That's not so in re the tibetans, Hawk, not around here anyway, there is widespread knowledge of the wrong done them, some famous protests have been made, one involved the mounties removing pro-tibetan banners on a parade route along which chinese leaders were to travel, this apparently was ordered by one of Chrétien's gofers, Jean Carl, and was later investigated, the two JCs and the mountie chief don't come off looking so good in it .... i know a lot of people here, and have never met anyone who supports han chinese action against tibetans ... my wife's friend is a hakka of taiwanese ancestry and raised in the Filipinas, she is quite livid on the subject, says she knows many canadians of han chinese ancestry who agree with her, of those i know i've heard a bit on it from one, and he agrees it is wrong
The difference between this and the plight of palestinians, is that you don't see the occupation of tibetan lands being heavily promoted in this society, not promoted at all, nobody to my knowledge even trying to justify it, save maybe Mq's favourite chicom-ette, who is not likely to gain any credence with that routine |
