[J. Askiloupos]

The indegenous islanders (if sufficient numbers existed) certainly could, logically, hold forth for independence if they wished it.

Hawaii was most certainly not an American colony in the first place.

Apples and oranges, as it were, Fushigi. They're both fruit, but are otherwise hard to compare to one another.

As to Tibet, the Chinese ought to withdraw their military forces immediately, as they have managed to violate nearly every existing point of human rights in their actions during the riots.

Not that they should be forced to by Team America World Police, obviously, as the U.S. forces already have their collective head in one hornet's nest too many- namely, Iraq.

The best outcome that the Tibetans could possibly hope for would be for their national sovereignty to be raised as a serious issue on the floor of the UN.