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<title><![CDATA[Demonstrators Evacuated By Police After Mob of Thousands of Hostile Dalai Lama Supporters Surrounds Them]]></title>
<link>http://shugdensociety.wordpress.com/?p=86</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>goldenmala</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[New York, NY  July 18, 2008 &#8212; Approximately 500 Tibetan and Western Buddhists engaged in a pe]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New York, NY  July 18, 2008 -- Approximately 500 Tibetan and Western Buddhists engaged in a peaceful demonstration today outside of Radio City Music Hall as the Dalai Lama gave his public talks. This group, the <a title="Western Shugden Society" href="http://westernshugdensociety.org" target="_self">Western Shugden Society</a> (WSS), say they are demonstrating to question the Dalai Lama's unexamined actions and wishing to be heard since the Dalai Lama has repeatedly refused requests for dialog. The demonstrators spent 6 hours chanting "Dalai Lama Give Religious Freedom" and "Dalai Lama Stop Lying" in Tibetan and English to draw attention to their cause.</p>
<p>The demonstrators remained peaceful even after the Dalai Lama's public address finished and throngs of people in traditional Tibetan outfits poured onto the streets, at which time 40-50 police were brought in including 6 on horseback to control the group of thousands who were now surrounding the demonstrators.</p>
<p>Police erected metal barriers to push the crowds back. Some of them had to be physically restrained and forced to the ground as the aggressors began throwing objects, including bags of coins and bottles, spitting at, and yelling at the demonstrators.</p>
<p>The demonstrators remained contained, cooperated with police and agreed at the suggestion of the police to be evacuated with escort from the area while 6th Avenue was blocked off for 20 minutes during rush hour. They were told by police that this was necessary as it would have taken many hours to disperse the crowds.</p>
<p>Kelsang Pema, spokesperson for the WSS, says, "If this intense reaction and mob mentality is the result when a few people publicly question the Dalai Lama's actions on American soil with police present and western laws, imagine how difficult it is for these people to speak up against their unelected leader in the Tibetan community in exile. I hope that the western media will investigate."</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Olímpiadas de Beijing]]></title>
<link>http://pensaremburrece.wordpress.com/?p=120</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tarsischwald</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[As vergonhosas Olimpíadas estão chegando.
Pior que isso mesmo, só a Copa do Mundo Brasileira.

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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">vergonhosas</span> Olimpíadas estão chegando.<br />
Pior que isso mesmo, só a Copa do Mundo Brasileira.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.inovavox.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/olimpiadas-2008.jpg"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.inovavox.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/olimpiadas-2008.jpg" alt="" width="428" height="534" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Gelek Rimpoche talks about Buddhism, Tibet, the Olympics and a new vision for the world]]></title>
<link>http://digital-dharma.net/2008/07/18/gelek-rimpoche-talks-about-buddhism-tibet-the-olympics-and-a-new-vision-for-the-world/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Jewel Heart leader Gelek Rimpoche talks about Buddhism, Tibet, the Olympics and a new vision for the]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b><a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/lifestyles/2008/07/tibetan_leader_talks_about_bud.html">Jewel Heart leader Gelek Rimpoche talks about Buddhism, Tibet, the Olympics and a new vision for the world</a></b><br />
<blockquote><font color="#660000"><big>Q. Some scholars have reported that more young people are turning to Buddhism. Why is that?</p>
<p>A. The young people are attracted to Buddhism because it is interesting to them and useful. Young people find Buddhism to be honest and helpful. ...</big></font></p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[Kartenspiele]]></title>
<link>http://hotelvilladeart.wordpress.com/?p=582</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mrpresident</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Wu Wenfeng von der Renmin Ribao (Volkszeitung) ist außer sich: Das deutsche Magazin &#8220;Stern]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify;">Wu Wenfeng von der <a href="http://world.people.com.cn/GB/57507/7531030.html" target="_blank"><em>Renmin Ribao (Volkszeitung)</em> ist außer sich</a>: Das deutsche Magazin "<em>Stern</em>" hat bei einem seiner (reaktionären und anti-chinesischen) <a href="http://www.stern.de/politik/ausland/:Gigant-China-Die-Kommunisten/631406.html?eid=615892">Artikel</a> eine "absurde separatistische Landkarte" verwendet. Die Karte weise einige "offensichtliche Fehler" auf:</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://hotelvilladeart.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/sternchinakarte.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-583" src="http://hotelvilladeart.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/sternchinakarte.jpg" alt="" width="621" height="532" /></a> </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Die Karte ist natürlich total falsch. Erstens hat der Autor vergessen die Provinz Taiwan als chinesisches Territorium einzufärben. Und dann wurde auch noch auf imperialistische Art und Weise Tibet abgetrennt. Beide Gebiete gehören schon seit Tausenden Jahren zum chinesischen Staatsgebiet. Sie waren schon chinesisches Territorium, als es den Staat "China" noch gar nicht gab. Das ist internationaler "Konsens". Warum machen die Deutschen so was? Aus Unwissenheit? Die Antwort (laut Wu) ist simpler: Die deutschen sind einfach sauer weil sie von den Chinesen wirtschaftlich überholt werden. Das erklärt den "Karten-Zwischenfall" und auch das Treffen der Bundeskanzlerin mit dem Dalai Lama. So siehts aus! Die <a href="http://english.people.com.cn/china/19990923A101.html" target="_blank">richtige Karte</a> müsste natürlich so aussehen:</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://hotelvilladeart.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/map11.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-584" src="http://hotelvilladeart.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/map11.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="456" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Wichtig sind auch die kleinen Inselchen im Südchinesischen Meer. Die gehören auch alle schon seit Jahrtausenden zu China. Und es wäre wirklich freundlich, wenn die ganze Welt so tun könnte, als ob das auch wirklich so wäre, dann müssten die Kommunisten sich viel weniger aufregen. Es kostet nämlich sehr viel Kraft und Ressourcen solche Illusionen die ganze Zeit zu verteidigen. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irredentism" target="_blank">Irredentismus</a> macht müde.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Die KP hat im Laufe der Jahre die meisten der <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ROC_Administrative_and_Claims.jpg" target="_self">alten territorialen Ansprüche aus der Republikzeit (1911-1949)</a> aufgegeben. Pragmatisch und rational, nach mehreren Grenzkriegen gegen Indien und Russland. Am territorialem Anspruch auf Taiwan und <a href="http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/early/snyder/South_China_Sea1.html" target="_blank">mehrere Inselgruppen im Pazifik</a> hält sie jedoch auch weiterhin fest. Hier paaren sich strategische Interessen mit einem ungesunden Nationalismus. Momentan betont Beijing noch seinen Willen zur "friedlichen" Lösung, bzw. zu einer "Verschiebung einer endgültigen Lösung" der Konflikte in die Zukunft. Der Hintergrund hierfür ist klar: Irgendwann werden die Kommunisten militärisch stark genug sein um ihre territorialen Ansprüche militärisch durchzusetzen. "Harmonische Welt" und "Friedlicher Aufstieg" hin oder her. </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>P.S.:</strong> Zu Chinas Verteidigung muss man noch sagen, dass sie nicht die Einzigen sind, die in einer territorialen Traumwelt leben. Georgien, Armenien/Aserbaischan, die Palästinenser und viele andere Menschen leben mit solchen Fantasien. Auch <a href="http://blog.zeit.de/stoerungsmelder/2007/12/17/die-ziele-der-npd-osterreich-polen-tschechien-russland-litauen_174" target="_blank">deutsche Nazis</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Licenziati i Tibetani che mandano i figli dal Dalai]]></title>
<link>http://indonapoletano.wordpress.com/?p=943</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Nello</dc:creator>
<guid>http://indonapoletano.wordpress.com/?p=943</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In Tibet saranno licenziati e puniti i funzionari che mandano i propri figli a studiare all&#8217; e]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In Tibet saranno licenziati e puniti i funzionari che mandano i propri figli a studiare all' estero nelle scuole aperte dalla 'cricca' del Dalai Lama. Lo ha annunciato il governo locale. L'avviso, pubblicato dalla Commissione per la disciplina, si chiama ''Trattamento disciplinare per i membri del Partito e per i funzionari del governo che mandano i propri figli a studiare negli istituti della cricca del Dalai Lama all'estero''. Come spiega la stampa ufficiale locale, fa riferimento alla ''cospirazione'' del Dalai Lama, che tenterebbe di ''sedurre'' i giovani e fare loro ''un lavaggio del cervello'', offrendo alloggio, cibo e istruzione gratuita nelle sue scuole. ''Pertanto e' assolutamente vietato ai membri del Partito e ai funzionari del governo mandare i propri figli a studiare in questi istituti''. Chi infrange la regola sara' licenziato ed espulso dal Partito Comunista. Le autorita' hanno esortato i funzionari i cui figli si trovano in questo genere di scuole a richiamarli in patria entro due mesi. Il Dalai Lama, leader spirituale del Tibet, vive in esilio in India dal 1959.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Buddhist Protest Dalai Lama in Madison, Wisconsin Saturday]]></title>
<link>http://shugdensociety.wordpress.com/?p=68</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>goldenmala</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Press release from prweb.com
&#8220;This Saturday, 600 Buddhists with one voice will protest against]]></description>
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<p>"This Saturday, 600 Buddhists with one voice will protest against the <a title="Dalai Lama" href="http://wisdombuddhadorjeshugden.org" target="_blank">Dalai Lama</a> claiming a campaign of religious intolerance and immoral discrimination against the Buddhist community who practice the protective deity Dorje Shugden. This <a title="Western Shugden Society" href="http://wisdombuddhadorjeshugden.org">Western Shugden Society</a> organized demonstration hopes to expose the abuse of the Dalai Lama's dual political and religious status, by which all Tibetan-exiles must take a public oath to abandon this spiritual practice as well as association with anyone who practices this 400 year old Buddhist Deity, in order to receive a state issued identity card. Without this identity card it is difficult and sometimes impossible to purchase food in many stores, receive medical treatment, and obtain travel documents. The protests is scheduled to take place Saturday, July 19th and promises to be colorful and lively event, with passionate Tibetan and English chant and bright placards spotting the crowd."</p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><a title="Dalai Lama Madison Protests" href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/7/prweb1117244.htm" target="_blank">Tibetans Buddhists Courageously Speak Out Against Dalai Lama's Claiming Religious Discrimination, this Saturday in Madison WI</a></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Olympia 2008, der Olymp trauert]]></title>
<link>http://julianerautenberg.wordpress.com/?p=25</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>julianerautenberg</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[War es eine gute Entscheidung, dieses Sportfest nach China zu delegieren.
Eine Welt, ein Traum.  So ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="margin-bottom:0;">War es eine gute Entscheidung, dieses Sportfest nach China zu delegieren.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Eine Welt, ein Traum.  So das Motto.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Und es war wohl nur ein Traum, dass sich das Riesenreich China innerhalb weniger Jahre vollkommen wandeln würde. Wirklich gewandelt hat sich nur die äußere Hülle, Wolkenkratzer, die Infrastruktur und der Abriss der alten Häuser in den Zentren der Metropolen. Peking und die anderen Städte sind gesichtslos geworden, schnell, voller Autos und Smog. Alle rennen wie fast überall dem großen Geld hinterher. Die Jugend ist dem Konsumrausch und teilweise der Internetsucht verfallen. Immer noch hat die Kommunistische Partei die alleine Herrschaft und die setzt sie nach wie vor rigide durch. Kritiker dieses Regimes haben es schwer, sie werden überwacht, verfolgt, schikaniert und sie dürfen nicht mit der ausländischen Presse sprechen. Mehr als 25 Journalisten und Internet-Blogger wurden seit Anfang des Jahres verhaftet. Es herrscht Zensur, die Medien werden gezielt kontrolliert, das Internet durch ein gigantisches Filtersystem und  mit Hilfe der Cyber-Polizei ebenfalls. Unrühmlich dabei ist die Rolle von Yahoo und Google, die sich diesen Maßnahmen beugen und auch mit den Behörden kollaborierend Adressen preisgaben, so dass einige kritische Stimmen hinter Gitter landeten.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Bürgerrechtler werden  in Gefängnisse und Umerziehungslager gesperrt, weil sie die Rechte der einfachen Leute vertraten oder auf die katastrophale Umweltverschmutzung aufmerksam machten, verseuchte Seen, Flüsse, die verdreckte Lebensader, den Jangze, oder auch die enorme Ausbreitung von Aids durch das Benutzen von immer den selben Nadeln in Krankenhäusern. Man wirft ihnen Verrat von Staatsgeheimnissen, Untergrabung der Moral und Anstiftung zur Subversion vor. Frauen, die es gewagt hatten ein zweites Mal schwanger zu werden, mussten abtreiben oder hohe Strafen in kauf nehmen.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">In den Fabriken herrschen oft unmenschliche Arbeitsbedingungen ohne eine Absicherung durch ein Gesundheitssystem. Millionen von Wanderabeitern schuften für wenig Geld für das Anwachsen der Städte. Es gibt Zwangsarbeit, Menschen werden verschleppt und illegal beschäftigt, eine Schinderei oft auch ohne Bezahlung, ein regelrechter Sklavenhandel, selbst Minderjährige werden dazu gezwungen. Kinder verschwinden, werden ausgebeutet. Frauen werden entführt und verkauft, weil Männer in der Überzahl sind, da weibliche Föten durch die angebliche Minderwertigkeit der Frau oft abgetötet werden.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Auf dem Land haben die korrupten Behörden das Sagen. Ganze Familien mussten ihr Hab und Gut verlassen und wurden ohne Entschädigungen zwangsumgesiedelt. Bestechungen und Erpressungen sind an der Tagesordnung, die Mafia und die Polizei sind eng miteinander verflochten. Die Verbrechen werden vertuscht, die lokalen Kader verlangen rechtswidrige Abgaben und schicken ihre Schlägertruppen. Die Armut auf dem rückständigen Land ist immens, die Bauern sind hilflos und ohnmächtig gegenüber der Habgier der lokalen Funktionäre und müssen Ungerechtigkeit und Gesetzlosigkeit erdulden.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Diejenigen, die in die Städte gehen mit der Hoffnung auf Wohlstand, lernen dort den schmutzigen Überlebenskampf und unwürdige Zustände kennen. Maßlose Enttäuschung macht sich breit, sie landen  häufig in der Obdachlosigkeit, die Hochglanzfassaden vor Augen. Die Kriminalität und die Drogendelikte steigen, vor den Städten wachsen die Müllberge.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Auch der harmonische Ethno-Park hat sich als Illusion erwiesen, die 55 Minderheiten in China werden wirtschaftlich benachteiligt, ihre Kultur und ihre Sprache sind bedroht. Der letzte Aufstand der  Tibeter war nur ein Zeichen einer langen Unterdrückung, die nicht nur sie zu erleiden haben. Auch die Uiguren und andere muslimische Völker sind Beispiele für die rücksichtslose Dominanz der Han-Chinesen.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Tausende sitzen in den Todeszellen. Für 68 Tatbestände kann man hingerichtet werden. Die Zahlen der Hinrichtungen hält die Regierung allerdings geheim, aber China hält den traurigen Rekord und verhängt ungefähr ein Drittel aller Todesurteile weltweit.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Um das eigene Image aufzubessern, wurde das letzte Erdbeben als eine Art Ablenkungsmanöver clever genutzt. Man ließ sogar ohne zu zögern ausländische Hilfe zu. Und man erschuf das Trugbild, dass die Herrschenden ihr Volk wirklich ernst nehmen und sich kümmern. In Wahrheit sitzt den Machthabern die Angst im Nacken, dieser Staat ist alles andere als stabil. Schon immer gingen die Revolutionen vom Lande aus. Und was würde passieren, wenn die Millionen Wanderarbeiter und Landlosen aufsässig werden, wenn die Benachteiligen nicht mehr mitspielen. Außerdem kommt es andauernd zu zahllosen, nicht unerheblichen Aufständen von Bauern, die die Willkür und Grausamkeit der Behörden nicht mehr hinnehmen wollen. Nicht nur, weil sie drangsaliert werden und nach wie vor in bitterer Armut leben müssen, ihr Land ist verseucht, die Flüsse vergiftet, oft müssen sie ihren Ackerboden aufgeben, weil sich die Industrie darauf breit macht. Immer mehr landschaftliche Nutzfläche verschwindet und um die Erträge zu steigern, weil die Nachfrage stetig wächst, werden Unmengen an Pestiziden verwendet. Umweltschutz wird nicht belohnt, nur das Anwachsen der Wirtschaft und das um jeden Preis. Die Wüste breitet sich aus, das Wasser wird knapp, Sandstürme sind die Folge. Und die tiefen Narben des Hungers sind noch nicht verheilt, an vielen Orten blutet diese Wunde weiter. Ein Erbe Mao´s war die strikte Trennung zwischen der Stadt- und der Landbevölkerung und die Bauern sind vom Wirtschaftsboom abgekoppelt.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Die sozialen Gegensätze, diese tiefe Kluft zwischen arm und reich ist unübersehbar und entwickelt sich ins Uferlose. Nicht nur die Parteikader haben für sich Luxus angehäuft, auch eine neue privilegierte Klasse hat sich gebildet, die sich in ihrem Besitztum abschottet. Strenge Erziehungsmaßnahmen und regelrechter Drill machen die Schulen zu Lernfabriken, um mit dem Leistungsdruck auf die Kinder den Ehrgeiz der Eltern zu befriedigen. China soll Weltspitze werden, die linientreue Propaganda zeigt ihre Wirkung. Dabei gibt es noch mehr als einhundert Millionen Analphabeten. Diese eklatanten Widersprüche auszubalancieren, ist auf Dauer wohl kaum zu bewältigen. Auch deshalb startet die Staatsmacht immer wieder Medienkampagnen, entwirft einen Modellmenschen, der für das Wohl aller ein Opfer bringt.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Und die chinesische Regierung politisiert die Spiele, um den Nationalstolz zu schüren für den Zweck der Legitimierung ihrer despotischen Herrschaft. Der Patriotismus ist wieder hoch im Kurs, fast hat er den Kommunismus als Staatsideologie abgelöst. Vor allem die Jugend schwimmt auf dieser Welle. Man erinnert sich an die eigene glorreiche Geschichte, aber auch an die Demütigungen durch die Kolonialmächte seit dem Opiumkrieg. Eine Besinnung auf die eigenen Werte wird propagiert, nur welche. Denn auch die Folgen der verheerenden Kulturrevolution bestimmen die heutige Einstellung, die Härte gegen sich selbst und auch die Scham darüber. Nur Schuld und die Aufarbeitung dieser gnadenlosen Vergangenheit sind so gut wie kein Thema. Außerdem sind viele junge Leute traumatisiert durch das Massaker auf dem Platz des Himmlischen Friedens. Es ist ein eisernes Tabu, das sie umklammert. Sie landen in einer Identitätsfalle, die sie durch Projektion so anfällig macht für das neue Nationalgefühl. Viele halten aber auch den Westen mitschuldig für so manche Fehlentwicklungen. Sie wollen sich von außerhalb nichts mehr sagen lassen und sie kümmern sich leider nicht genug um die Menschenrechte in ihrem Land. Verdrängung scheint der einfachere Weg zu sein und schnell Karriere machen ist das Ziel. Doch die Welt macht nicht Halt vor den Grenzen, langsam sickert ein neues Verständnis durch, die Hoffnung auf Demokratie. Informationen fließen überwiegend durch die vielen Studenten, die im Ausland studieren. Trotzdem leben Dissidenten und ihre Anwälte weiterhin sehr gefährlich.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Dass die Kommunistische Führung ein nervöses Sicherheitsbedürfnis hat, zeigt sich auch an dem großen Aufgebot von Polizei und Militär in Peking. Wie in einem Ausnahmezustand patrouillieren die Soldaten mit Maschinengewehren und kugelsicheren Westen in den Straßen.  Rund Hunderttausend Antiterrorexperten sind im Einsatz und Zehntausende von Spezialkräften. Diese Operation trägt auch noch den sinnreichen Namen: Große Mauer. Die Staatssicherheit fährt mit teuren deutschen Autos mit abgedunkelten Scheiben, um eventuelle Gegner auszuspionieren und zu überwachen, zudem gibt es in Peking 300 000 Überwachungskameras. Der Erfolgszwang ist sehr hoch, die Sicherheit der wichtigste Gradmesser für das Gelingen der Spiele. Und der nationale Volkskongress glaubt damit den Schein wahren zu können, die Welt mit offenen Armen zu beglücken.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Da die Wirtschaft so rasant wächst, ist das Interesse der westlichen Welt kaum zu bändigen, ihre Investitionen florieren, das Geschäft boomt, China ist ein Global Player geworden. Die fragwürdigen Waffenexporte Chinas in Länder wie Iran, Myanmar, Sudan, Kongo oder in andere desolate afrikanische Staaten werden tunlichst ignoriert. Und so fahren sie doch zur Eröffnungsfeier, die Politiker aus aller Welt, ungeachtet der brutalen Niederschlagung der Aufstände der Tibeter und der Folter in den Gefängnissen, der Entmündigung und Verhaftungen von Menschenrechtlern, der Gewalt und den fortwährenden Säuberungsaktionen und der mangelnden Transparenz der staatlichen autoritären Strukturen.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Das Versprechen, als Peking die Spiele zugesprochen bekam, die Menschenrechte zu achten und sich auf diese Weise dem Westen zu öffnen, wurde definitiv nicht eingehalten. Die Mißstände werden lieber unter den Teppich gekehrt, denn schließlich wollen alle feiern.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Die Flamme der Harmonie wird hochgehalten im Namen der Freundschaft, des Friedens und der Freiheit. Das Regime sieht mit diesem Prestigeprojekt seine Chance, endlich vollständig akzeptiert zu werden. Und so sollen diese Spiele den ungetrübten Frohsinn der Völker vortäuschen.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Eine Welt, ein Alptraum.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Es war keine weise Entscheidung, das Sportfest nach China zu verfrachten.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Die Götter sind ratlos.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[More books...]]></title>
<link>http://reallyreallyreally.wordpress.com/?p=116</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>shabazz13</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Blue Poppies - Jonathan Falla
I enjoyed this book for the backdrop being set in Tibet. It was a just]]></description>
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<p>I enjoyed this book for the backdrop being set in Tibet. It was a just long enough at only 240ish pages. This book could have been drawn out to 300+ pages and it would have been a horrible read. Too many books seem to run long just so they have a heavy book. You can most ideas across in half the pages.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rama-II-Sequel-Rendezvous/dp/0553286587/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1216264028&#38;sr=8-3">Rama 2 -  Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee</a></p>
<p>I am on third book in this series, so far the first two have held my interest. This book was almost a let down for me.The first book was meant to be a stand alone, so the 2nd took sometime to pick up. You could read this book without ever reading the first, but you still should. The subject in this book deals with subjects in the future that could happen today. If you missed this series the first time around do your self a favor in get to reading.</p>
<p>I also noticed the cover of Rama 2 reminds me of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider">L.H.C</a>[gallery]</p>
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<title><![CDATA[El mito Tibet]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Augusto</dc:creator>
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Este artículo es sobre el pueblo de Tíbet, sobre su liberación          social y autodeterminaci]]></description>
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<a href="http://amer.humanists.net/Tibet.html"><strong>Este artículo es sobre el pueblo de Tíbet, sobre su liberación          social y autodeterminación individual. Tíbet debería          ser libre de la dictadura militar china; pero también debe ser          libre del violento fundamentalísimo religioso de los lamas tibetanos.</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">El ‘viejo          Tíbet’, como es visto en libros y escrituras comunes en el          mundo occidental, se muestra como un Paraíso en la tierra —el          mítico Shangri-La, que permitió la vida feliz y satisfactoria          de la gente según ellos, la naturaleza y sus dioses. El mismo Dalai          Lama da una amplia descripción de la vida alegre y sin preocupaciones          de la gente que ahí habita. La continua influencia del budismo          produjo una ‘sociedad de paz y armonía’. Con la ocupación          del Tíbet por los chinos en 1950 este paraíso fue destruido          irreversiblemente.<br />
La historia moderna ha sabido por algún tiempo que el “viejo          Tíbet” no era de ninguna manera la sociedad pacífica          y armónica que el Dalai Lama afirma. Para la gran mayoría          de la gente, la vida era en verdad el ‘infierno en la tierra’          mismo que los propagandistas chinos siempre mencionaban, y que fue utilizado          para legitimar la invasión de 1950 como una obligación revolucionara          de liberar al pueblo tibetano.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Explotación          Sin Misericordia<br />
</strong>La élite gobernante de monjes explotó tierras y gente          sin piedad con la ayuda de una amplia red de monasterios. La pobreza y          la hambruna aguda dominaba la vida cotidiana en el Tíbet; no existían          facilidades educativas y de salubridad. Similar a la sociedad hindú          de India, el Tíbet mantuvo una estricta jerarquía de castas,          incluyendo una casta de ‘intocables’. Tanto para los privilegiados          como para los no privilegiados, las condiciones de vida eran explicadas          y justificadas por el dogma del karma budista, el cual postula que la          vida presente es siempre un resultado de méritos acumulados y fallas          en una vida previa.<br />
El código penal tibetano se caracterizaba por ser muy cruel. Algunas          de las medidas comunes de castigo que duraron hasta finales del siglo          XX consistían en linchamientos públicos, amputación          de extremidades, desprendimiento de la piel de los convictos vivos, y          cosas por el estilo. Ya que los principios budistas prohiben matar a seres          vivos, los delincuentes eran frecuentemente torturados casi hasta la muerte          y luego dejados a su propia suerte. Si morían por resultado de          las torturas, se consideraba que lo había causado su propio Karma.<br />
El Dalai Lama admite que el Tíbet feudal no era “precisamente          perfecto”. Pero hasta ahí llega su autocrítica. Completamente          se hace el desentendido de la miseria absoluta de la población          bajo el régimen de los monjes. Aún ignora estas condiciones          y por lo tanto aclama la transfiguración romántica del viejo          Tíbet.<br />
La visión transfigurada del Tíbet esta basada principalmente          en una ignorancia sospechosa de hechos históricos, particularmente          en el oeste. El feudalismo teocrático del Tíbet existió          en su forma predominante hasta 1950, comenzando a mediados del siglo XVII,          cuando una secta militante del Gelugpa (‘Gorros amarillos’),          con ayuda de los mongoles, tuvieron éxito en eliminar a todos sus          oponentes políticos locales. Esto resultó en que el líder          de entonces del Gelugpa, conocido como el ‘Gran Quinto Dalai Lama’,          autoproclamándose la autoridad espiritual y secular más          alta de la región. Y aunque el Tíbet fue asignado al protectorado          militar de los Manchú en 1720, y fue transformando completamente          en un estado de China en 1793, el régimen de los lamas mantuvo          un poder interno sin restricciones.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Poder          chino<br />
</strong>La ocupación China del Tíbet en 1950 fue justificada          en un concepto, basado históricamente y heredado del imperio, de          la República Popular China. Desde el punto de vista de Pekín          el Tíbet era desde 1720 una parte inseparable del territorio chino;          si la ocupación era legítima según la ley de las          naciones ello no puede ser aclarado hasta la fecha. Probablemente habrá          versiones irreconciliables sobre esto aún en el futuro.<br />
Los actos de violencia y destrucción llevados a cabo por el ejército          de liberación popular, particularmente aquellos que se realizaron          en nombre de la Revolución Cultural en la década de 1960,          no pueden ser justificados o perdonados de ninguna manera. Sin embargo,          uno no puede confiarse, en principio, de los pronunciamientos de los exiliados          tibetanos y de sus partidarios internacionales: estos son, si no totalmente          inventados, sí como regla exagerados y/o se refieren a acontecimientos          que no ocurrieron. La afirmación del gobierno exiliado del Dalai          Lama de que “la vida cotidiana de los tibetanos en su propia tierra”          esta dictada por “la tortura, el terror mental, la discriminación          y una falta de respeto total de la dignidad humana” es pura propaganda          que quiere ganar simpatía o contribuciones monetarias; tales acusaciones          no reflejan las realidades de hoy en el Tíbet. De igual forma,          las acusaciones de abortos forzados y esterilizaciones de mujeres tibetanas,          de la destrucción sistemática de la herencia cultural tibetana          no concuerdan con los hechos.<br />
Nada legitima democráticamente a los Dalai Lamas como “Reyes-Dios”          del Tíbet; en realidad son, similar a otros Grandes-Lamas, escogidos          por su rol en una base de predicciones astrológicas y de otro tipo          por el Gelugpa. El actual Dalai Lama, que se ve a sí mismo como          la catorceava reencarnación de sus predecesores, fue elegido de          esta manera a la edad de 2 años y medio.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Fantasmas          y Demonios<br />
</strong>La doctrina Gelugpa es una colección obtrusa de creencias en          fantasmas y demonios, combinadas con rituales degradantes paroxísticos.          Como cualquier religión está basada esencialmente en la          explotación de lo que hay después de la vida. Las enseñanzas          del budismo tibetano muestran horribles descripciones de monstruos, vampiros          y demonios. Quien no obedezca las leyes divinas de los lamas se encontrará          inevitablemente en uno de los dieciséis infiernos. Uno de estos          consiste en un “pantano hediondo de excrementos” en donde el          desobediente es sumergido hasta el cuello, mientras simultáneamente,          ser “picoteado hasta el hueso por los picos filosos de los insectos          inmensos que habitan ahí”. En otros infiernos uno es quemado,          azotado y aplastado por grandes piedras, o cortado en mil piezas por cuchillos          filosos gigantes. Lo que este tipo de locura patológica del karma          causa en la gente simple y sin educación —sin mencionar a          los niños de tres y cuatro años a los cuales se les satura          con esto— uno sólo puede se lo puede imaginar con horror.<br />
El budismo tibetano, o lamaísmo, sistemáticamente alienta          a personas con mentes y almas perversas. Un componente significante del          ritualismo, el cual contiene varias prácticas sexuales —profundamente          despreciativas hacia las mujeres— como es la ingestión de          “sustancias sucias”. Estas incluyen cinco tipos de carne (de          res, perro, elefante, caballo y humano), así como cinco tipos de          líquidos (excremento, cerebro, fluidos sexuales, sangre y orina).          El propósito de estos tipos de ritos tántricos es darse          cuenta de que “nada en sí mismo es limpio o sucio y todas          estas nociones están basadas en falsas concepciones.” Consecuentemente,          hasta la carne humana debe ser comida.<br />
Una sociedad entera es victimizada por tales actos colectivos de engaños          bajo el yugo de un tipo de locura que se pasa de una generación          de monjes a la siguiente. Al final, aún los monjes y los lamas          son víctimas que, siendo taladradas desde la niñez, perdiendo          cualquier oportunidad de acción y pensamiento independiente, no          pueden darse cuenta por ellos mismos de esta locura psicopática          en la cual están atrapados; toman su autoconciencia oculta y sus          actos asquerosos como una expresión de conciencia elevada, indispensable          para el “camino a la iluminación”.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><em>Publicado          originalmente en Diesseits #49/1999 (Alemania).<br />
Traducido del alemán por H. E. Schreiber y Paul Pfalzner<br />
Traducido del inglés por Mario Méndez López. </em></span></p>
<p>De<a href="http://amer.humanists.net/Tibet.html"> aquí </a></p>
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<link>http://yahel.wordpress.com/?p=4946</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Lamento decir ésto porque alguna vez a mí tambien me convenció. Su predica y sus libros realmente]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lamento decir ésto porque alguna vez a mí tambien me convenció. Su predica y sus libros realmente son maravillosos. Todo irradia paz y armonía.</p>
<p>Sigo pensando que dentro de las creencias espirituales aquellas del budismo son las que me resultan mas afines, pero distingo entre budismo y lamanismo así como tambien entre budísmo y liderazgo magistral. Creo que el Budismo es un sendero solitario que a cada uno de nosotros nos vale la pena recorrer, para no llegar en estado de desesperación al día de nuestra muerte inevitable. El budísmo como escuela de la aceptación de nuestro destino es realmente insuperable.</p>
<p>Por eso no me aferro a ningun líder que luego no pueda atar al pié de mi lecho de moribundo, para qué? no me sirven.</p>
<p>Dicho ésto en realidad no me ointeresa hacer leña del árbol caído, ni tratar de destruir la imagen del Dalai Lama, ni siquiera favorecer a China con este comentario, ni mucho menos.</p>
<p>Todos los países occidentales, que se sirvieron del Dalai Lama y del Tibet para presionar a China, por mandato de Bush, ya le han dado la espalda. El Dalai Lama es hoy en día un muerto político y mas le hubiera valido que los estudiantes del Tibet no se hubieran manifestado en las calles y que los monjes budistas se hubieran quedado en sus templos. Tibet estaba logrando mucho mas concesiones por vía diplomacia con China que por la fuerza y ahora los monjes se puede decir que han vuelto politicamente al año 1950.</p>
<p>Pero existe otra cara del Dalai Lama que quería destacar y es la de su solidaridad con el Islam. Con su imagen de ingenuidad pacífica que en realidad no lo es tal, apoya al Islam, destacando que <a href="http://www.allgemeine-zeitung.de/politik/objekt.php3?artikel_id=2912245">"todas las Religiones son pacíficas</a>"  Sin embargo en el pasado de Tibet y aún en el pasado del Dalai Lama como líder del Tibet, existe una historia de esclavitud, torturas, asesinatos, amputaciones, extracción de los ojos como castigo y demás lindeces que vemos a diario en el Islam pero que el Budismo tibetano practicó durante sus siglos de existencia, en sus montañas escondidas del mundo, hasta que fueron registradas por un investigador britanico y dadas a la luz  por el ejército chino, cuando le invadió.</p>
<p>Estos actos crueles y contra los derechos humanos del Lamanismo justificarían, a mi modo de ver la enorme simpatía que tiéne el Dalai lama por los luchadores de Hamas y por el Islam en general. Si véis las imagenes registradas  cuando el Dalai Lama todavía regía en el Tibet, es evidente que al <em>Dios de la eterna sonrisa</em> no le queda otro camino que el de hermanarse con sus pares y justificar la Scharía ya que las amputaciones, la esclavitud y el despotismo religioso, no le son ajenos y los métodos del lamanismo tibetano estan mas cerca de la Scharía que cualquier otra religión conocida del occidente moderno.</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/07/14/1215887495097.html">The Dalai Lama says "it's totally wrong, unfair" to call Islam a violent religion.</a></p>
<p>The Tibetan spiritual leader, appearing at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, offered a defence of Islam in response to a question about the rise of violent religious fundamentalism.</p></blockquote>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2008/07/14/dalai_wideweb__470x235,0.jpg" alt="" width="470" height="235" /></p>
<blockquote><p>The Dalai Lama arrived at Lehigh on Thursday for a series of talks on a 600-year-old Buddhist text. He took a break on Sunday to lecture on "Generating a Good Heart" and then took questions from Lehigh President Alice Gast that had been submitted in advance by the public.</p>
<p>Asked why so many Americans were depressed and anxious, he joked: "I'm the wrong person to ask. You should ask Americans."</p>
<p>But he added that US society was too competitive and people always wanted "something more, something more, something more".</p>
<p>The Dalai Lama, who attracted a capacity crowd of about 5000, did not mention next month's Beijing Olympics.</p>
<p>The Chinese Government has demanded that the Dalai Lama express support for the Olympics and repudiate efforts to disrupt them as a condition for continued talks.</p>
<p>China has ruled Tibet since the 1950s. The Dalai Lama, who fled to India amid a failed uprising in 1959, has said he wants some form of autonomy that would allow Tibetans to freely practise their culture, language and religion.</p>
<p>The Dalai Lama, who turned 73 on July 6, said that he was looking forward to "complete retirement". He joked that he is now considered a "senior most respected adviser" to Tibet's government in exile.</p>
<p>He is scheduled to speak at the Kimmel Centre in Philadelphia on Wednesday.</p></blockquote>
<p>Esta es la imagen pública del Dalai Lama, hoy en día:</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/uPZmlqRQOO0'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/uPZmlqRQOO0&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Este es su pasado karmiko:</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/Oq7YRg55h8A'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/Oq7YRg55h8A&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><span>"As this State Department internal memo reveals, the Dalai Lama at one time took $180,000 a year from the CIA for his living expenses. and $1.5 million a year from the spy agency to finance Tibetan guerrilla operations against the Chinese, which included, running a covert guerrilla training center in Colorado." </span></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/XcMI7erUKRY'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/XcMI7erUKRY&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Esclavitud y guerras religiosas en el Tibet de los Lamas <a href="http://www.michaelparenti.org/Tibet.html">aquí</a></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-size:medium;font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">For hundreds of years competing Tibetan Buddhist sects engaged in bitterly violent clashes and summary executions. In 1660, the 5th Dalai Lama was faced with a rebellion in Tsang province, the stronghold of the rival Kagyu sect with its high lama known as the Karmapa. The 5th Dalai Lama called for harsh retribution against the rebels, directing the Mongol army to obliterate the male and female lines, and the offspring too “like eggs smashed against rocks…. In short, annihilate any traces of them, even their names.” </span><a href="http://www.michaelparenti.org/Tibet.html#notes"><sup>7</sup></a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:medium;font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">In 1792, many Kagyu monasteries were confiscated and their monks were forcibly converted to the Gelug sect (the Dalai Lama’s denomination). The Gelug school, known also as the “Yellow Hats,” showed little tolerance or willingness to mix their teachings with other Buddhist sects. In the words of one of their traditional prayers: “Praise to you, violent god of the Yellow Hat teachings/who reduces to particles of dust/ great beings, high officials and ordinary people/ who pollute and corrupt the Gelug doctrine.” <a href="http://www.michaelparenti.org/Tibet.html#notes"><sup>8</sup></a> An eighteenth-century memoir of a Tibetan general depicts sectarian strife among Buddhists that is as brutal and bloody as any religious conflict might be. <a href="http://www.michaelparenti.org/Tibet.html#notes"><sup>9</sup></a> This grim history remains largely unvisited by present-day followers of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.</span></p></blockquote>
<p>Sacar los ojos como castigo era muycomún en el Tibet de los Lamas:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://www.china-hiking.com/tibet/W24642.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="391" /></p>
<p>Esclavitud:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://www.humanrights.cn/zt/magazine/pic/030705.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="371" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://www.humanrights.cn/zt/magazine/pic/030703.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="315" /></p>
<p>Miseria</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://www.china-hiking.com/tibet/W83672.jpg" alt="" width="411" height="296" /></p>
<p>Esclavos encadenados</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://www.china-hiking.com/tibet/W05358.jpg" alt="" width="321" height="500" /></p>
<p>Mas le valdría al Dalai Lama dejar a <em>sus </em>tibetanos en paz ya que estarían mejor sin él. Las últimas intervenciones del Dalai Lama en Tibet han perjudicado enormemente otra lucha justa la de los monjes budistas en Burma, el Dalai Lama pretendió unir su causa con la de los budistas en la lucha por la liberación de Birmania y les ha perjudicado enormemente, robandoles la atención y el apoyo político de occidente.</p>
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<link>http://indonapoletano.wordpress.com/?p=946</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Se il Dalai Lama ''intende davvero rinunciare all'obiettivo di uno stato indipendente, allora deve sciogliere il governo in esilio e deve cancellare l'articolo che sancisce l'indipendenza del Tibet dallo Statuto del governo in esilio''. Lo ha detto oggi il vice ministro cinese dell'informazione, Qian Xiaoqian in merito ai colloqui avviati con i rappresentanti del leader spirituale in esilio in India. '' Il governo cinese ora si attende dal Dalai Lama atti concreti''. ha aggiunto. Il riferimento del vice ministro, che oggi ha incontrato a Pechino una delegazione di giornalisti italiani, e' alla 'Carta dei tibetani in esilio' (approvata nel 1991 dal parlamento in esilio) in cui si parla del Tibet come '' repubblica democratica federale che si autogoverna''. Il vice ministro ha sottolineato che la richiesta al Dalai Lama e' di abbandonare le attivita' ''separatiste'' e di ''sabotaggio'': ''Speriamo - ha detto - che il Dalai Lama traduca in fatti concreti tali punti. Su queste basi credo che il dialogo continuera', ma in quale misura egli potra' rinunciare alle sue posizioni - ha aggiunto - e' da vedere''. Quanto alle relazioni tra il leader spirituale tibetano e l'Associazione dei giovani tibetani, su posizioni piu' estremiste, '' il Dalai Lama - ha affermato - vuole porre dei vincoli a tale organizzazione, ma l'obiettivo finale non e' diverso: i mezzi sono differenti ma l'obiettivo politico e' lo stesso, ovvero l'indipendenza del Tibet''. Qian Xiaoqian ha toccato anche il tema dei monaci. '' In Tibet - ha detto - ci sono oltre 1700 monasteri, piu' delle scuole nella regione, e 46.000 monaci, che e' una percentuale elevata rispetto alla popolazione. Ma i monaci non producono ne' hanno figli, e questo rappresenta un problema per lo sviluppo economico del Tibet''. 'Il 90% dei finanziamenti totali al Dalai Lama e' occulto, non se ne conosce la provenienza'' ha concluso, sottolineando che buona parte dei fondi al leader spirituale tibetano in esilio arriva dagli Stati Uniti.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[YETI - 080808]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[YETI: The mighty Himalayan man, is a myth now. Tibet as a free nation and the existence of Tibetans ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>YETI: The mighty Himalayan man, is a myth now. Tibet as a free nation and the existence of Tibetans as the rightful people of Tibet is being made into a myth by the Chinese government. </p>
<p>YETI is a symbol of hope for all Tibetans, praying to become the Mighty Himalayan Spiritual Nation once again. It’s the story of Tibetans born in India, living a dream of going back to their free country one day.  YETI is a non-profit, collaborative film project that will be released online on 8th august 2008 when the Olympic Games start in Beijing. The objective of this film project is to reach student communities worldwide and to gather support for the peaceful struggle of the Tibetan people in the age of weapons and wars. It will also attempt to provide the viewer with an understanding of the Tibetan Uprising Movement at this critical point in Tibetan history. </p>
<p>Can Tibetans get their country back from Communist China by using flags and prayers against their modern weapons?  </p>
<p><a href="http://www.filmyeti.com/index.html">YETI ONLINE</a></p>
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<link>http://himalman.wordpress.com/?p=586</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[LIGHT A CANDLE for TIBET
August 7th 2008 at 9 pm (local time zone)
WE WILL UNITE OUR LIGHT
LIGHT A C]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3 style="text-align:center;">LIGHT A CANDLE for TIBET</h3>
<p><strong>August 7th 2008 at 9 pm (local time zone)</strong></p>
<p><strong>WE WILL UNITE OUR LIGHT</strong></p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>LIGHT A CANDLE for TIBET</strong></span></p>
<h2 style="text-align:center;">Do you want to make a difference in the world?<br />
Do you want to leave a personal mark for future generations?<br />
Do you want to take an active part in events that will change the face of history?<br />
Do you want your voice to be heard?</h2>
<h2 style="text-align:center;">If the answer is yes, please register to add your light and</h2>
<h1 style="text-align:center;">Join <span class="bigf">100,000,000</span> people in the<br />
<span style="color:#ff0000;"><span class="redf">World's Greatest LIGHT PROTEST</span></span><br />
to FREE TIBET!</h1>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/Ee58iv63M2A'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/Ee58iv63M2A&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Happiness Is... by Yungchen Lhamo</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">We are happy to announce that Tibetan diva, Yungchen Lhamo, has joined<br />
"Candle for Tibet" campaign for freedom.<br />
She will lead our campaign with her divine voice, music and spirit.</p>
<p>** important mail - very important message :</p>
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>Do you, like myself, care about freedom in general and the freedom of people<br />
in Tibet in particular?</p>
<p>If you do care, then please join me and 100,000,000 people around the world<br />
on the world's greatest light protest:
</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>light a CANDLE for TIBET.</strong></span></p>
<p>Please take a few minutes to visit the site - <a href="http://www.candle4tibet.org/en/" target="_blank">http://www.candle4tibet.org/</a></p>
<p>Because this issue is very important I ask you to please<br />
forward this email to as many of your contacts as you can.</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p><a href="http://candle4tibet.ning.com/main/invitation/new" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-595" src="http://himalman.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/1cft_468.jpg" alt="" width="468" height="84" /></a></p>
<h3 style="text-align:center;">ZAPAL - ŚWIECĘ dla TYBETU</h3>
<p><strong>7 Sierpnia 2008 roku o godzinie 21:00 (czasu lokalnego)</strong></p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>ZAPAL - ŚWIECĘ dla TYBETU</strong></span></p>
<h2 style="text-align:center;">Czy chcesz mieć wpływ na kształt świata?<br />
Czy chcesz pozostawić  swój ślad dla przyszłych pokoleń?<br />
Czy chcesz wziąć czynny udział w wydarzeniach, które zmienią bieg historii?<br />
Czy chcesz, aby Twój głos został usłyszany?</h2>
<h1 style="text-align:center;">Przyłącz się do<span class="bigf">100,000,000</span> ludzi na świecie,<br />
<span class="redf">którzy wezmą udział w <span style="color:#ff0000;">MANIFESTACJI ŚWIATŁA</span> </span><br />
dla Wolnego Tybetu!</h1>
<p>* zobacz film powyżej... - Happiness Is... by Yungchen Lhamo</p>
<p>** Ważny mail !!.. prześlij go do swoich przyjaciół :)</p>
<p>Drodzy Znajomi i Przyjaciel,</p>
<p>Oto kolejna tybetańska prośba – 7 sierpnia o 9.00 wieczorem (czasu lokalnego) zapalamy na świecie świecę dla Tybetu, możecie to zrobić w domu lub w publicznym miejscu. Zajrzyjcie na tę stronę - <a href="http://www.candle4tibet.org/pl/" target="_blank">http://www.candle4tibet.org/</a> i zarejestrujcie się. Jeżeli oczywiście chcecie...</p>
<p>A oto tłumaczenie tekstu powyższego mail'a:</p>
<p>Witaj,</p>
<p>Czy tak jak my myślisz o wolności, a zwłaszcza w tej chwili o wolnościu Tybetańczyków? Jeżeli ma to dla Ciebie jakiekolwiek znaczenie dołącz do 100.000.000 ludzi, by uczestniczyć w największym światowym proteście:</p>
<p>ZAPAL ŚWIECĘ DLA TYBETU</p>
<p>Poświęć parę minut na odwiedzenie strony: - <a href="http://www.candle4tibet.org/pl/" target="_blank">http://www.candle4tibet.org/</a></p>
<p>Ponieważ to ważna sprawa prześlij tego maila do jak największej ilości osób,</p>
<p>Dziękuję</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.explorersweb.com" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" style="border:0 none;" src="http://himalman.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/exweb_logo_468_60.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="468" height="60" /></a></p>
<p>*** zapraszam na relacje z  wypraw polskich himalaistów.</p>
<p><a title="Subscribe using any feed reader!" href="http://www.addthis.com/feed.php?pub=himalman&#38;h1=http%3A%2F%2Fhimalman.wordpress.com%2F&#38;t1="><img src="http://s9.addthis.com/button2-fd.png" border="0" alt="AddThis Feed Button" width="160" height="24" /></a></p>
<p>zapraszam do subskrypcji mego bloga</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Reincarnated: the snarky "Free Tibet" shirt]]></title>
<link>http://theworsthorse.wordpress.com/?p=556</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>theworsthorse</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s yet another version of this shirt &#8212; you&#8217;ve probably seen older versions flo]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here's <a href="http://www.bustedtees.com/freetibet" target="_blank">yet another version</a> of this shirt -- you've probably seen older versions floating around:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://1.media.bustedtees.com/bustedtees/mf/5/c/bustedtees.43aec62519ca13d0703c0dccded9a98d.jpg" alt="" width="290" height="390" /></p>
<p>Read the (60% humorous, 99% recycled) fine print <a href="http://www.bustedtees.com/freetibet" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>(Thanks to reader Scott M for sending it on!)</p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>theworsthorse</dc:creator>
<guid>http://theworsthorse.wordpress.com/?p=554</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8230;that&#8217;s what it was when I stumbled upon this shot of a kid absolutely shredding while w]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>...that's what it was when I stumbled upon this shot of a kid absolutely shredding while wearing his pro-Tibet gear on <a href="http://www.boardpusher.com/BP/BP_Pics/?pid=9619" target="_blank">Boardpusher</a>:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://www.boardpusher.com/BP/UserPics/%209619_%2024894.jpg" alt="" width="387" height="571" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Indictment Sudan's President Omar Al Bashir for Genocide]]></title>
<link>http://okawa.wordpress.com/?p=102</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>okawa</dc:creator>
<guid>http://okawa.wordpress.com/?p=102</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s about time somebody goes after these killers!  How can the world community just sit aroun]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It's about time somebody goes after these killers!  How can the world community just sit around and watch the others continue their killing, torture, cultural genocide of people in the name of their so called progress.  Progress isn't about killing and genocide.  Progress is about respecting every one and every thing, but learning as you move on with every individual having freedom and doing no harm.</p>
<p>The International People need to press for the capture of more criminals like these.</p>
<blockquote><p>On Monday, the International Criminal Court indicted Sudan's President Omar Al Bashir for genocide. He is charged with killing hundreds of thousands of people in Sudan and its Darfur region, and corralling the surviving women and girls into terrifying camps where they are being quietly and systematically raped until their peoples are destroyed.</p>
<p>In response, Al Bashir's regime is threatening more terror against Darfurians and the UN, and appealing to powerful international friends who buy oil from and sell weapons to Sudan to give him protection. Al Bashir knows that he will be caught only if other governments, especially Arab and African governments, agree to help the International Criminal Court (for example by arresting him when he travels abroad).</p>
<p>Targeting Al Bashir is our best hope to end the terror of Darfur's rape camps, and take a major step forward for international justice. Many of Sudan's neighbours are Muslim countries where rape is a scandalous crime – and Al Bashir's henchmen have killed and raped thousands of Muslim women. To raise awareness of this, Avaaz is launching a large regional ad campaign, urging leaders to help the ICC. Our ads will run in just a few days, and a full page ad in an Egyptian newspaper is just 3000Euros($5000), so we need just 50,000 Euros ($75,000) to get our message across. Click below to help:</p>
<p>https://secure.avaaz.org/en/save_darfur</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Genocide Olympics Flame of Shame. Solidarity for Tibet and Darfur people. Shame on the Olympic committee for giving the worldwide Olympics honor to Beijing, while it has issues of genocide." href="http://www.printfection.com/politicalpoints/Flame-of-Shame-Baseball-Jersey/_p_2363727"><img src="http://img.printfection.com/1/424/4539847/BACDY.jpg" alt="Genocide Olympics Flame of Shame. Solidarity for Tibet and Darfur people. Shame on the Olympic committee for giving the worldwide Olympics honor to Beijing, while it has issues of genocide." width="380" height="380" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Segregation Wall at Ganden Monastery]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[New Article from the main Western Shugden Society website:
&#8220;The new wall at Ganden monastery i]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New Article from the main <a title="Western Shugden Society" href="http://westernshugdensociety.org" target="_self">Western Shugden Society </a>website:<a href="http://images.westernshugdensociety.org/primary/wall.jpg"><img class="alignright" src="http://images.westernshugdensociety.org/primary/wall.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>"The new wall at Ganden monastery in Southern India was built in March of this year. It has no gate, no entryway along its entire length. It is designed only to separate, to divide monk from monk; it even blocks access to the old road. It stands 9 feet tall and is made of concrete bricks. Visually, it is attractive in the same architectural style as the monastery, however, it’s appearance is deceptive and hides a sinister purpose. Each brick is an eerie symbol of inhumanity and hatred, instilled on the basis of religious belief by one person’s lies. The wall lies on the brown dusty earth—the very earth on which we all stand equal as human beings, each with the basic right to hold the faith of our choosing. It rises, row by row, into our common sky—the vast common canopy into which all can gaze, uplifting the mind beyond the mundane to the infinite and even the holy. "  <a title="Segregation wall at Ganden Monastery" href="http://www.westernshugdensociety.org/en/reports/dorje-shugden-ban-the-segregation-wall-at-ganden-monastery/" target="_self">Full article and photos</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Iniciações Tibetanas - Alexandra David-Néel (PARTE II)]]></title>
<link>http://karinasurya.wordpress.com/?p=31</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Aqui continuo a fazer algumas observações sobre o livro &#8220;Iniciações Tibetanas&#8221;  
No ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aqui continuo a fazer algumas observações sobre o livro "Iniciações Tibetanas" :)</p>
<p>No Tibete é muito comum a escolha de um mestre para guiar o neófito em sua iniciação. "A erudição, a santidade e as profundas visões místicas de um lama, não são uma garantia, pensam os tibetanos, e seus conselhos são igualmente proveitosos para qualquer discípulo" (pág 19). Então o que determina a escolha perfeita de um mestre são os caminhos que o discípulo almeja percorrer. O mestre ideal será aquele que percorreu um caminho parecido com o que o neófito quer conhecer.</p>
<p>Um mestre pode recusar um neófito sem nenhuma explicação, ou exigir testes como queira. A autora não dá muitos exemplos desses testes, mas todas as vezes que fala deles cita a "crueldade" de alguns, como num ritual de certo grau de iniciação o neófito ter que engolir uma vela de 10cm de comprimento, e acesa. Cita também que as provações passadas por ele para chegar a ter que engolir uma vela acesa podem ter sido tantas, que a vela é uma besteirinha de nada.</p>
<p>Para os lamaístas "para se tornar eficaz o conhecimento <em>(chesrab)</em> , deve-se unir ao método, aos meios hábeis (<em>thabs</em>) conducentes à iluminação desejada." Forma o binômio thabs-chesrab no qual o conhecimento -  <em>chersab</em> - é representado pela mãe, e o método - <em>thabs</em> - é representado pelo pai. "É dessa forma que devem ser vistas as estátuas de casais enlaçados que se encontram nos templos lamaístas"(pág. 23).</p>
<p>Essas estátuas são chamadas <em>Yab Yum</em> (<em>Yab</em> é o masculino e <em>Yum</em> é o feminino):</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.ssi-austria.at/bilderashop/asemantabhadra1.jpg" alt="" width="299" height="398" /></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Eis uma visão de sexo completamente diferente da que conhecemos. Um lama, se não tiver uma esposa para gerar um filho que seria seu sucessor na Doutrina a que pertence, pode exigir a geração de um filho por um de seus discípulos. O processo de geração desse filho me pareceu muito interessante:</p>
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<div style="text-align:left;">O lama fala ao neófito as características que deve ter a mãe da criança, são características que distinguem uma mulher-fada.</div>
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<div style="text-align:left;">Escolhida a mãe é realizado um ritual, uma espécie de casamento.</div>
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<div style="text-align:left;">O casal fica recluso por um tempo que pode ser de semanas até meses, e nesse tempo separados, ambos meditam e fazem preces para os deuses para que seja concebida uma criança iluminada e apta a ser líder de sua doutrina.</div>
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<div style="text-align:left;">Quando chega a hora da união do casal, há uma cerimônia na qual o casal finalmente consuma o casamento, dentro de um círculo mágico.</div>
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<div style="text-align:left;">Após o nascimento, o casal se separa para continuarem suas vidas religiosas, enquanto a criança fica sob responsabilidade do lama, que direcionará toda a educação dela para o propósito a que foi concebida.</div>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Esse processo me lembrou muito a história dos livros "As Brumas de Avalon", na qual irmãos se unem para a geração de um filho de sangue puro, sem saberem que eram irmãos, durante um ritual anual da fertilidade.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">---</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Esse livro da Alexandra David-Néel é cheio de surpresas a cada página, e já estou começando a me confundir com tantas palavras novas e difíceis de assimilar... São palavras tibetanas, que vem de um alfabeto de 30 letras e muitas delas não são pronunciadas! Brevemente.. a PARTE III!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Just Light Blue Touch Paper.. ]]></title>
<link>http://cloudedyellow.wordpress.com/?p=102</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cloudedyellow</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cloudedyellow.wordpress.com/?p=102</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It looks like China&#8217;s problems in Tibet aren&#8217;t going to go away that easily. The Olympic]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:left;">It looks like China's problems in Tibet aren't going to go away that easily. The Olympic Flame looks like turning into an international symbol of hope for Tibet, rather than the symbol of a successful modern China the authorities would want.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><img src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f367/Torquemada1/tibetantb.jpg" alt="" width="463" height="424" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Portraits of Tibetans and Shangri-la]]></title>
<link>http://dromoman.wordpress.com/?p=720</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dromoman</dc:creator>
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taken in a visit in 2002.
click below to see my slideshow
 
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<p style="text-align:center;">taken in a visit in <strong>2002.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">click below to see<strong><span style="color:#ff6600;"> my slideshow</span></strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Tibet Waits for Freedom]]></title>
<link>http://3rdydays.wordpress.com/?p=85</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mjhasley</dc:creator>
<guid>http://3rdydays.wordpress.com/?p=85</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a good article about why Tibet is being ignored in the UN for sovereignty, but the Pale]]></description>
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<link>http://3rdydays.wordpress.com/?p=83</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mjhasley</dc:creator>
<guid>http://3rdydays.wordpress.com/?p=83</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Thanks to onejustworld,  for providing me with resources for the Chinese-Tibet conflict.  My goal ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks to <a href="http://one-just-world.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">onejustworld</a>,  for providing me with resources for the Chinese-Tibet conflict.  My goal is to read as much unbiased information as possible and try to come to a conclusion based on a logical decision, rather than emotional.</p>
<p>Thus far, historically, it still seems as if it's not "case closed" on either side.  Especially when compared to other similar histories.  Meaning, if you looked at historical precedent, there seems to be enough to justify the Chinese claim to authority over Tibet.  This doesn't mean they deserve it, or Tibet shouldn't be free.  It means, that comparing the Chinese-Tibetan history to other histories, it isn't so clear cut.</p>
<p>For example, in one of the resources pointed out to me is an article called, "<a href="http://www.webb-site.com/articles/tibetharris.htm" target="_blank">Is Tibet Entitled to Self-Determination?</a>"  the author, Paul Harris, says:</p>
<blockquote><p>The official position of the Chinese Government on this  	issue is that Tibet is an  	inalienable part of the People’s Republic of China (just as France once claimed that Algeria  	was an inalienable part of Metropolitan France).</p></blockquote>
<p>These two histories aren't comparable.  First, France never had a geographic claim like China has.  Second, Algeria had been colonized by the Ottomans, and then taken from the French.  It was pretty obvious that the French "took over" Algeria.  The same cannot be said for China and Tibet.</p>
<p>So, historically, it's a draw so far as I can tell.  I'm still reading.</p>
<p>But here is where I think Tibet does have a justified claim to independence, an argument I haven't seen anywhere, so it's probably a weak argument.</p>
<p>Though the Chinese-Tibetan history goes further back than any of the conflicts Russia had with her satellite states during the Soviet Union timer period, I think there's a logical argument to be made here.</p>
<p>As soon as the Soviet government fell apart, these satellite states ran through the gateway of sovereignty.  History wouldn't have mattered because to the people of the time, they wanted to rule their own nation.  It didn't take long at all for other nations to recognize these new nations either.  Even the USSR recognized it only a month after the Estonia's declared independence.</p>
<p>Thus, I believe if communist rule in China ended, Tibet and other current Chinese territories would claim their independence like Macau or Sichuan?  I'm sure the leaders in China believe this too, which is why they've been so hostile towards Tibet, and have tried to "breed" out the Tibetan culture.</p>
<p>Again, I'm still reading the history, but pragmatism tells me that Tibet should be free.</p>
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<link>http://metamorfoseantemente.wordpress.com/?p=84</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cmhochmuller</dc:creator>
<guid>http://metamorfoseantemente.wordpress.com/?p=84</guid>
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Em visita ao Brasil por ocasião da comemoração do centenário da imigração japonesa, o prínc]]></description>
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<p>Em visita ao Brasil por ocasião da comemoração do centenário da imigração japonesa, o príncipe japonês, em um dos muitos eventos dos quais participou, falou sobre as olimpíadas deste ano, em Pequin, China, enfatizando o fato de a referida cerimônia ser uma celebração esportiva e não um evento político.</p>
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<p>Dias depois, conversei com um amigo, filho de japonês, sobre uma pequena matéria que eu tinha assistido com a Tizuka Yamasaki, também realizada por ocasião do centenário. Nesta matéria, entre tantas coisas ditas, a cineasta enfatizava a diferença existente entre a colonização tipicamente européia e a colonização japonesa: enquanto a primeira iniciava o seu estabelecimento no local com a construção de uma igreja, a última iniciava com a construção de uma escola. Confessei ao meu amigo o quanto eu achava bonita a preocupação japonesa com a manutenção de suas raízes, quando, então, ele me contou o "lado 'b'" deste procedimento: trata-se de uma prática exercida há muito, deste os tempos do império, e que visava, não em primeiro lugar a manutenção da cultura de origem, mas sim, antes de tudo, a destruição da cultura local. Ou seja, quando o império japonês expandia seu domínio, estabelecia escolas exclusivamente japonesas, destruindo todas as demais, para que assim, ao longo de poucas gerações, a população da referida localidade esquecesse de suas próprias origens e se tornasse ajaponesada na língua, nos costumes, na história, no jeito de pensar, etc.</p>
<p><strong>3</strong></p>
<p>Há poucos minutos, acabei de assistir a um documentário sobre o Tibet, intitulado "Tibet: Massacre Cultural". Realizado na clandestinidade, o documentário mostra a dominação chinesa sobre o povo tibetano. Além de exibir imagens da ostensiva vigilância policial e militar sobre o povo, seja nas praças, nos mosteiros, na fronteira, nos campos (1 soldado chinês para cada 4 tibetanos), o documentário mostra a travessia daqueles que conseguem transpor o aterrorizante Himalaia e chegar a Índia ("é melhor morrer no Himalaia do que morrer sob domínio chinês", disse um dos sobreviventes da travessia), e, além disso, conta com entrevistas das vítimas das torturas, perseguições e desapropriações do governo chinês. Para mim, estas preciosas entrevistas são o ponto alto do documentário. Cada entrevistado expôs-se ao risco de morte ao decidir contar as suas experiências. A grande maioria deles não era composta por agitadores políticos, mas por pessoas simples que através de um panfleto, de uma frase em um livro, da resistência à esterilização forçada, eram presas por longos anos recheados de torturas e de lavagem cerebral.</p>
<p><strong>4</strong></p>
<p>Atualmente, o governo chinês nega tais práticas. No entanto, supervisiona e exerce o poder de censura sobre todo e qualquer movimento estrangeiro em território tibetano. Os lucros com uma tal dominação chegam à soma dos trilhões de dólares graças aos minérios, aos recursos hídricos e à mão-de-obra escrava tibetana. Assim, graças a expansão do território chinês, bem como através de sua própria abertura econômica, a China pode satisfazer o insaciável apetite consumidor do ocidente por brinquedos, objetos e roupas a preços inigualáveis e com isso, "matanto dois coelhos com uma paulada só", realimentar sua própria estrutura, cada vez maior e mais poderosa.</p>
<p><strong>5</strong></p>
<p>Ficam as perguntas:</p>
<p>- Abertura econômica significa abertura política? Ou é possível, ao mesmo tempo, ter um comércio regulado pelas leis do liberalismo e ter uma política regulada pelas leis do comunismo?</p>
<p>- Um evento esportivo da amplitude das olimpíadas, quando inserido especificamente neste contexto, não se torna um evento político e (mais ainda) publicitário (demagógico)?</p>
<p>- De que modo os benefícios econômicos e políticos advindos das olimpíadas repercutirão sobre a vida dos tibetanos?</p>
<p>- E possível manter-se isento desta máquina e ainda assim continuar consumindo os irresistíveis produtos "Made in China" e o novíssimo "Mc-não-sei-das-quantas"?</p>
<p>- Que postura devem ter os atletas que são mais do que simplesmente atletas, são também cidadãos responsáveis e conscientes?</p>
<p>- As olimpíadas, com seus inúmeros representantes das mais diferentes nações, não são o momento oportuno para a comunidade internacional pressionar o governo chinês em seu próprio território?</p>
<p>- A quem interessa que a China continue crescendo tão rápida e vigorosamente às custas do mísero Tibet?</p>
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<p><em>"This Thursday, 600 Tibetan and western Buddhists from around the world, including 200 monastics, join with one voice to demonstrate against the Dalai Lama outside of Radio City in NYC where he will be speaking. In this unprecedented event, more than 100 Tibetans will participate in the Western Shugden Society (WSS) organized protest to speak out against the man who has been touted as an icon of peace and tolerance."</em>  <a title="Dalai Lama Protests in NYC" href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/7/prweb1107784.htm" target="_blank">Impassioned Buddhist Protest the Dalai Lama on the Streets of NYC</a></p>
<p>Many Tibetans are now feeling very encouraged by the success of the Western Shugden Society demonstrations. Most Tibetan Shugden practitioners are too intimidated by the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Government in Exile to protest against the Dalai Lama. However, the number of Tibetans at the demonstrations is increasing rapidly. A Tibetan Geshe at the recent<a title="Western Shugden Society Protests at Lehigh University" href="http://www.westernshugdensociety.org/en/news/shugden-ban-protests-at-lehigh-university-bethlehem-ny" target="_blank"> protests at Lehigh University </a>said "In the Tibetan settelments in India if Tibetans were to protest like this, they would be killed." So it's no wonder that many Tibetans are still too intimidated to join the protests. But as these protests continue to gain momentum more Tibetans are joining in to request the Dalai Lama to give religious freedom.</p>
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