your Buddha, the Professional Poker Player.

If Tommy could save the world by teaching you pinball, then I can save it by
teaching you poker.

Intellectuals in China Condemn Crackdown

By HOWARD W. FRENCH
Published: March 24, 2008

SHANGHAI ? A group of prominent Chinese intellectuals has circulated a
petition urging the government to stop what it calls a ?one sided?
propaganda campaign about Tibet and initiate direct dialogue with the Dalai
Lama.

The petition, which was signed by more than two dozen writers, journalists
and scholars, contains 12 recommendations. Taken together, they represent a
sharp break from the government?s response to the wave of demonstrations
that swept Tibetan areas of the country in recent weeks.

Most of the signers are Han Chinese, China?s dominant ethnic group. Their
petition accused the government of ?fanning racial hatred? in China by
blaming ethnic Tibetans for the violence and seeking to inflame passions
among the Han to support the crackdown.

One of the signers, Wang Lixiong, is a prolific writer and leading analyst
of Tibetan issues. Others are better known for their liberal political
views and their willingness to speak out against government policies.

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