Comments on: RAN Condemns Violent Response to Free Tibet Protests http://understory.ran.org/2008/08/06/ran-condemns-violent-response-to-free-tibet-protests/ The Understory is the official blog of Rainforest Action Network. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:54:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Luke http://understory.ran.org/2008/08/06/ran-condemns-violent-response-to-free-tibet-protests/comment-page-1/#comment-233499 Luke Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:33:47 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/?p=1228#comment-233499 RAN stands by the validity of non-violent direct action as a means of making change and condemns any violent response to it, period. RAN stands by the validity of non-violent direct action as a means of making change and condemns any violent response to it, period.

]]> By: RSM http://understory.ran.org/2008/08/06/ran-condemns-violent-response-to-free-tibet-protests/comment-page-1/#comment-233119 RSM Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:43:34 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/?p=1228#comment-233119 This topic is inappropriate for a Rainforest protection web site. Politics of this nature may be unfortunate, but it is distasteful in the context of helping the planet. As one who has visited China many times, I will say that things are not always as they seem to be. The "freeing" of Tibet is to put into place a strict religious regime that shows that it may be more opporessive than the Chinese government. Freeing a people to an even worse dictator is not a step in the right direction. Choose your missions wisely, and be informed. The Rainforest is a good cause. You should use discretion when endorsing the political agendas of non-related causes. This topic is inappropriate for a Rainforest protection web site. Politics of this nature may be unfortunate, but it is distasteful in the context of helping the planet.

As one who has visited China many times, I will say that things are not always as they seem to be. The “freeing” of Tibet is to put into place a strict religious regime that shows that it may be more opporessive than the Chinese government. Freeing a people to an even worse dictator is not a step in the right direction.

Choose your missions wisely, and be informed. The Rainforest is a good cause. You should use discretion when endorsing the political agendas of non-related causes.

]]> By: AA http://understory.ran.org/2008/08/06/ran-condemns-violent-response-to-free-tibet-protests/comment-page-1/#comment-228060 AA Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:41:53 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/?p=1228#comment-228060 How about one for Palestine people as well, and Chechens, and Kashmiris, and Thai Malayians, and Iraqis, and Afghanis where people are actually dying instead of dying for freedom ... I think not ... no one complained in West when Bosnians were ethnically cleansed. How about one for Palestine people as well, and Chechens, and Kashmiris, and Thai Malayians, and Iraqis, and Afghanis where people are actually dying instead of dying for freedom … I think not … no one complained in West when Bosnians were ethnically cleansed.

]]> By: Daylight365 http://understory.ran.org/2008/08/06/ran-condemns-violent-response-to-free-tibet-protests/comment-page-1/#comment-228054 Daylight365 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:22:19 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/?p=1228#comment-228054 This is obscene. What is happening to our country. We are becoming brutish, simple and dishonest. Just like the "man in charge". This is obscene. What is happening to our country. We are becoming brutish, simple and dishonest. Just like the “man in charge”.

]]> By: marjorie rhodes http://understory.ran.org/2008/08/06/ran-condemns-violent-response-to-free-tibet-protests/comment-page-1/#comment-228016 marjorie rhodes Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:33:43 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/?p=1228#comment-228016 This brutality against protestors in our own country indicates that America is not the free country our government and media make it out to be. In what year was it decided to suspend the Bill of Rights? This brutality against protestors in our own country indicates that America is not the free country our government and media make it out to be. In what year was it decided to suspend the Bill of Rights?

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