Wondering why there is not a forum for Tibet? Acknowledgement the annexation of Tibet by China is one thing, acknowledgement to respect the different cultures, race and entity of Tibetans and Tibet herself is another (thing). Why Tibet is submerge and disappear as a seperate entity after all Tibet is big in size and part of Asia does she not?<br><br>Post edited by: Mynmyat, at: 2008/03/15 06:01

Hi Mynmyat

Go to the forums &quot;China, Hong Kong and Taiwan&quot;, you will find a forum called &quot;The Tibet question&quot;, please contribute

Jacques

Hi Jacques,

Thanks for the kind advice. True, it is great for people who do not care whether Tibet is under China or not and also there are people who does care AND sensitive not to acknowledge the annexation of Tibet and Tibetans as part of China and Chinese. I am just contributing my &quot;argument&quot; on the issue of Independence of Tibet and Tibetans. Of course this will arouse many Chinese who like to annex land and people and create the &quot;Great transparent 21st Century Wall&quot; of Chinese empire that stretches or swallows the entire Asia including South East Asia one by one or even as a group simultaneously. Did you notice something in Burma forum? People who support SPDC writes only under the heading of the supporter of SPDC authors. I am Burmese and I know about Burmese very well. Long ago in OLD AO forum it was I who started this kind of behavior by writing under MY heading only. Many start to realize that and start doing themselves by refraining to write under the ones (authors) that they don't like. To be more clear or for clarification, Burma and Burmese are very superstitious country and people. Writing under an author's heading that they don't like, makes them inferior complex and thus they won't write under the heading of the author they dispised. This is Burmese nature. Even the top Generals who ruled Burma since 1962 to date still practice this psychotic practice and they are truly deeply superstitious. They rule the nation with favorite numbers, they make or print money that can be divided by a certain number. They even move the Capital City from Rangoon/Yangon to Naypyitaw. These are not fictitious fictions, these are true facts. So what I'm saying is or my point is, there are superstitious people and there are people who are not superstitious. Writing about Tibet UNDER or INCLUDED or PART of China forum is like succumb or acknowledging Tibet as &quot;PART&quot; of China. For semi superstitious people like me this won't happened. I see Tibet as Tibet and so is Burma as Burma. No matter how much China had accomplished in annexing Tibet or even tries to annex Burma, to me THE TRUTH REMAINS THE SAME. TRUTH can never be erased nor altered. I stand vigorously on the side of the TRUTH and not on the side of the REALITY for all things MUST past and nothing is permanent including &quot;reality&quot; that we see today will be an ancient history one day and can be changed. Many examples of ancient Empires of conquering colonial hegemonic annexers like China had shown they disappear one day. It may take a decade or centuries but the reality itself changes with time/era. Maybe many will hate me or dispise me but that's OK with me. I choose my ground and I will stand on my ground.
When the US reps met with SPDC officials they do not go to Burma but instead both SPDC reps and US reps met in China? Why? They choose the middle ground where no side acknowledges nothing. Sorry, I regard Tibet/Tibetans as a sovereign independent Nation.

Regards,

ZynnYaw (Knowledgeable Knight)

Dear ZynnYaw,

I read you, Mynmyat, and others regulary.

Yes, when I opened the forum &quot;The Tibet question &quot; I put it in &quot;China, Taiwan, Hongkong&quot; because I din't find where to put it more geographically closed.

That don't means, that I think that Tibet is a part of China

If you look what I wrote in that forum and if you look the Political cartoon I post yerterday (14 March) What to you think where is my heart ?<br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2008/03/15 18:46

Dear Jacques,

Thanks for reading my/our posts. It is a pleasure to contribute something to AO in every way that I/we can big or small, right or wrong, beautiful or ugly, common sense or nonsense. In fact I've been a member since the year 2001 to date.


regards,

Mynmyat.

My dear Mynmyat

Your are probabely an older A.O. member than me. I just joined in February last year as an ordinary member, and I have always this free status.

When John (Sandwan) suggested me to be active in the forums because he was attrated by my profile, I was not very interested, because I thank, at this time, that I have others things to do than to be involved in this kind of things.

I just tried some times to please to him and I had fascinating exchanges with others members, mainly on Burma.

I am an Asia watcher, but mainly a China one. I have been several times to Tibet with a lot of Dalai Lama pictures to give to everybody, and as a French official, in the 1880's I plead for Beijing to have an agreement with the current Dalai Lama.

I was expecting what is now happening in Lhasa... but for next year

Don't hesitate to write to me, through a forum or a personnal message, and using anyone of your names. If you want, I will give you my personnal E-mail adress

I am, as you, an ordinary member of A.O. but I want to help it because it is a wonderfull place to fight for freedom in Asia : in Burma, in Tibet, in Malaysia, in the Philippes... but I do it by small touchs by shared articles, political cartoons, by &quot;Jacques eyes on Asia&quot;, Picture of the the day.

Drop by drop we will win <br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2008/03/16 00:09

My dear Mynmyat

Your are probabely an older A.O. member than me. I just joined in February last year as an ordinary member, and I have always this free status.

When John (Sandwan) suggested me to be active in the forums because he was attrated by my profile, I was not very interested, because I thank, at this time, that I have others things to do than to be involved in this kind of things.

I just tried some times to please to him and I had fascinating exchanges with others members, mainly on Burma.

I am an Asia watcher, but mainly a China one. I have been several times to Tibet with a lot of Dalai Lama pictures to give to everybody, and as a French official, in the 1880's I plead for Beijing to have an agreement with the current Dalai Lama.

I was expecting what is now happening in Lhasa... but for next year

Don't hesitate to write to me, through a forum or a personnal message, and using anyone of your names. If you want, I will give you my personnal E-mail adress

I am, as you, an ordinary member of A.O. but I want to help it because it is a wonderfull place to fight for freedom in Asia : in Burma, in Tibet, in Malaysia, in the Philippes... but I do it by small touchs by shared articles, political cartoons, by &quot;Jacques eyes on Asia&quot;, Picture of the the day.

Drop by drop we will win

Impressive Jacques,

Ah huh! You do notice and accept the multiple usernames and identities of mine. See, when John (Founder) of AO run his website he had good and reliable friends namely you, Zia and Linsi helping him with helping hands as “Moderators“. John is lucky you know. John is smart you know and intelligent too not to mention a professionally trained journalist. I read his article of encountering with spdc plain clothes agents while he visited Burma and that “shadows’’ makes him uncomfortable for John met with Aung San Suu Kyi herself in person. He is lucky to meet with Daw Suu for as a journalist it is very difficult even to get a visa to enter Burma for this ultra secretive isolated regime that has no mercy, compassion, dignity, integrity and honesty and they want to blind the world. Evil doers are never transparent anyway for they always have something to hide. Let’s put aside of this sleazy spdc for a while and talk about AO and most important about the moderators and like.
First of all I would like to acknowledge the Founder, Admin and of course the Moderators who created and make this site one of the most attractive and interesting site for Asia. As an Asian American I do admire all you guys and gals excellent work to make this site a great site with wonderful features. All of you guys and gals efforts are seen and proven by looking at this site. No need for farther explanation. Although you may think you are ordinary like us (members) you are not and I will like to point out. You are like the right hand man for John. Your contribution is unimaginable for the expertees of your career, knowledge and experiences that you had gone through throughout your lifetime. A well life long experience person like you is a valuable asset for John. Don’t you think so? At least that’s what I think. One can plainly see the immense contribution you had done for AO. No doubt about it. It is not the style one writes or correct spellings or grammar or statement or high flown words…………it is the genuine, authentic, feelings, moods, expressions of a writer that comes from his/her heart and mind/brain sharing his/her thoughts in different diverse reactions good or bad, happy or sad, intelligent or arrogant and so on revealing the true human nature/expression makes this person or persons the essence of humanity, the liveliness and real emotions that makes this person a wonderful person writer indeed. Burma or Myanmar is not everything in this site, in fact Burma is only a part of Asia (the bigger picture) and some people tends to forget about that. In fact Burma is a problematic child of Asia. I had once read that AO was block by the junta regime of Burma. If that is the fact AO did something very extremely good for a bad regime to block! That is my understanding. You know and I know that bad or evil cannot stand good, goodwill and goodness. Yeah?

Best Regards to you with good health, wealth and happiness to you Sir Jacques,

Cheers to all.

P.S. I think Mynmyat will appreciate my response. Don't you think so? <br><br>Post edited by: Paradoxan, at: 2008/03/16 18:56

Hi Paradoxan,

How I could have missed your last message

Thanks for your good words.

Yes I try to help A.O. to be one of the most attractive website, because I like the concept. I never met John and you seams to known better on him than me.

For me, I just try to be a free man, trying to understand everyone even if I am opposed to what he is doing. I always put me on question : I am sure of what I think ?