pandulf.ironhead said:
Actually China and Saudi Arabia, etc., as well as Muslim action groups try to interfere with freedom of speech in Europe all the time. Remember the Danish cartoons?
Yes I forgot about the cartoons. Although did you see the them? The equivalent would be if a major newspaper in Sweden had published images of similar to what the Nazis did in Germany (E.g Jews depicted as rats), just to provoke. The Danish newspaper that published it is famous for it's racist and anti-immigrant articles. In my opinion it was a direct provocation but of course they had the right to do so as it falls under freedom of speech.
That doesn't make what Israel did right though.
pandulf.ironhead said:
Israel is not "occupying a country" but territories with another ethnic group there...
Palestine is a state, i.e a country occupied by Israel, recognized by over a 100 countries:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine
pandulf.ironhead said:
...treating them far better than Burmese treat Karen, Chinese treated Tibetans (how many were killed vs. how many Palestinians??), Sudanese in Darfur, etc. ...not to speak of the way other Arabs, like the Kuwaitis or Jordan treat the Palestinians themselves.
Does Burma bomb civilians with jet fighters? Do they cut off water and food supplies in retaliation? Do they target women and children with snipers? Do they bulldoze homes? Do they assassinate democratically elected officials? Do they kill civilians and steal their organs? I could go on you know...
And Tibet is not being occupied by China, Tibet is and always have been a part of China with the British occupation being the only exception.
Regardless what your opinion on that; the Chinese has built hospitals, schools and infrastructure there. Israel has done the opposite, bombing and bulldozing and carrying out ethnic cleansing.
Although it is true that a lot of Tibetans were killed during Mao (mostly due to starvation), but the same is true for all Chinese people all over China, not only Tibetans.
Also, you should read some about Tibetan history:
http://www.michaelparenti.org/Tibet.html
The Tibetan people were liberated by Mao, they used to be slaves and serfs in brutal medieval conditions.
pandulf.ironhead said:
I have no desire to get into an internet flame war, I'm done on this thread.
Why do you call a debate a flame war? You don't want to debate but you just need to have that last word huh?
