After over 800 years of living under Mongol and Chinese rule and oppression, the Kingdom of Tibet was finally set free today after the creation of a ‘Free Tibet’ Facebook group by 14 year old Tyler Simmons of Thunder Bay, Ontario.
“We had no idea people in Canada felt this way, or that the people of Tibet were unhappy,” states Hu Jintao, president of the People’s Republic of China. “After changing my status this morning and poking Kim Jong Il, I noticed he had joined this “Free Tibet” group. I only had to glance at a page or two of members before I realized what we were doing was completely and totally wrong. What were we thinking?”
Hu Jintao began muttering “Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!” and smacked himself in the forehead with the palm of his hand for a good ten minutes, until a guard suggested we wait in the hall until he finished.
The membership of the ‘Free Tibet’ group climbed to over 2000 yesterday, creating a massive forum of heated political activism.
“Tibet shuld really B let go,” writes Landon Reynolds on the group’s wall, shortly after trivializing the holocaust for the third time today with the creation of his new group ‘ED STILMACH = HITLER’. “After theuy had teh sunami and evarthing tehy shud be aloud 2 be free!”
Group creator Tyler Simmons remains humble regarding his contribution to the people of Tibet.
“I dunno,” says Tyler, anxiously glancing back and forth between his current game of Team Fortress 2. “We did some report on Tibet and I found out it was oppressed and stuff, and I heard about some burning monk that got burnt up because he thought Tibet should be free, so I made the group.”
As Tyler turned back to his game the ghost of Thích Quảng Đức appeared in the room to remind him that he was actually Vietnamese, but became visibly upset when Tyler ignored him and selected the Pyro class for the next game. Thích made a strange gesture that somehow came across as “No comment”, before quickly returning to haunt the Lee Garden restaurant down the street.
People around the world are celebrating the success of the Facebook group by creating more Facebook groups.
“It’s so fantastic that we managed to make a difference!” writes Jessica Stevens, who recently ended the crisis in Darfur with the creation of her group ‘JOIN IF U THINK JENNICIDE IZ GAY’. “It’s so awesome that a site like Facebook exists! We’re finally able to support those in need without actually having to do anything!”
