PureInsight | January 27, 2008
[PureInsigh.org] On the
afternoon of January 13, 2008, just as on every Sunday afternoon, Falun
Gong practitioners gathered at the Human Rights Square in front of the
famous Eiffel Tower in Paris to expose the Chinese Communist Party's
(CCP) ruthless persecution against Falun Gong practitioners in China to
tourists from around the world. After learning the truth, people all
expressed that the CCP's persecution against such peaceful people must
end.
People sign petitions to end the persecution
On the display table, truth-clarification pamphlets in all languages
about Falun Gong and the persecution, as well as newsletters in both
Chinese and French, were displayed for people to take. In the Square,
two banners reading "CCP, Stop Persecuting Falun Gong" and "Happening
in China right now" in French and traditional Chinese were raised high
up in the air, very eye-catching, making the Eiffel Tower even bigger
and taller. Posters with pictures of torture were lined up on the
ground for people to read, and several practitioners were clarifying
the facts to people in different languages and collecting petition
signatures from them. With their eyes closed, ten or so practitioners
of all ages, mostly originally from China, were peacefully doing the
exercises in the breeze. There was no microphone, but the simple
picture revealed an incomparable firmness and righteousness, just as
expressed in the song "Please sit by my side:"
Sit by my side
Closing your eyes
Together in silence
We call for
The end of torturing
The end of killing
The end of the persecution
Compassion grows in our hearts
Together in silence
Our wishes can make a difference
On this day, Falun Gong practitioners met people from Poland, Korea,
Ireland, China, France, Great Britain, Israel and Switzerland, many of
whom had never heard of the persecution before. Looking at the
pictures, listening to the practitioners, seeing the practitioners
doing exercises, they couldn't help saying, "It is so hard to believe
that. What harm can such peaceful people possibly do to the society and
how could the CCP persecute them so ruthlessly!" A student from Poland
told us, "Poland used to be under the Communists' dark rule until 1989.
I was too young to understand many things, but from what my parents
told me, I knew that we obtained true freedom after the Communists were
gone from Poland." Several Korean schoolteachers led their "Green Camp"
activity students to the display table and signed the petition. A few
of them had heard of Falun Gong before in Korea, so they talked to
their students about what was said in the posters including the CCP's
organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners. The students all
listened carefully. A schoolteacher took a flyer in English (as all
Korean materials were gone) and said, she would read it and tell her
students about it. A gentleman watched the practitioners doing the
exercises and couldn't help joining them and having a picture taken
sitting next to them.
People listen to the truth
Two tourists from China heard the truth about Falun Gong and that there
was software they could use to break the Internet blockade in China.
They took many truth-clarification materials with them. Two westerners
who had studied in China saw our banners and learned the truth little
by little from there: The CCP uses simplified Chinese characters to
destroy the traditional Chinese culture, and Chinese people around the
world all use traditional Chinese characters except those from China.
When they showed interest in Falun Gong activities, practitioners told
them that there are activities right at the Square every Sunday
afternoon. In addition, we told them we had held a New Year's Day
Parade in Chinatown in which we had an exercise demonstration team, a
waist drum team, a heavenly beauty team, a dancing team and the
Paradise Marching Band, and that we use all kinds of ways to show our
styles and the authentic traditional Chinese culture. We told them this
is because Falun Gong is rooted in the five thousand year old
traditional culture and the principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion and
Forbearance" are the essence of that culture. They were very satisfied
and showed great interest in coming to learn more in the future.
People understand the truth
A group of students from Ireland were very eager to sign the petition
after learning the truth. A student asked sincerely, "Shall I write my
full name here?" Even after their team leader said it was time to go,
they still managed to stay a little longer to sign the petition. A
French lady said after signing the petition, "I can do so little." A
practitioner answered her sincerely, "This is actually most precious.
If every person who has understood the truth could sign, then how
powerful it would be! Then the evil CCP's persecution would no longer
exist!"
Translated from：
http://www.zhengjian.org/zj/articles/2008/1/14/50443.html
