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@idle tuesday:

no, but there is one timeless adage, "you're just digging a deeper hole for yourself".

Comparing China's relation to that between Germany and Austria-Hungary actually makes your arguments worse, if only because Germany and Austria really do share much of the same culture.

Secondly, this whole 'free tibet!' nonsense has gone on far too long. Just because someone preaches universal love doesn't mean they should be forgiven for having the eyeballs torn out of people who steal sheep from the monarchy. China likened Tibet much as we likened the western half of the united states to our "manifest destiny". Like some poster said above, it's easier to demand justice when it only inconveniences others...

bght th lst prnt y ftrd n bngbng by Lr Lvn, f cmmn brds n th S. Bt ths s rlly prtty drdfl, mn. t's lk vrythng bd bt Gnrtn X mxd wth Wb-2.0 nd th Xn Jrdn sthtc (thgh spps ths s xctly why y'r ftrng t n BB - gss 'll g wy nw...)

Obviously you've never heard of Nature's harmonious 4-sided time-cube.