Let me start off with a disclaimer — I’m not one of those tree-humping, hemp-wearing “Free Tibet” types.  I gladly acknowledge that what China has done to Tibet amounts to no less than a steaming mountain of bullshit, but I also recognize that the only thing that’s going to “free” Tibet is a nuclear thrashing of China, which is not something I am inclined to support.  (Nor would I support the use of nukes anywhere else.)That said, it still gets my hackles up when companies like Yahoo! collude with the Chinese government to help turn the mess surrounding the Lhasa riots into an even-worse situation.  I understand that there are local laws to contend with when doing business overseas, but to outright assist the local government in this seems, well, a bit slimy.