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People Are Awakening to the Truth and Defending Practitioners' Rights
A Practitioner in China
(Clearwisdom.net)
"I will defend your right to enjoy the freedom of belief"
Not long ago, I had an opportunity to clarify the truth to a close friend.
When I explained to him about the abominable persecution, the oppression and the
suffering many Dafa practitioners have experienced for the last three years, in
contrast to the wide acceptance of Dafa overseas, he responded, "All our
classmates have great respect for your uncompromising spirit. I don't know what
is written in the book Zhuan Falun, but I will defend your right to enjoy
the freedom of belief."
"The Party has pushed us to its opposition"
I am a member of the Party. All my friends and relatives that practice Falun
Gong are really nice people. I simply cannot understand why the government would
persecute them. Most of them have been badly beaten after being arrested and
imprisoned. Not only were they forced to attend brainwashing classes, they had
to pay thousands of Yuan as well. I feel that the government has gone too far.
This ruthless and inhuman behavior hurts me deeply.
"I would like to read Zhuan Falun too."
Not long ago, while clarifying the truth to a few university students on the
train, I had an opportunity to tell them the truth behind the so-called "self
immolation" incident that took place in Tiananmen Square, and also about the
suppression imposed on the Dafa practitioners by Jiang's regime. They all agreed
with my point of view. One student that attends college in Changchun told me
that many people had watched the Falun Gong program when the CCTV was
intercepted that evening. Their teacher came in happily the next day after the
incident and told everyone about the Falun Gong truth clarification program as
well. Another student who attends college in Beijing said, "When the government
first began to suppress Falun Gong, I was quite supportive. But as time went by,
I noticed that most of the people arrested for practicing Falun Gong were highly
educated people. They must know something that we don't. I was more and more
suspicious of the government's intention then. Three years have gone by since,
and the government is still wondering why Falun Gong can't be suppressed.
Honestly, I would like to read the book Zhuan Falun and find out what it
is all about."
The Kindhearted American
My boss is a kindhearted American. He said to me once, "I know, you are all
good people. If any of your friends lost their job because of practicing Falun
Gong, ask them to come and see me. They can come and work for me. I am not
afraid..."
"... If they give you problems, let me know. I can hide you somewhere. If
your friends get into trouble for practicing Falun Gong, come and see me. I will
find a hiding place for them as well. I am not afraid of Jiang. I am not a
Chinese, so they can't do anything to me."
When I asked him to tell his friends about the persecution of Falun Gong, he
said, "I will certainly do that. I will let them know about everything."
Jiang "brings disaster with him everywhere he goes."
The second day after "The hail storm in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province," I
happened to visit a friend that afternoon and we talked about the disaster. Her
high school son interrupted us saying, "The hail storm must have been brought
along by Jiang. You see, two days before the disaster, I saw the news on TV at a
friend's home saying that Jiang had just arrived at Zhengzhou and would be
leaving the next day. All our friends say he brings disaster with him everywhere
he goes."
"Who would trust the Central government?"
G was my friend from the university days. It had been almost six years since
I last saw her. Recently, I ran into her again and we brought up the subject of
Falun Gong. I told her not to believe the propaganda on the TV, as they were all
lies, and very misleading. She just broke out into laughter, "Who trusts the
government nowadays? I do not watch the news from the TV. They are all
fabrications anyway. A friend told me that he always skipped the first twenty
minutes of the news and only watched the last section when the international
news came on. Many of our friends are tired of listening to the propaganda and
the persecution of Falun Gong. But what else can we do? The media is under the
control of the government."
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