Teribus,

"As to saving the culture of Tibet, that can only be done by Tibetans." Superb! I think you're playing devils advocate here Mr. T - but I'll rise to the bait. This is like saying the only way the Native Americans could keep their culture and tribal lands was by doing it themselves - and we all know what happened there, or the Jews could have saved themselves from the Holocaust etc. They don't actually have a choice in this matter.

As a race we have a collective resposibilty to keep our cutural diveristy, and cultures like Tibet need help every now and then, because not everyone with a big gun is right.

"Come on, that's a bit of a stretch isn't it" The Tibetans don't think so. Your following comment I would agree with.

Ard - "Might is right and always will be, pity the poor country that tries to save it`s culture with a gun pointing at it." Too true.

"Batman Bush and Robin Blair" - Bizarrely enough, Boy George has met and talked with the DL, as recently as last year, much to the disgust of the Chinese (which is what Tone is thinking about). One can hope his motives are that he wants to make the world a better place and fight injustice, but I believe it's more likely he wanted to needle the Chinese and let them know who's boss.