We are challenged to see alternative realities as valid and to see how we can mutually benefit. Since reality is a creation of discourse, then we are all in a sense creating each other both in a micro and macro sense. The exciting thing about Postmodernity is that it celebrates in the diversity as opposed to a Rational approach of paradigm conflicts. Having written the last paragraph and running the risk of sounding Pollyanna, lets examine the events in Tibet in the nakedness of the power relation it shares with China. Under the guise of freeing or liberating Tibet from the corrupt theocracy - this alone should cause lights to flash everywhere.
Lets revisit the validity issue and the denouncing of one construct to privilege the other.
Remember, China came to Tibet, not the other way around. If we peel the Onion and really examine what is going on here the issue is not equal validity but a power relation. The power matrix that evolved exposes a peaceful nations taken over by a more aggressive one. Lets not fool ourselves anymore. The real issue here is economics - resources and markets.