Can I talk abit about my opinion with regards to Tibet...
I read a few posts here where people say they support
self-determination for Tibetan people.
I have a little problem with this logic....
OK....how should I put it....
Tibet, is part of China.
If you want to support referendum, that means u care about the
feelings and opinions of the Tibetan people..? Ok.
But how about the feelings and opinions of the people in
Shanghai, in Beijing, in other places...?
You dont care about their feelings and opinions..?
Why I put forward such logic...because Tibet is part of China.
Tibet is inside China. Every Chinese own as much of each inch of
Tibet, as a Tibetan, or anyone else from other provinces.
Someone from Shanghai also have a stake in Tibet, just as much
as someone from Tibet has a stake in Shanghai.
A Shanghainese own Tibet, as part of his or her homeland.
A Tibetan own Shanghai, as part of his or her homeland.
The whole country is called China.
So, I have a little problem when people say, I support for
referendum, or self-determination, independence. This view
inherently disregard the feeling of unity of many people inside
China. Why should a group of people enjoy a special priviledge or a
special status over the majority..?
Can I, for instance, put this logic to u...
Let's say a family stay in a house...They are all united as a
family...each member of the family own the house, the land they are
in...it is their home..
Can someone, a son, say, I want to separate this room for myself
only, all others are not allowed in, or....I want to run this room
with my own rules, I want to be independent, separate...
OK...maybe some people sympathize with this son, but that
sympathy disregard the feeling of the other family members. Why
should he be allowed to split the house...? What about the feeling
of other family members who want to keep united under one
roof..?
He can go to any other rooms, and he owns each inch of the house
as much as anyone else, and so does everyone else own a part of any
rooms. If he want to split and separate a room for himself, what
about others..? They are not people too..? Their feelings dont
count..?
I say, if this errant son want to force his way, it is only
right that the father discipline him, and maintain unity and family
order.
Meat Pao.
MP, i am neither a supporter nor anti-supporter of the current
tibet movement. i find that your analogy make a
critical assumption that the errant son is a biological child
of the parent. what if this so-called errant son is `forced' into
the family (for whatever reason) and not biological? having been
forced to assimilate into the family (despite being fed &
clothed), this person wants out now. i think the view point is then
blurred.
i did not follow the entire discussion here of the detractors
and supporters of the free tibet movement/initiative, but i think
the critical point here is the inability to unequivocally put
a marker(proof) on the sand on when indeed we should consider
in history if tibet is part of china or not.
the soviet union `empire' collapsed years back. the only
difference i see here if that the chinese communist is not able to
accept any other reality because of the this thing very chinese,
called `face', or fear of losing face.