Eclipsed from the headlines by the ongoing carnage, there is an active
civil resistance in Iraq that opposes the occupation, the torture regime
it protects, and the jihadi and Ba'athist 'resistance' alike.
Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Fri, 03/28/2008 - 05:20.
From the above link:
In the Dalai Lama's Tibet, torture and mutilation---including eye gouging, the pulling out of tongues, hamstringing, and amputation of arms and legs--were favored punishments inflicted upon thieves, runaway serfs, and other "criminals." Journeying through Tibet in the 1960s, Stuart and Roma Gelder interviewed a former serf, Tsereh Wang Tuei, who had stolen two sheep belonging to a monastery. For this he had both his eyes gouged out and his hand mutilated beyond use. He explains that he no longer is a Buddhist: "When a holy lama told them to blind me I thought there was no good in religion."
Assuming this is true, we'd love to know why it is relevant. The Dalai Lama has certainly come to terms with modernity, and says he doesn't even aspire to be the ruler of a free Tibet. More to the point, whatever (apocryphal) abuses may have taken place at the hands of Tibetan lamas two generations ago, how does it let the Chinese off the hook for the tortures and massacres they are perpetrating against Tibetans today? This is a distraction, and very ugly—and, fortunately, very transparent—propaganda.
The inconvenient facts and unanswered questions surrounding the attacks are legion, but the endemic sloppiness of the self-styled "researchers" is delegitimizing the entire project of critiquing the "official version." The ostentatiously named "Truth movement" is not clearing the air, but muddying the water.
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WAR AT THE CROSSROADS
An Historical Guide Through the Balkan Labyrinth
The Balkan region is intensely multicultural - a point of crossroads and clash for some of the world's major religions, cultural spheres, and economic systems. While there have been vicious wars in Balkan history, these have taken place in the context of manipulation by imperial powers and the self-serving local leaders who cater to them.
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More Idiot Left malarky on Tibet
From the above link:
Assuming this is true, we'd love to know why it is relevant. The Dalai Lama has certainly come to terms with modernity, and says he doesn't even aspire to be the ruler of a free Tibet. More to the point, whatever (apocryphal) abuses may have taken place at the hands of Tibetan lamas two generations ago, how does it let the Chinese off the hook for the tortures and massacres they are perpetrating against Tibetans today? This is a distraction, and very ugly—and, fortunately, very transparent—propaganda.
Down with Michael Parenti. Free Tibet.