Dear Mr. Collins,
Put it simply, I appreciate the protests' peaceful way of doing
demonstration instead of killing and burning, which they used in
Lhasa. I respect their rights of demonstrating while I don't agree
with their claims.
As to the policemen, I think they were just doing their job. Perhaps
you won't mind to know that a lot of discussion on the role the London
policemen played on Chinese online forums, with both two sides of
opinions, which more or less bring our discussion back to the track
rational.
With respect,
Yannan Ding
Quoting Damian Collins <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>
> D F J Wood <[log in to unmask]> wrote: I get the feeling
> that some people do not seem to understand that
> 'criticism' must be able to be universal or it is meaningless. As a
> British academic I spend a lot of time criticising my country of origin,
> its government and its power structures. I fully expect academics of
> other nations to criticise what 'Britain' does too.
>
> Speaking of which - I have read reports (such as this:
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/07/olympicgames2008.china3)
> that British Police were forcing observers of the Olympic torch
> relay in London to remove t-shirts with "Free Tibet" slogans, and
> also confiscating Tibetan flags.
>
> This seems remarkable. What is the statutory authority behind such
> police action, if any?
>
> Regards
>
> Damian Collins
>
>
>
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