Re: TIBETANS SLAM DALAI LAMA PORTRAIT BAN AS PROVOCATIVE

So, who is right, the apologists or the liars? The former said
that the protrait wasn't banned outside TAR while the liars
insisted that it was banned in China.

"Brian Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Water Barbarian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >But those liars had been saying that DL's protrait was banned
> >several years ago. Why it need to be banned again?
>
> I think you didn't even read the article. It said the ban had been in
> place for years, but many apologists here always say it's only been
> strictly enforced in TAR. They often bragged about how easy-going the
> authorities were on the issue outside of TAR, and would cite news
> reports from Kham or Amdo areas where the portraits caused no fuss by
> the police. Well, it seems that has all changed now, and probably
> required no more than a central directive to be equally strict in all
> Tibetan areas. This childish, intolerant oppression simply spreads to
> a wider area than the 1/3 of Tibet's land inside the TAR. It sure says
> something about the Chinese government's sincerity in improving their
> relations, or establishing mutual trust with the Tibetan government.
> While the Tibetan side has gone to great lengths to compliment the
> Chinese for having a good attitude during the recent visits, avoids
> sharp criticism and even discourages overt protest against Chinese
> leaders in order to continually improve the atmosphere, now the
> Chinese pull another clampdown on free religous expression. And if you
> read it, what was the Tibetan government's response? Something like
> "We request the Chinese authorities to reconsider this decision."
>
> It's certainly very clear to me who's making the real effort here.
>
> Brian
> -- 
> "The People's Government forbids any person, any group, or any
organisation,
>  in any form or in any place to use any situation to represent celebrating
>  the Dalai's birthday, to pray to the Dalai for blessing, to sing
prohibited
>  songs, to offer incense to the Dalai, or to carry out
barley-flour-throwing
>  illegal activities". - Lhasa City Government public notice, 24 June 2001
>