Re: (Free Tibet) Why Tibet??

"Pilar Quezzaire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> In soc.culture.hongkong ... <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> : "Pilar Quezzaire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> :> In soc.culture.hongkong betelnut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> :> : http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/08/07/tibet/
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> :> Sounds like a trip to Guangdong as much as Tibet.
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> :> Pilar
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> : how so?
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> Because you're just as likely to find an animal trapper looking for exotic
> animals, making monkeys and snakes fight, and making sculptures out of
> some substance most of us would find offensive in Guangdong as you would
> Gansu. Some people think the local cuisine is just as bad too.
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> SARS started in Guangdong for a reason, folks, so if the Chinese are so
> concerned with modernizing Tibet...they should be just as concerned about
> the part of the country that is theirs sans dispute.
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Hmm. Nowadays, to modernize a nation, the best tools are M1, Hummy, Bradley
and Black Hawk.

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> Pilar
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