Hmm. CNN seems to have troubled hackers who didn't like all that pesky "Tibet human rights violations" reporting.

Hackers Cancel Attack on CNN

A planned cyberattack against CNN's Web site fizzled out Saturday as the group backing the event called it off.

"Our original plan for 19 April has been canceled because too many people are aware of it and the situation is chaotic," wrote a group called "Revenge of the Flame," according to a translation posted on the Dark Visitor Blog. "At an unspecified date in the near future, we will launch the attack."

Pro-China hackers had called for the attack in protest of the news network's coverage of Tibet, which they believe has been overly critical of China. Participants had been instructed to flood CNN's Web site with Internet traffic in hopes of knocking it offline, something known as a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080419/tc_pcworld/144850;_ylt=Aj0kJYTA1BR0RqhjAizH6DO73MMF

Overly critical. Can't anyone see the good part about China taking over Tibet?

http://graphics.jsonline.com/graphics/photographer/20/20534_large.jpg

The Chinese need to learn that if they want to be imperialist pricks, the rest of the world is going to hate them for it.

...Can't anyone see the good part about China taking over Tibet?

i am imaginatively challenged
what good parts?

http://graphics.jsonline.com/graphics/photographer/20/20534_large.jpg

Yes, the American consumer - like everyone who uses Chinese products - has a role in this. But what about the European protestors, who like to put the torch out? What about everyone else? Or do they get a say but not Yanks?

Yes, the American consumer - like everyone who uses Chinese products - has a role in this. But what about the European protestors, who like to put the torch out? What about everyone else? Or do they get a say but not Yanks?

Nope, only the yanks. :p

I think the matter will solve its self once china undergoes another revolution, time will tell when that happens.

That will be quite awhile. The youth today is apathetic in China. Not until things go downhill economically will "the masses" (and China has quite a mass, and they'll have more of a mass pretty quick here) be willing to change anything.

That will be quite awhile. The youth today is apathetic in China. Not until things go downhill economically will "the masses" (and China has quite a mass, and they'll have more of a mass pretty quick here) be willing to change anything.

When do you think things are going to go downhill economically? I would put a bet around when Oil peaks and production can't keep up with demand, causing a world wide depression, say 2015 or sooner. China having all these new middle class people suddenly piss poor again, starving, I think they are going to get very active.

The main thing that people don't understand about the Free Tibet aspect is that It's not a bunch of Liberal Democrats asking for their province's freedom and their own rule, but a religion wanting to place their religious leader as the head of that state.

Technically freeing Tibet from China just to place it into the hands of a single non-democratically appointed leader isn't much of an option.

The only way for a country or newly free province to exist is to have a balance of who runs the country, otherwise a single individual only requires a little pressure to give in to certain peoples demands. For instance what if a Drug cartel backed the appointed leader, allowing a rogue state to be developed?

In all essence there is more politics than just what's perceived at face value by those that are just thinking about their spiritual centre.

The main thing that people don't understand about the Free Tibet aspect is that It's not a bunch of Liberal Democrats asking for their province's freedom and their own rule, but a religion wanting to place their religious leader as the head of that state.

Technically freeing Tibet from China just to place it into the hands of a single non-democratically appointed leader isn't much of an option.

The only way for a country or newly free province to exist is to have a balance of who runs the country, otherwise a single individual only requires a little pressure to give in to certain peoples demands. For instance what if a Drug cartel backed the appointed leader, allowing a rogue state to be developed?

In all essence there is more politics than just what's perceived at face value by those that are just thinking about their spiritual centre.

I think I remember the Dali Lama asking for a democratic Tibet, not a theocratic Tibet.

I think I remember the Dali Lama asking for a democratic Tibet, not a theocratic Tibet.

Well I haven't to admit I might have a misconception since I don't actually know, however I've heard concerns raised from the Chinese side in regards to how it's being handled. It was along the lines of "The West is against us and hates us", very difficult to rationalise with people that feel "cornered".

That will be quite awhile. The youth today is apathetic in China. Not until things go downhill economically will "the masses" (and China has quite a mass, and they'll have more of a mass pretty quick here) be willing to change anything.

The youth today didn't know about Tiananmen. I think thats why they're apathetic. It's sad really.

The youth today didn't know about Tiananmen. I think thats why they're apathetic. It's sad really.

Actually they do, They just know how it ended :(

The amount of censorship going on over there is heavy, they don't want the chinese speaking to outside of China because obviously any interaction with "the free world" potentially undermines their control and lessens their productivity.)

The problem is that their system is based upon centuries of dynasties where Fear is the controller of the masses. Obviously those dynasties were forged by blood and steel. The best way for their population to rebel is for the youth to learn and to pass on their teachings to their children until they breed out the controllers that run the country. After all people only live for so long, so it's easy to replace ideologies.