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Re:Popular Tibetan singer Tsewang Norbu dies of self-immolat... by 1024core on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @07:26PM (#30693297)
.... says the person comparing Tibet to Saudi Arabia.
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Re:Popular Tibetan singer Tsewang Norbu dies of self-immolat... by whimsicalism on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @07:31PM (#30693348)
What? It was the person I was replying to making comparisons with Saudi Arabia, I was merely responding.
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Re:Popular Tibetan singer Tsewang Norbu dies of self-immolat... by 1024core on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @08:03PM (#30693579)
> but are you at all familiar with the history of pre-CCP Tibet? Their "theocracy" was likely worse than Saudi Arabias
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Re:Popular Tibetan singer Tsewang Norbu dies of self-immolat... by whimsicalism on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @08:05PM (#30693594)
Yes, now read one comment up where Saudi Arabia is mentioned as a comparison with other theocracies, such as Tibet.

Tibet was much more closer to SA (rigidly authoritarian, brutal punishments) than Pakistan (democratic election of leaders, less chopping off of people's limbs)

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