Volconvo Debate Forums - View Single Post - Tibet is, was, and will always be part of China?

InTheFlesh? · Apr 2, 2008, 02:22 pm

Well look, America was part of Britain. But that group of people saw fit to rule themselves and overthrow the British.

I think the issue in Tibet is less to do with maps and flags, but to do with autonomy and freedom.

Tibet was part of the Chinese country but for large amounts of time it ruled itself under a Tibetan government. The Chinese invasion in 1951 enforced chinese rule on a country.

Like the wikipedia citation states the Dalai Lama was up for living under a Chinese government as long as the Tibetan people had autonomy, and this is what it is about, the lack of freedom for Tibetan people.

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InTheFlesh? Comfortably Dumb Location: England Posts: 57	Well look, America was part of Britain. But that group of people saw fit to rule themselves and overthrow the British. I think the issue in Tibet is less to do with maps and flags, but to do with autonomy and freedom. Tibet was part of the Chinese country but for large amounts of time it ruled itself under a Tibetan government. The Chinese invasion in 1951 enforced chinese rule on a country. Like the wikipedia citation states the Dalai Lama was up for living under a Chinese government as long as the Tibetan people had autonomy, and this is what it is about, the lack of freedom for Tibetan people. "When the going gets weird, the weird go pro"