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A Non-Practitioner's View: Don't Assume Good People Can be Easily Pushed Around
By Hu Ping
(Clearwisdom.net) On April 3, 2002, several dozen Chinese and American
Falun Gong practitioners jointly filed a civil lawsuit with the U.S. Federal
Court in Washington DC against the Chinese Ministry of State Security, Ministry
of Public Security and Chinese Central Television (CCTV), alleging a systematic
and violent campaign of criminal activities on U.S. soil, violating basic civil
rights of Falun Gong practitioners in the United States, as well as the rights
protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.
This is Falun Gong's new approach to resisting their cruel persecution by
Jiang's regime. According to Washington DC civil rights lawyer Martin F.
McMahon, this is the first civil lawsuit that involves the protection of freedom
and privacy rights and interests in the United States, where the defendants are
foreign government departments.
The actual and historic significance of this lawsuit cannot be overestimated.
At the very least, it will send a serious message to those Chinese departments
that rampantly violated US laws.
Besides widespread wiretapping and threatening messages, claims brought forth
by Falun Gong practitioners also include: destruction of a car by fire, the
beating of a Falun Gong practitioner outside a Chinese consulate, break-in and
robbery of Falun Gong practitioner's home. These claims were acknowledged long
ago. People in the Chinese community often hear, "The Communist Party is so
terrible, they even bully people in the United States." Many overseas
democracy advocates have reported similar experiences. This lawsuit not only
serves as a sharp warning to the dictator and his accomplices, but also sets an
example for more people to take similar actions in the future.
We are reminded of the recent incident in which the Guangzhou Daily, a
Chinese Communist Party newspaper in Guangzhou City, published two of Li
Hongzhi's articles. Less than one month after the cable TV network in Changchun
City broadcast the Falun Gong video, this new incident really amazed people.
At this point, who could doubt the determined vitality of Falun Gong? Two
years ago, Jiang said, "I don't believe I can not rule Falun Gong."
However, the fact is that it is impossible for Jiang to rule Falun Gong.
People make mistakes, often because they think of others from their own
perspectives. Jiang believes in omnipotent coercion, a reflection of his
mentality. Those who treat others cruelly reflect their own cowardice. Jiang
apparently thinks, "If I were you, facing such cruel suppression, I would
have already surrendered long ago." Those who "don't believe they
cannot rule you" really don't believe that people can adhere to their
beliefs without yielding to strong coercion.
Nearly three years have passed, simply this campaign to suppress Falun Gong
willfully by resorting to every conceivable means is enough to put Jiang on the
list of tyrants. The question now is: which of Jiang's successors will want to
continue to bear the bad names.
The Jewish people go in hot pursuit of Nazi criminals. Though these criminals
conceal their identities and hide in remote corners of the world, the Jewish
people never give up until they track them down. With seriousness,
determination, carefulness and firmness, the Jewish people have succeeded in
nailing the Nazi criminals to the historic pillar of shame. The Nazi persecution
of the Jews became an indelible common memory of all mankind, leaving a powerful
message to later generations: "Never forget and never let it happen
again." Chinese people are often criticized as "slack, with only five
minutes of enthusiasm." But when you look at Falun Gong's tenacious
persistence, it is not necessarily so.
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