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Back to Goslar, Germany to Clarify the Truth
By a German practitioner
(Clearwisdom.net) When Jiang Zemin visited Goslar, Germany in
April even the manhole covers to the sewers were welded shut, as shown in a
photo carried in Goslar's newspaper (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2002/4/29/21487.html).
Goslar residents were very angry at Jiang's visit. Some people also helped Falun
Gong practitioners display banners.
On August 19, five of us went to Goslar again to clarify the
truth to local government officials, mass media, churches and non-government
organizations. A staff member of a political party mentioned he was regretful
for not being able to find any yellow clothes; otherwise he would take to street
with us. An assistant to the Mayor told us that our peace and sincerity are
obvious to everyone.
A Roman Catholic priest said that we had done the right
thing. He suggested we talk to people from all walks of life. The general public
still vividly remembered the overly tight security measures during Jiang's
visit. Not only did they regard it as something inconceivable, but they were
also angry at the matter. When we told them that a female student from China had
been detained for nine hours without decent reasons and that a German national's
flyers, photos and personal books were confiscated by police on his way to
Goslar for a peaceful protest, they were shocked and said that they didn't know
the situation was so serious.
Then we told them about the incidents in Iceland, Hong Kong
and Cambodia. We told them that the persecution of Falun Gong was not simply a
China issue, as there were many other countries affected by Jiang's influence in
the past four months. In particular, three of them have long been known for
their democracy and freedom. If we don't stop Jiang's evildoing in the world
altogether now, the persecution may spread to more countries, leading to
disasters for the people in these countries. After listening to our
explanations, those with a sense of justice asked, "What are you going to
do? Hire lawyers?" Some of them even said that we should sue the German
policemen.
In the course of our clarification of truth in Goslar, we
found that their understanding of Falun Gong was that Falun Gong is peaceful and
persecuted. They supported Falun Gong simply because of their earnestness and
sense of justice, but they didn't really understand much about Falun Gong and
the reasons for the persecution. I think that should be the major content of our
next stage of profound, penetrating, and delicate clarification. As a result, we
immediately applied for permission to hold a Falun Dafa Information Day ten days
later. The day before the event, we talked with local police officials about
their unfair treatment of Falun Dafa practitioners during Jiang 's visit to
Goslar.
Goslar city residents said there were more rainy days this
past summer than ever before. In the two days we stayed there, Goslar had
torrential rain. Once it even rained with roaring thunder, which is a rare
occurrence in Germany. The phenomenon reminded us of the recent serious flooding
in Germany, and we knew that all this was by no means an accident.
The process of clarification also requires us to intensify
our righteous thoughts. We gradually understood that we must let more people
know that the measures taken by the German government and police during Jiang's
visit had not been righteous, and that what we are doing is simply rescuing
people from disaster.
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