Comments on: (Not) Blocked in the Mainland http://cinnamonpirate.com/blog/512/ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:27:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Derrick Sobodash http://cinnamonpirate.com/blog/512/#comment-9470 Derrick Sobodash Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:38:41 +0000 http://cinnamonpirate.com/blog/512/#comment-9470 Hard to say. I don't want to see the Dalai Lama step down from his religious position. He has as much a right to be in that position as the pope of the Catholic Church has to be in his. But I do agree that the people he surrounds himself with do not necessarily follow the message of peace that he preaches. Hard to say. I don’t want to see the Dalai Lama step down from his religious position. He has as much a right to be in that position as the pope of the Catholic Church has to be in his. But I do agree that the people he surrounds himself with do not necessarily follow the message of peace that he preaches.

]]> By: Talbain http://cinnamonpirate.com/blog/512/#comment-9354 Talbain Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:19:55 +0000 http://cinnamonpirate.com/blog/512/#comment-9354 Definitely true. I can't even claim to have a fraction of an idea about what's really going on. But I do know that I trust the BBC more than just about any other news source. My only hope really is that the two sides quibble over something that's a little more substantive. China keeps claiming that this is an attack on the Olympics, the Dalai Lama threatens to step down, and in the middle of the chaos are the monks and the soldiers who end up killing each other because they both have strings attached to their thinking. Definitely true. I can’t even claim to have a fraction of an idea about what’s really going on. But I do know that I trust the BBC more than just about any other news source. My only hope really is that the two sides quibble over something that’s a little more substantive. China keeps claiming that this is an attack on the Olympics, the Dalai Lama threatens to step down, and in the middle of the chaos are the monks and the soldiers who end up killing each other because they both have strings attached to their thinking.

]]> By: Dave Shadoff http://cinnamonpirate.com/blog/512/#comment-9347 Dave Shadoff Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:50:07 +0000 http://cinnamonpirate.com/blog/512/#comment-9347 I'm always impressed by the BBC's impartiality in covering news. I found American news to be completely manipulated starting with the Gulf War - the original, 1991 one - so I can't bear to watch even American news anymore. I’m always impressed by the BBC’s impartiality in covering news. I found American news to be completely manipulated starting with the Gulf War - the original, 1991 one - so I can’t bear to watch even American news anymore.

]]> By: Derrick Sobodash http://cinnamonpirate.com/blog/512/#comment-9346 Derrick Sobodash Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:01:30 +0000 http://cinnamonpirate.com/blog/512/#comment-9346 Thanks. Yes, seen it. We watched the live broadcast on the news today. The broadcast that ran at night removed some of the pauses while Wen Jiaobao figured out what to say. I have to say the BBC's coverage is fairly unbiased, and it's a shame they are blocked here while sites like <em>The New York Times</em> are not. I would even agree with the last statement in their article. As I said before, the Qing government wanted tribute, not to improve the condition of the Tibetan people. So yeah, hats off to the BBC on an excellent job. They present both sides of the issue, but I think readers need to know the history of China and Tibet to put some of those details into better perspective. Thanks. Yes, seen it. We watched the live broadcast on the news today. The broadcast that ran at night removed some of the pauses while Wen Jiaobao figured out what to say.

I have to say the BBC’s coverage is fairly unbiased, and it’s a shame they are blocked here while sites like The New York Times are not. I would even agree with the last statement in their article. As I said before, the Qing government wanted tribute, not to improve the condition of the Tibetan people.

So yeah, hats off to the BBC on an excellent job. They present both sides of the issue, but I think readers need to know the history of China and Tibet to put some of those details into better perspective.

]]> By: Talbain http://cinnamonpirate.com/blog/512/#comment-9344 Talbain Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:39:35 +0000 http://cinnamonpirate.com/blog/512/#comment-9344 Oh yeah, forgot to mention, but did you see this? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7302021.stm Oh yeah, forgot to mention, but did you see this?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7302021.stm

]]> By: Talbain http://cinnamonpirate.com/blog/512/#comment-9343 Talbain Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:37:13 +0000 http://cinnamonpirate.com/blog/512/#comment-9343 Hey D, if you want, I'd be glad to mirror your article at my blog. Toss me an email. Hey D, if you want, I’d be glad to mirror your article at my blog. Toss me an email.

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