If it was that case, then it would have been a civic movement. But all I hear are monks and nuns who are are going up in flames.
Tibetans are now free of clerical oppressions, because they are - in opposition to their forefathers - literate, they can chose to be religious or non-religious, they can chose the religion they want, they can have their own property and they don't have to provide bond-service to the monasteries, they don't have to suffer hunger and lead a precarious life. These are the fundamental human rights of any person and the absolute opposite to the interests of the monks and nuns.
