The flags of tyranny shamelessly flew over the MERDEKA Square.
MERDEKA means independence.
Read Kuala Lumpur for a Free Tibet for the background story.
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[1626] Of flags as red as the blood on their hands
The flags of tyranny shamelessly flew over the MERDEKA Square.
MERDEKA means independence.
Read Kuala Lumpur for a Free Tibet for the background story.
17 replies on “[1626] Of flags as red as the blood on their hands”
[…] police made threats and frankly, I did feel scare (but definitely not as bad as the one at Dataran Merdeka a couple of months back) but I realized in the end, neither sides were prepared to escalate the […]
I must disagree. Post-colonial history suggests that it is better for constitutions and democratic institutions to enjoy popular support before transfers of power are executed – otherwise there is little guarantee of protection for dissent afterwards. Future generations may once again have to dream of “an opportunity”; libertarians don’t generally allow one-off contracts to slavery either to themselves or their descendants.
Not all forms of government are equal and it’s perfectly moral for us to support certain movements within a foreign polity over others – in the same way we support certain American presidential candidates or British party leaders. I am looking for a Tibetan party-in-embryo to support.