[Buddha-l] more tibetan self-immolations

[Stefan Detrez]

Jo

I was thinking about your style of terrorism, ninja sabotage as you call it.

Stefan

Op 9 jan. 2012 22:09 schreef "Jo" <jkirk at spro.net> het volgende:

> Stefan
> I trust that you are not considering suicide bombing as good ol' upaya
> terrorism?
> How about the idea of ninja sabotage? That doesn't imply suicide bombing,
> but it sure implies a lot of other ways to make life difficult for
> oppressors.
> Joanna
>
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> >
> >
> > I must agree, that the only non-violence way is to wait.
> >
> >
> I'm not in support of violence, especially since Tibet doesn't stand a
> chance against China, but I also think the Chinese have an advantage in the
> non-violent resistance from the Tibetans, and 'to wait' only means 'wait
> until Tibetan culture is assimilated into Chinese culture'. The Chinese
> will also applaud self-immolation, because as such, the problem solves
> itself. I also think non-violence is not a passe-partout strategy for any
> social struggle. It might have worked in India, but if the Jews and others
> in WWII would have been non-violent, the Endlösung would have been much
> more drastic and with less managerial problems for the Germans. Maybe good
> ol' upaya-like terrorism can shake the Chinese. There might not be a ground
> for that in the texts, but it will surely draw attention to the fact that
> the Tibetans won't just give up their culture.
>
> Stefan
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