Free Tibet

Most of you have probably seen what happened during the Olympic relay in London and Paris. At times it was funny to watch the frightened faces of the person carrying the Olympic torch, and how the policemen slip and fall trying to stop the protesters from reaching the torch, not to forget the fire extinguisher.

Not to give the wrong impression I do support and respect the right of people to choose the way they want to live and be governed, and to do whatever it takes to achieve those goals. But then again, one must use logic, to compromise on specific goals in order to reach other goals when things seem to be complicated and there is no other way around them. May I also add that by saying "do whatever it takes" does not mean to go off and start terrorizing others in the sake of a free nation, because the life of a person is more valuable than a thousand nations.

So therefore I agree with the notion of a 'Free Tibet' whether or not Tibet was always part of China or not.
The Dalia Lama said "Based on my belief that the only way to achieve our goal is through dialogue and peaceful human contact, I have, over the last fifteen years, tried to engage with the Chinese government in serious negotiations on the future status of Tibet. Tibet has been an independent country for over a thousand years, and I believe that the Tibetan people do have the right to choose independence. However, it is also a political reality that Tibet is now tinder Chinese rule".

And the Chinese government says "anything except independence can be discussed".

Here is where the Tibetans have to compromise. Should the Tibetan leaders negotiate the Chinese and secure the sustainability of their culture, heritage and religion, and then build on that to create a more prosper nation within a nation, would be the best solution, because logically no external pressure on China due to the Tibetan issue will be able to force the Chinese to give more to the Tibetans than the Chinese are ready to give. After all China is a rising super power, and who wants to pressure something like that?

Anyways, whats interesting is that the issue of Tibet only comes in times like these, I rarely hear of any protests going on here supporting a Free Tibet, and the stories that I hear about the Chinese human rights violations are sometimes too extreme, that I give the Chinese the benefit of the doubt.

here is the link to the bbc where videos of the protests are shown.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7334545.stm