regardless of my excessive anger, i remain a restricted rodent - 3 months old

Well, I have lived out the dream of every angsty middle-class teen from the mid-90's who couldn't save up their pocket money. I saw The Smashing Pumpkins live. Admittedly I didn't pay money for it, the folks organising V Festival were pretty eager to give away the tickets. It was good to see that Billy hadn't gotten any less pretentious in his old age.

Don, welcome to the world of international politics. There is always 2 (usually more) sides to any story, Tibet being no exception. A few things to note, in no particular order:
- There is no reliable source of the percentage of people who lived in serfdom. China claims nearly everyone, Tibetans claim it was a very small percentage.
- China's most recent invasion of Tibet (as the People's Republic of China) was in 1950. While much of the Western world had advanced beyond the concept of serfdom at this point, many Eastern countries still had not. It is arguable that Tibet would have advanced out of this without the help of China.
- It is unlikely that Tibet will ever gain independence from China. Even the Dalai Lama has stated that he'd be happy to be part of the PRC, provided Tibet was able to maintain it's own culture, religion and way of life.

I agree, though. It does come down to a shit-fight, for the most part.

In other news, I got a copy of Ghosts by Nine Inch Nails (just to get back to the angsty mid-90's teen theme). I've been enjoying it immensely.

Thursday, April 10, 8.40pm - pento