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Tibet "Disappears" From Google Earth
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igotthisguitar



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 4:51 am    Post subject: Tibet "Disappears" From Google Earth Reply with quote








http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/18/google_tibet/
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Julius



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 4:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Next up: "Taiwan" shows no results. Rolling Eyes
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VanIslander



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!

PostPosted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 5:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Google continues to kowtow to the repressive regime in order to keep their foot in the world's most populated country.








(see the irony of my word choice?)
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Julius



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 5:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

VanIslander wrote:
Google continues to kowtow to the repressive regime in order to keep their foot in the world's most populated country.


Do they have to label The sea of Japan as the "East sea" in order to operate in korea?
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mindmetoo



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah let's all return Tibet to being an oppressive theocracy!
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igotthisguitar



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mindmetoo wrote:
Yeah let's all return Tibet to being an oppressive theocracy!


Get a life, flamer.
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The Great Wall of Whiner



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

igotthisguitar wrote:
mindmetoo wrote:
Yeah let's all return Tibet to being an oppressive theocracy!


Get a life, flamer.


Ditto.
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mindmetoo



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 3:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

igotthisguitar wrote:
mindmetoo wrote:
Yeah let's all return Tibet to being an oppressive theocracy!


Get a life, flamer.


bahahahahahahahahahaha
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Ya-ta Boy



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 3:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
Get a life, flamer.


Quote:
Ditto.


Just what practical measures do you propose to take to free Tibet and how far are you willing to go to achieve your goal? Please be specific.
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igotthisguitar



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 5:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ya-ta Boy wrote:
Quote:
Get a life, flamer.


Quote:
Ditto.


Just what practical measures do you propose to take to free Tibet and how far are you willing to go to achieve your goal? Please be specific.


Ask the Dalai Lama Wink
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Ya-ta Boy



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was asking you.
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mindmetoo



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

igotthisguitar wrote:
Ya-ta Boy wrote:
Quote:
Get a life, flamer.


Quote:
Ditto.


Just what practical measures do you propose to take to free Tibet and how far are you willing to go to achieve your goal? Please be specific.


Ask the Dalai Lama Wink


Glad to see you continue your fine tradition of specifics and having concrete ideas. How do you ever even decide on a what toothpaste to buy? "Hmmm which of these has mind control chemicals?"
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Ilsanman



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Search for East Sea and see what you get. Or better yet, Takeshima/Dokdo/Lioncourt Rocks.
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igotthisguitar



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 6:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tibetans Forced To Oppose Dalai Lama's Return
Sun Jan 6, 1:33 AM
By Benjamin Kang Lim

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have been forcing Tibetans to sign a petition opposing the Dalai Lama's return, a London-based group said, in apparent retaliation for the award of a high U.S. honor to Tibet's spiritual leader.

President George W. Bush gave the exiled god-king the Congressional Gold Medal in Washington in October, infuriating Beijing. It came on the heels of the Dalai Lama's reception by German Chancellor Angela Merkel in September.

The Dalai Lama, 72, has lived in exile in India since fleeing his predominantly Buddhist homeland in 1959 after a failed uprising against Communist rule.

Closed-door talks between Beijing and his envoys have made little progress.

"The Chinese authorities are really stepping up their anti-Dalai Lama rhetoric and propaganda," Anne Holmes, acting director of the Free Tibet Campaign, said in an e-mail on Sunday.

During a public meeting in December in Lithang in the Kham area of Gansu province, which is populated largely by Tibetans, residents were asked to raise their hands if they opposed the Dalai Lama's return.

No one obliged, the campaign group said.

Residents were then asked to raise their hands if they did not have weapons at home. As it is illegal to possess firearms, everyone raised their hand. A photo was then taken and sent to state media, claiming residents were opposed to the Dalai Lama's return, the Free Tibet Campaign said.

Also in December, secretaries and accountants in townships in Gansu were invited on a nationwide tour paid for by the government, the group said.

FORCED TO SIGN

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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/080106/..._china_tibet_dc
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VanIslander



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

the Chinese weren't too happy either when the Dalai Lama became an honorary Canadian citizen Laughing
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