Teribus - your normal fine debating ability seems to have deserted you in this case. Obviously distracted by the


Get Dalia Lama to talk to Chinese - first small step

Or, get the Chinese to talk to the Dalai Lama.

The Dalai Lama has been trying to talk to the Chinese for years, have a look here
for the latest installments on that. I think it's diffcult to reason with somebody who is intent on destroying your culture and occupying your country especially in the case of an authoritarian regeime with WMDs and a huge army.


fuck-all to do with UK

So eloquently put, and wrong. But, like Iraq, has a lot to do with the Britain, as a read of this
will tell you.

After having made our point to the Chinese what do we then do if they ignore it? - Not talk to them? Pretend they don't exist?

What, like your mates in NI do with each other? Doesn't work. Innocent people die (not good -remember?) Dialogue is the only way forward, and that is the point of getting the UK invoved.

Iraq + Oil = war + big contracts for western business.

Libya + Oil = grandstanding Prime Minister (who may, I accept, be right in this case) + big contracts for western business.

Tibet + Yaks = UK (led by Tone and cronies) stands idly by while only truly peaceful culture on earth destroyed + big contracts for western business in China (who we don't want to upset over the fate of a few Tibetans with vast untapped mineral desposits).