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Bright Eyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-09-08 06:35 PM
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6. How exactly does criticizing the actions of the Chinese government
equal siding with Bush? Quite a bit stretching there.

"Many U.S. progressives and liberals are supporting the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan opposition to the People’s Republic of China."

How exactly is that a bad thing?
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  -Doesn't this contradiction seem a bit odd? Re: China-Tibet- Olympic Boycott- US Protests Orwellian_Ghost  Apr-09-08 06:19 PM   #0 
  - We're not invading China, or "regime changing" them, either.  MADem   Apr-09-08 06:25 PM   #1 
  - Opposing teh Chinese government doesn't have to mean being on the same side as Bush  muriel_volestrangler   Apr-09-08 06:25 PM   #2 
  - That's not what was being said  Orwellian_Ghost   Apr-09-08 06:32 PM   #5 
     - The method of interpretation was fairly straightforward  muriel_volestrangler   Apr-09-08 07:07 PM   #10 
     - Exactly so, and very well put. nm  dicksteele   Apr-09-08 07:10 PM   #12 
        - Not exactly  Orwellian_Ghost   Apr-09-08 08:53 PM   #20 
           - I said "EXACTLY", and I stand by it. Your post is "thin beer" at best ...  dicksteele   Apr-11-08 01:48 AM   #22 
     - sometimes I'm amazed at what people interpret  Rosemary2205   Apr-09-08 08:40 PM   #19 
  - You can't get into Tibet. Guess why? But I've been to Dharamsala and met many Tibetan refugees  Kaleko   Apr-09-08 06:26 PM   #3 
  - The atrocities have been going on for over 100 years, maybe  theoldman   Apr-09-08 06:39 PM   #7 
  - You Csn't Get Into Tibet?  ribofunk   Apr-11-08 03:44 AM   #24 
     - Not as a journalist or a known activist.  Kaleko   Apr-11-08 03:55 AM   #25 
  - FREE TIBET!!!!!!!!!!  Joanne98   Apr-09-08 06:31 PM   #4 
  - I'll take two!  zbdent   Apr-09-08 07:10 PM   #11 
  - The Chinese did free Tibet in 1959.  stimbox   Apr-09-08 07:49 PM   #16 
     - Interesting and even-handed article - thanks for posting it  aint_no_life_nowhere   Apr-09-08 08:27 PM   #18 
  - How exactly does criticizing the actions of the Chinese government  Bright Eyes   Apr-09-08 06:35 PM   #6 
  - Compartmentalization  Orwellian_Ghost   Apr-09-08 06:45 PM   #8 
     - Who's making an exception?  Bright Eyes   Apr-09-08 07:00 PM   #9 
  - Bush can't boycott the China Olympics ... they'll foreclose on our debt and  zbdent   Apr-09-08 07:11 PM   #13 
  - They can't foreclose on our debt. It's literally impossible. nt  TheWraith   Apr-09-08 07:37 PM   #15 
     - okay, so "foreclose" may not be the right word ...  zbdent   Apr-10-08 12:31 PM   #21 
  - You're mistaken.  TheWraith   Apr-09-08 07:36 PM   #14 
  - Bush is boycotting the Olympics?  girl gone mad   Apr-09-08 07:58 PM   #17 
  - The Point of Your Post, it Would Seem, is the Demonization  ribofunk   Apr-11-08 03:38 AM   #23 
  - So if Shrub is against eating babies  booley   Apr-11-08 04:26 AM   #26 
 

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