Posts by Sue
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is the problem china in tibet?
or is the problem really the current powers in china overall.until a regime change in china, any dissenter anywhere in china/tibet gets to enjoy human rights abuses.
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But your Tibet-Was-No-Paradise comments are also apt.
the dali lama freely admits that Tibetans must accept the progress and improvements that China's rule of Tibet has brought.
but not the repression of basic human rights
and the dali lama also does not want independenceJack yan over on his personal blog has made a couple of really insightful posts
http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/the-question-of-tibetan-sovereignty.html
http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/red-chinese-intellectuals-speak-out-in-support-of-tibet.htmlpersonally i don't think Fiji is a good example
ethnic Fijian's have always had control of government and land.
except for a few elections that have normally been overturned by a coup. Yes the problem in fiji is now way more complicated, and recently even ethinic Fijian's are suffering at the hand of the current people in power.
but as a small example Indians have never had the rights to own land in fiji they can only rent. -
If we can't trade, we're in deep, deep poo, more so than many nations because our internal economy is so tiny.
aha
but aren't there (and this is my opinion) nutsos who think nz should be 100% self sustainable.
these are the ones who advocate calculating food miles and only buying produce that is XXkms away from your homeI seem to recall one being on kim hill recently, and avoiding her more insightful questions
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Oh and $500 for a HDTV free view box? Oh and $500 for a HDTV free view box?
it's a hell of a lot
but then I pay $10 a month for a TelstraClear decoder
had it over 5 years, therefore i've spent $500 on it but i don't own itbut I'm not giving it up I'm addicted to discovery travel and adventure, prime and E! none of which i get with freeview
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But hating on China itself sometimes seems to me to be the acceptable face of xenophobia. China isn't going away.
I'm probably a good example of someone who is torn
I've studied Chinese history, and adore the artistic expression that comes out of china. I dream of visiting china one day.but oh those in power
my one thing i remind most people i know is that this is a country that denies the massacre that happened in tiananmen square in the summer of 1989.Well yeah that's just lovely isn't it
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you know words are never enough at a time like this.
it's just more than beyond sad, and it's just also so wrong and so screw up.
Sophie my thoughts go out to you.
I've had both good and bad experiences with the mental health workers. -
the face book interview was rather fun, i watched the train wreck roll in over real time on my twitter feed.
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How would you know? You watch Shortland Street every night.
if john returns to having ties, some of us might switch back.
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I am however sad
that your absence missed coverage of the greatest makeover show EVER
'tim gunn's guide to style'ok veronica webb needs some fashion help, but time is just so lovely, and feels as if he's failed if a makeover = tears.
love the tim gunn
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YAY fiona is back
NEVER LEAVE US AGAIN!!!!!