Re: (Free Tibet) Why Tibet??

"Sutek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> "CFAIII" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > I hope without sounding insensitive, and with a real sincerity, I
> > ask...Why is the political issues of Tibet so important? It's an issue
> > I see on Bumper Stickers and Tee-Shirts all the time, and I've seen it
> > for the better part of a decade. But what I don't understand is where
> > does the passion come from? Why Tibet? Why not (insert favorite
> > African nation here) or any half dozen (extreme)Islamic nations under
> > oppression (as oppossed to the Moderates in the region)? How about
> > Free N. Korea or Cuba? I guess everyone picks their battles, but Tibet
> > just doen't seem to be the worse place...all other things being equal.
> > But again, I realise in asking I am in a position of ignorance on the
> > Tibet matter. That's why I'm here...for you to explain it to me.
> 
> One reference: http://www.tibet.org/Why/ gives you plenty of links. Also,
> http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/5595/tibet.html says:
> We ought to open our eyes and educate ourselves as well as our children to
> what is really going on in the world. Yes it is true, there are many issues.
> There are hundreds of other countries in which equal or worse environmental
> and human rights devistation has occured.  Including often enough our own
> communities.  The Tibet issue is only ONE of them.  However this issue is
> current and can be used as the catalyst for change in human rights, womens
> rights, political, religious and cultural freedom across the globe. Through
> effort and unity, the citizens of Earth can stand up and say "NO!" to the
> corporations and governments that continue to abuse it's people and misuse
> it's resources. The struggles in Tibet are symbolic for EVERY human rights
> struggle.
> 
> Other links: http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/thedoctor/tibet.html

Struggles? Symbolic for EVERY human rights struggle? Please explain
why the DL, for many years, took money from the CIA?