Let us all send such a message to the local government

Condemn the violence before talking about the rest

Disregarding your opinions toward the independence movement of Tibet, it has become clear to everyone at this moment that horrible violence was committed by the rioters in Lhasa. They stabbed people to death and burnt down houses, with civilians trapped inside.

It must be self-evident to the civilized world that violence should never be tolerated as a step toward any solution. If such horrible things happened any where else, the very first thing a responsible government must do is to condemn the violence. Only after that, one can talk about the rest, such as the government restraint and peaceful solutions.

We, however, have yet to see any government of the western countries, including XXX, publicly, unconditionally and unambiguously condemn the violence broke out in Lhasa. Instead, they all jumped right into the second step asking Chinese government to “show restraint”. We believe that such an intentional omission is against the conscience of everyone and morally inexcusible. While violence on the street is sympathized or even encouraged, asking the local government to “show restraint” is only hypocritical and promoting mistrust.

In view of that, we Chinese overseas, united together, strongly urge Mr. XXX to publicly, unconditionally and unambiguously condemn the violence carried out by the rioters. Because before this has been done, you have no moral authority of speaking out for anything, including democracy and human rights in China.