Comments on: “Burning the animal skin revolution sparked in Tibet”

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By: cold mtn

cold mtn — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 21:35:43 +0000

Thanks RR – a good lesson indeed. The thing I didn’t write about is the challenge to the exile movement about how to respond and support those in Tibet. It’s clearly taking on a political spirit (asserting their unity and devotion to the Dalai Lama is enough to scare the hell out of the Chinese authorities) and as you say, “nothing like this happened before.” So it’s tempting to want to broadcast to the world, “Hey! Tibetans in Tibet are rising up! It’s a secret sort of unspoken uprising but an uprising nonetheless!” But then, we run the risk of drawing attention that may not be wanted – at least yet, at least now. We run the risk of interpreting these brave and defiant acts for the world… as well as the Chinese government and make it impossible for Tibetans to claim to Chinese authorities, “no, we’re just following our Buddhist values and defending wildlife.” I want to see some “ruckus in the movement” for sure. But as the supporters and exiles, I think we need to do our best to follow the lead of those on the ground in Tibet where this new campaign is catching fire.

By: RangzenRoblang

RangzenRoblang — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 18:04:14 +0000

More broadly, what is happening now on both sides of the Himalaya has a potential to cause some real ruckus in the Movement, especially among Tibetans. Nothing like this happened before.

By: RangzenRoblang

RangzenRoblang — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 18:00:10 +0000

There’s a Tibean saying, “kyakpa ngok na drima mashi khaya yo marey.” (Digging of shit only causes stench) Tibteans are better off applying this principle here. If we look deeper into this campaign, it is more and more political — and interestingly, the orchestrated exile politics that manesfested in the form of “environmental education campaigns at Amravati” (most of these guys were political groups and had political motivations) did not envision this bonfire campaign, certainly not at that level, but were responding to Maneka Gandhi’s scathing racist remarks against Tibetans on Indian national TV.

The best political message coming out of the second phase of this campaign — bonfire responses from Tibet — is the power of HHDalai Lama’s words and the solidarity of the Tibetan people. We should blow on this latter point and leave the rest to rot.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 18:40:25 +0000

There was also a great report on this on the Channel 4 news in the UK. You can check out the report at http://www.channel4.com/news/special-reports/special-reports-storypage.jsp?id=1773

By: tendor

tendor — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 04:11:55 +0000

Thanks for the analysis, Han. I share your sentiment that this phenomenon deserves more attention and credit. The question that comes to mind is: how will this play out in the long run? And how can we ensure the speedy release of the 9 Tibetans arrested by the Chinese authorities in relation to this incident?