Blog #5

So many parties are to blame here:

China, of course. Despite their claims of sovereignty, Tibeten people did not used to be a part of China and, more importantly, are of a different ethnic and cultural background. To oppress/suppress a people for whatever stated reasons is inappropriate and seldom excusable.

The U.N. and all nations that are complicit in their inaction. It's more than absurd to publically and internationally condemn a nation for its actions and then a) refuse to take action to provide an incentive for the "offending" nation to stop and perhaps related b) continue to do major business deals with the offending nation. That's hypocritical, contradictory, and ultimately undermining to any authority structure that is attempting to exercise moral law over the "offending" nation. This includes the IOC and its refusal to withdraw the Chinese right to hold the Olympics. It would be ludicrous to deny China its ability to hold the Olympics now--Chinese human rights abuses against Tibetan and Tainwanese people have been publically and internationally acknowledged for decades. Nothing has changed.

The only party that's not too blame is the Tibetan people. They're trying to live their lives without violent or cultural interference from any source. That's not too much to ask.