Alabama and Tibet

Jessica nsnerep at nscad.ns.ca
Tue Jul 7 06:28:04 PDT 1998


michael at ecst.csuchico.edu wrote:

Hello,


> One of their speakers argued that Alabama had a different culture than the
> North and that the South should be alowed to suceed from the U.S.
>
> The Black Muslims also talked of sucession. Stalin created a Jewish state
> -- sort of. The difference between E. Timor and Tibet is that E. Timor
> was an independent state. Tibet was not. Even Taiwan agrees on that
> point.

I gather (having avoided this thread somewhat) that Tibet wants independence from China, or some people think they should be.

Thought I'd throw in my two cents: What exactly is the difference between E. Timor and Tibet, according to you? You've stated that
> E. Timor
> was an independent state. Tibet was not.
But so what?

Jessica Squires



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