Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Tibet
In case you don't know, here's a picture of the Dalai Lama. I have no desire to extend the usual American jokes about musicals or pack animals and just want to display a picture of someone who from what little I really know, seems to be a pretty nice guy. And who is up against from what I see to be a pretty annoying big country that really doesn't give much of a damn about humans in general.
(CNN News - AP Photo) "Beijing has claimed to be the legitimate and rightful government of Tibet since 1951, the year after China invaded the then-independent state. Some say the claim doesn't jibe with international law. Allegations abound that China has stifled Tibetans' religious and other fundamental freedoms, sometimes violently.
The Dalai Lama has led a government in exile from neighboring India for decades. In 1959, the then-24-year-old Buddhist leader fled Tibet during a failed uprising against the Chinese."
Labels: freedom, government
