[Ford Prefect]

Originally Posted by Option84

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080314/...as/china_tibet
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/wo...a/15tibet.html

I wish people would read all the news articles and relevant information first before spewing their propagandist nonsense automatically.

Edit: Also make you READ the articles COMPLETELY and do more RESEARCH before you automatically make assumptions.

Edit: And to the original post, "peaceful protests" my ass.

I see nothing in those reports that changes my view. Do you seriously think Buddhist monks would employ violence? Do you understand Buddhism? Average Tibetan citizens perhaps, but I seriously doubt Buddhist monks would employ violence. And where in those articles does it refer to a race riot? Where does it state that monks are engaged in violence? You state that violent Tibetans are killing innocents ... from what I read, it's the Chinese army that's killing people, not the the Tibetan protestors.

It's worth pointing out that these protests started out peaceful, but Chinese police and military were the ones to counter with force and escalate the situation.

Out of curiosity, since you recommend doing research and gathering all the relevant information before making assumptions, do you know why the the Tibetans are protesting? Are you familiar with the historical context of the situation?