Quote Originally Posted by DemonArchangel View Post
Cruelty: So?
I told you, I happen to loathe it.
Stupidity: I don't see anything stupid about the occupation of Tibet.
Maybe you can answer your own question.

Let me remind you of post #17 where you said: 'Tibet has been...to put it politely, a of unimaginable proportions.'

You seem to be veering from one proposition to the next, even if they are contradictory, as long as it allows you to defend the present regime. Why don't you admit to its gruesome aspects? Like you said, every civilization has its episodes of mass cruelty. Why deny them as such? I don't mind being reminded of the Holocaust, which is a black hole in European civlization. I don't identify with those who perpetrated it, or with those who deny it. Heck, even Marxism, the very ideology that helped wreak havoc in your country for decades, is of European origin. We 'invented' modern (i.e. ideologically or scientifically justified) mass murder. I'm not proud of those 'achievements', nor do I deny them. Why should you deny or defend the horrible episodes in recent Chinese history caused by one-party rule and insane economic policies?