melissa sent me a link today from work (she must be so busy). anyway, it talked about the 18th anniversary of the Tianamen Square massacre. something i dont know much about, but had the opportunity to experience the place when i visited there in december of last year. i cant really explain it, but i had an uneasy feeling being there. the day was kind of gloomy and cloudy, as you can kind of see from the picture, so that might have had something to do with setting the mood. and it might have had to do with the fact that i was kind of picturing what it must have been like to be there on that day when tanks rolled in and the government and military slaughtered a large number of student protesters. check out the link for some more pictures and a better story than i could write. thanks melissa.
http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/04/212762.aspx
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Thanks for sharing about the Tianamen Square Massacre. I really did not know much about this event and how it actually all happend. I did some more research and found some interesting but disturbing info on the massacre. Other cultures are had to understand sometime, but the thought of fellow Country men slaughtering their own youth with out external pressure is crazy. Then hunting down all youth protest leaders after the smoke cleared to squelch any more free thought...
Trying not take my freedom of speach for granted,
Kori Jones
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