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Four Humble Truths by Lhasang Tsering(Tibetan Refugee living in India):

* Freedom is a basic necessity
* Freedom will not come by waiting
* Freedom must be fought for and won
* Freedom is not free

To state that freedom is a basic necessity is to say that, unlike brute animals, for human beings it is not enough simply to have food and shelter. We need something else called dignity. And dignity can only come with freedom. I believe it bears repeating that by freedom I mean national political freedom. When human beings decided to walk on two feet it was not simply a matter of pragmatism — to free our hands from the single function of providing locomotion to do other things. And we have done a great many things with our hands. I believe the decision to walk on two feet was also a decision to have our head held high. Therefore, for human beings to live with dignity, freedom is a basic necessity.
The national political freedom I am referring to being man-made, and not a part of our original natural state; it cannot and will not come without direct human effort and action. And, unlike the morning sun or the evening star; unlike the summer’s rain or the winter’s snow, this man-made national political freedom will not come by waiting.
Since freedom will not come by waiting, it follows that freedom must be fought for and won. As Tagore once wrote in one of his letters to Gandhi, "...we have to win our freedom before we can own it."
Finally, to say that freedom is not free is to say that there is a price for freedom. The price for freedom is not paid in dollars; it is paid in the currency of life and blood. And, until and unless this generation is willing and able to pay the price for freedom — the next generation will not be free.
In short, we cannot and we will not regain our lost freedom simply by talking about it or even by praying, hoping and waiting for it. We must rise up and fight for freedom.

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I wish you well :) Melek

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." ~ President Reagan

It's a shame how this country does so much business and have so much dependency on China. I say screw them until they open politically and respect human rights, if we have to pay a price with our own economy for that, then so be it.
No business with dictators, Chinese, Cuban, Venezuelan, ... whoever. Yeah, I know that won't happen, our business with China will just keep growing, shameful...

Question...and please excuse my ignorance on the subject. Who are the U.S. based people/groups behind the protest? Are they the same ones who support Castro and wear Che t-shirts? Or the opposite?

Thanks!

"I say screw them until they open politically and respect human rights, if we have to pay a price with our own economy for that, then so be it." You must not be very familiar with the American belief that money trumps everything. The moment the Chinese stop buying our debt we will have an economic collapse the likes of which will make the Great Depression look like a paseito por el parque.

That's what I said that won't happen, I was just venting my frustration. Our dependency on China has grown up out of control.

The Chinese situation saddens me almost as much as the Cuban situation and this country doesn’t seem to care.

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