That's a good point but not enough to go independent. But if you think about it, it is going to happen to the whole world sooner or later. The Chinese is always assimilating with the whole world. (Don't take it the wrong way)
To extend my point, Tibet should not be going around these places trying to ruin the Olympic Games. Olympics has never done any harm to you, don't ruin it for other people.
They're not intentionally ruining the games. They probably just figured that the Olympics was a great way to create some publicity because it's a huge problem now and excess tax payer money is going towards keeping them away from the torch. IMO it's pissing me off that thousands if not millions are going just to protect some stupid torch, but it's the tradition of the Olympics so yeah.