From: fstawit@icomp01.lerc.nasa.gov (Tawit Chitsomboon)
Subject: Re: What About Tibet?
Originator: fstawit@marge
Organization: Institute for Computational Mechanics in Propulsion
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 11:48:59 GMT


Hi Friends,

It's me again, the one who was accused as instigator of hatred.
However, I'm fully convinced that I'm a promoter of understanding
and compassion among fellow human beings. So I'll try one more
time toward such direction. 

I receive a few emails with apologetic, consoling, encouraging words
from both Chinese and non-Chinese alike.
Thank you very much for your kinds words. Please do understand that
I'm very much respectful of the Chinese culture and civilization
which is of my father's and my wife's. Part of the reasons that I posted
about Tibet was because I would like to see China being regarded
by the world community as 'civilized', as she has always been for
thousands of years. China deserves nothing less than that.

Surprisingly, I received no private flaming emails at all. This,
in a way, parallels a Thai proverb that says "Scold hir at hes face but
praise hir behind hes back". Seems very civilized to me :-)

I'm sorry that I didn't respond to many specific questions asked by
various netters. I just don't feel that it'll lead us to any
fruitful conclusion. 

The response from netters that moved me most was:
"Please leave us alone, we just want happiness" (or something like that).
I'm sure that the Tibetans use this sentence more often than
anybody on earth. If the CCP will only listen.....

Even from the point of view of economic prosperity alone, without
any consideration for morality, I think it'll be better for China
to let Tibet goes. What could you derive from such a barren land
like Tibet? It'll only suck out the Hans' development money to develop
Tibet in order to show to the world community that "See! we came
in and help improve their living conditions." No matter how much
more developed Tibet will become, insofaras she is not free, the
Western media will continue to give China negative coverages with
exaggeration of all the news concerning Tibet. Collectively, those
news will help paint China as barbaric. In the long run, it'll
hurt China economic development and foreign trade, if not already.
Like it or not, until she is free, Tibet will continue to be a big
deep scar on China's national forehead -- very hard to conceal.

In reality, most Hans will never and can never live in the harsh, barren,
, cold, high-altitude land of Tibet. It requires long-term human evolution
to be able to endure such harsh living conditions. Only Tibetans
prove to the world that they are the only human species being able to endure
and prosper in such environment (they even suffered from low-altitude
sickness living in the 'high-altitude' Northern India :-).
Many Chinese immigrants are now migrating to Tibet. Even to the
lower altitude part of it, they have suffered tremendously from
high-altitude sicknesses. They were there because of incentives
from CCP to swamp the population with Hans to justify their territory
acquisition based on number of population. I suspect that they'll
run toward the low fertile land as soon as the incentives are lifted.

Being  land-locked, and mountain-locked like it is, Where
could Tibet goes except turning to China for help? China could then
profitably trade with Tibet for the prosperity of both countries.
Moreover, Tibet will be a natural buffer zone for Indo-Chinese conflicts;
and China need not waste lots of money financing troops in the border
areas with India either. The money could then be used to develop 
the national economy which is much needed in most areas.

All thing considered, I think it'll be better off for China to let
Tibet goes. Of course, a  lone, part-time hatred-instigator like me 
can only suggest, the decision is up to the peace-loving Chinese populace.

Assuming that I am successful in brainwashing most of netters (and
hopefully some CCP officials, too), may I suggest further that, at
the latest, China lets Tibet go by 1997. The timing would be perfect
for China because Hong Kong will become part of her mother land again
by that year. All the world's eyes will be focusing onto such an
enormous and emotional event. It'll be a grand showcase for China to
let the entire world knows that China is now emerging as a world leader
in all fields, including morality.

Meanwhile, the PLA deployed in Tibet could send further goodwills to
the Tibetan people by stoping all forms of cruelty and help restore
all the temples and other infrastructures that were destroyed during
the occupation. The gov should stop sending Han masses to swamp Tibet
by stopping  the incentive program. When the Dalai Lama and the Tibetans 
in exile go back home, they will thus be rejoice and be thankful to the 
Chinese, which means a good beginning of a new prosperous friendship of the
two nations. 

BTW, don't forget to remove the slave's skin from the Potala Palace 
before leaving Lhasa :-)


Praise be to those who are righteous.
-Tawit

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