[lbo-talk] Noticed an oddity

[Ben Jackson]

Well, to be cynical... It's because for a Western anti-imperialist,
Tibet's like our enemy's enemy's enemy, and that's just too hard to
parse. Move along, brain.  Also, liberal celebrities care about Tibet.
End of story.

On 3/23/08, Michael Smith <mjs at smithbowen.net> wrote:
> On Sunday 23 March 2008 17:10:37 Chris Doss wrote:
>
>  > Personally, I know almost nothing about Tibet, so for
>  > me to comment on it would be a waste of time.
>  >
>  > --- Sandy Harris <sandyinchina at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >
>
> > > One thing I find amusing.  Some Westerners criticize
>  > > Iran as "medieval" or "theocratic", and seem to think
>  > > that justifies various measures against them.  Where
>  > > would that lead if applied to the Dalai Lama?
>
>
> I admire Chris' reticence about a subject on which I am surely
>  much more ignorant than he professes to be. But Sandy's point
>  is still a good one. Few of us know much about Iran either, but
>  did that stop us? It did not.
>
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