I started learning about it after an episode of THe Simpsons when Lisa said Free Tibet and I did research.
*Britain was no better. I apologise
Ah, right. I understand you better now.
I agree. (I think, if I understand you correctly) Because the thing is, I also condemn injustice perpetrated by the UK, I condemn certain British actions and hegemony. Diego Garcia. The Empire. Blair's Iraq war. I could go on.
There are a number of specific issues I get wound up about, deaths of women in prison and the number of women prisoners and how the justice system treats women generally, for one, and also the issue of young people in care, how shoddily they're treated, what few rights they have, how they're basically kicked out when they reach a certain age and have little to no support... but those are entirely separate to what I'm here on AFF for, and I wouldn't dream of coming here and dictating that AFF should join in with my other interests and issue public condemnation on completely unrelated subjects. I might, if people expressed an interest, point them in the direction of other groups or organisations related to those issues, but it seems a bit 'off' to me, to be virtually insisting that AFF has some kind of moral duty to weigh in on an unrelated issue.
If people get all hypersensitive and assume (or project onto me) simplistic anti-Americanism, they just don't get the whole picture.
Admittedly, yes, I do have in the back of my mind the things about 'let he who is without sin cast the first stone', and 'people in glasshouses shouldn't throw stones'.
But by that I'm not saying one should never speak out, because yes, there's lots of injustice in the world, but I do think it's beneficial to reflect, research the facts, and not be one of those rent-a-protesters who hop on every passing bandwagon.
I mean, why Tibet? A hundred or so people were killed (I'm not saying that's acceptable in anyway, just about to start playing the numbers game again). Why aren't all those protesters lining up outside the White House and U.S. embassies demanding troops out of Iraq, where at least a million have died? Why aren't they protesting about the way all these countries that are getting so het up about Tibet are virtually turning a blind eye to what's happening in Somalia, and Sudan, and Zimbabwe? Comparitively speaking, why is the life of one Tibetan seemingly worth more than the lives of dozens or even hundreds of Sudanese in Darfur?
Aye tis true, I talk to this Chinese guy on msn (heh we don't argue but i'm always keen to highlight little flaws in his system ;p) and he thinks the Tibetans are making a fuss about nothing lol. (words to that effect)
I think the thing which erks you is (I presume) the sheer whats the word...nonchalance? of the article. Ya know talking about Tibet like it's not "a big deal"
Am I right? ;]
Asian Daily Mail.
A chilling concept, imagine the same paper with 10 times the nationalism.
A *** shame, it really is.
Only good Nazi's a dead un.
"Oh, but I want to engage with you dear"
I ate his liver, with a chianti and some fava beans.
fuh fuh fuh fffffff
I was born in Camden, London. My father was and still is an anarchist who works for the Animal Liberation Front. My mother's family were immigrants of Austrian and Romany extraction.
Anyone seen the Austin Powers movies? This sounds faintly like the beginning of the description of Dr. Evil's life....
Giggle 
I used my mother's smoldering corpse as a shield, and was later discovered by a Belgian farmer and his 16 year old french sex-slave with webbed toes..
And just you TRY fighting it ;]
Because you know, nobody can.
Hehe, silly bastards.
Kiss the hand you cannot bite.
And whilst i'm off on one..
Yup.
And fyi I'll ALWAYS be more totalitarian than you, it's in my blood.
