Free the Tibetans from the Dalal Lama

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>Jim Heartfield wrote:
>
> >>BTW, can you read these sentences and still not understand why someone
> >>might call you a Stalinist?
> >
> >I find the American Dalai Lama cult pretty disturbing myself. Does that
> >make me a Stalinist?
>
>Actually, my comments had nothing to do with the content of Yoshie's
>statement, only with her desire to dictate what is and what is not proper
>for "the movement." That doesn't mean one can't criticize the Free Tibet
>movement--one should--but Yoshie's comments belie an intolerance I find a
>bit disturbing.
>
>I am decidedly ambivalent about the Free Tibet movement. You might even say
>I don't care: Choosing between an authoritarian, "socialist" (albeit
>heavily industrialized, er, advanced) state and a movement of
>religious-based feudalism is no choice at all. I think I'll sit this one
>out, coach. Which is a shame, because I really wanted to be on Brad Pitt's
>side on this one.
>
>Eric

It is a curious turn of mind indeed to pay more attention to my 
alleged "desire" (to which you have no access) than a political 
issue.  I suppose I'm an object of Eric's "cult of personality."

I thank you for being "decidedly ambivalent" about the "Free Tibet" 
movement & "sitting this one out."  That is exactly what you should 
be doing.

Yoshie