meatcleaver
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ORIGINAL: Hippiekinkster Meatcleaver: "The OP writes "NO Genocide Olympics". I was listening to a report on the BBC today in which the Dalai Lama said cultural genocide was happening in Tibet. Some proffessor offered an alternative view, saying there might be many things wrong in Tibet but cultural genocide is not one of them, apparently there are more budhist priests per capita in Tibet than any other budhist country in the world and the Tibetan language is growing." According to the definition of genocide I'd lean towards the DL's position, myself. Not why I had to respond, though. "More Buddhist priests..." more Catholic priests per capita in the Vatican, too. Man, that's a "duh". "Tibetan language is growing...". If the population is growing, I would, for some strange reason, expect that. Gawd, that's a hoot. Professor's at the top of his game, apparently. I'm all for Tibetan freedom as everyone elses freedom but let's not use the word genocide every time a people are subjugated, brutal or otherwise because it is some western rival doing the subjugating rather than the west itself, it is clearly not happening. gen·o·cide the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. According to the news today China has invested substantially in Tibet and many Tibetans but not all have benefited, this is not an alternative to freedom or devolved government but it goes against the grain of cultural genocide. The west is in a tricky position when ranting on about saving cultures as the west has commited cultural genocide more than anyone else has. The laugh being, China's regime and growth is based on western culture and economics. If there is evidence that China is commiting cultural genocide, let's point the accusing finger but if it isn't and there is no evidence that it is, it makes the west look rather sanctimonious and loses the west any moral high ground it might have, which isn't much.
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