No. We learned about the Mai lai masscre for god sake before you say, we never get to see the ugly side.
Alexander Dubček came to power in January of that year and started liberalizating reforms. Soviet Union didn't like it so they invaded the country with armies of Warzsaw Pact to stop the reforms on 21.1.1968. We were getting free....and then they came and stopped it. And the totality began. Total totality
this photo is the symbol of the Soviet invasion to Czechoslovakia
people walked out into the streets and started protests. It didn't help....
No i didn't, i fully support the right for the Chinese to protest.
And do you think that the Olympics are a good opportunity to make these protests possible?
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Tibet should have total independence and be realized as her own Sovereign nation, free from Communism with the right to worship being given fully back to the people so that they can adhere true to the principle of celebrating Buddha and not Communist China
What Tibet? What is Tibet for you on the map, what regions are included?
What if the Dalai Lama doesn't want Tibet to be independent? Should he be replaced?
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"Hello? Is this Speedy Pizza? I'd like to order 10.000 pizzas for Detroit. We're at the Palace, you know the Palace? Yeah, I am serious, I'm very serious! You can't make 10.000? Just make as many as you can OK? What? My name is Bono."
- Bono on the phone during ZooTV with a pizza company, hundreds of pizza's were delivered during the encore
