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Originally Posted by julia
I don't think anyone here can understand the desperation of a country and culture being destroyed.
What were the ex pat tibetians supposed to do...?
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Well let's just look again at what happened.
The same people who watch the news are still watching the news and learning the same thing. The end result of this current strategy has been that absolutely nobody learned anything new. Except for people who pass up the first couple of sections in the paper and go straight to the sports pages, and those people like sports more than current affairs.
We are able to talk about this now because we have seen what's going on, on both the internet and tv. In fact BBCA had great footage showing the military precense in Tibet before this.
The message is a desparate one, there is no debating that. The only debate is how to effectively communicate this. I will say again, this current strategy failed and will probably only result in ending the torch parade. Then there will be no more protestors on the parade route, effectively ending this campaign with little gained.
It will take Buddhist countries, such as Japan, to step up. Nothing can be done without them. For all the talk about ex-pat Tibetans, they are simply too small a force to accomplish anything by themselves.
I've suggested things to attempt that will not rely on a significant event to rally around, rather it will rely upon organization skills that have more to do with accomplishment than emotional outbursts. That's the path to take. Peacefully protest around all government capitals. But do it sitting down so as not to pose any threat of violence or riot. Do the same at embassies, not just Chinese, but all of the ones that could help.