Free Tibet

I have a dirty, dusty bumper sticker that's been on my front window for 18 years (since 1990); "Boycott China, Save Tibet."
When I stuck it there all those years ago, I vowed to leave it until the Dalai Lama was allowed to return to his homeland in Tibet. How sad that not only have things not improved in those 18 years, they are so much worse now.

Several dozen (as many as 80) Tibetans and Buddhist monks were killed in riots in the past week. Chinese troops were surrounding Drepung monastery in Lhasa, with hundreds of monks still inside. I really want to expose what the chinese communist "boss" said (don't know his title, he was referred to as this on PBS.) I saw him speaking these words on PBS; "The Dalai Lama is a jackal. An evil spirit with the heart of a beast." I wanted to spit at the real lying jackal on my tv set.

Here is the direct quote from the Dalai Lama, "I appeal to the Chinese leadership to stop using force and address the long-simmering resentment of the Tibetan people through dialogue with the Tibetan people. I also urge my fellow Tibetans not to resort to violence."

Anyone who knows anything about the Dalai Lama knows he stands for Peace and Compassion. That has been his life-long teaching. He is a world treasure and even in the face of this horrible situation continues to urge non-violence. But, this was, after all, Tibetan National Uprising Day -- the equivalent of our Independence Day -- only we're free. Tibetan monks are still tortured, gagged, and silenced by their chinese occupiers.

Imagine 49 years of occupation! It will be a full 50 years next year, and even monks grow weary of daily abuse. Who could blame them? How in the world would we (Americans) act? We couldn't tolerate one attack on our precious soil (2001), and we'd be violent every day if our land was occupied. Try to imagine our homes and churches occupied -- our rights and weapons taken away. Americans can hardly conceive of such a thing, yet we occupy other countries (like Iraq) and support these chinese thugs even as our children are dying thanks to their poison toys and other imported junk. I end as I began, "Boycott china" -- their junk, their coming games, and for god's sake: FREE Tibet!