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China barring Joey Cheek from Olympics
Thlayli:
--- Quote from: RedLion on 07 Aug 2008, 00:29 ---A couple years ago, China did the most fucking Orwellian thing a government could do: it said that no one could re-incarnate without its permission. Really.
Presumably, this is in anticipation of the Dalai Lama's death, so they can present their "own" Dalai Lama to the world, one who would obviously be pliant and subservient to the Han Chinese. Humorously, the Dalai Lama has basically now said that the next Dalai Lama after he dies should just be "elected" by the Tibetans in exile.
That's the thing I love about the Dalai Lama (aside from being probably the kindest man on the face of the planet). He just kind of rolls with the punches of whatever is thrown at him. Nothing ever gets to him. He's just always so damn...serene.
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Have you read the recent article about the schism between the Lama and younger 'Buddhists'? There's a rising movement to engage in violent protests and such to bring about Tibetan independence, but 'militant Buddhism' is a contradiction in terms that doesn't sit well with him.
Lines:
Seriously, when I first heard that the Olympics were being held in Beijing, I thought, "Well, that's kind of dumb." The pollution there is horrendous and several athletes won't go because of it, protests started as soon as the location was announced about Tibet and human rights, people are complaining about internet censorship, athletes are having press things canceled (the one swimmer who posed nude for PETA had hers canceled, so she had it outside instead), and people are being blocked from the country. I really can't say I'm surprised any of this is happening. I almost expected crap like this to happen. I mean, I know the games are supposed to unite all these countries in peaceful sportsmanship, but people raising a fit because the government won't let them do them do things they shouldn't have expected to do in the first place is dumb. If you want freedom, have the Olympics in a country that doesn't have a problematic government.
Don't take that the wrong way, because I really didn't want the games to happen in China, I think that how their government treats the people of Tibet and people of different religions, i.e. Falun Gong, is wrong, etc. etc., but maybe the committee has learned their lesson now about which countries they choose to host the Olympics in.
Oli:
--- Quote from: Thlayli on 06 Aug 2008, 10:21 ---jock-turned-human
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I would see this band.
RedLion:
--- Quote from: jimbunny on 07 Aug 2008, 00:38 ---
--- Quote ---would obviously be pliant and subservient to the Han Chinese
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Confusing an ethnicity with a regime...
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No, that's what the majority of Chinese refer to themselves as. It differentiates from the ethnicity majority living largely in the east with the Uighurs and Tibetans in the west, and the racially mixed ethnicities of central and southern China.
godinpants:
--- Quote from: RedLion on 07 Aug 2008, 00:29 ---That's the thing I love about the Dalai Lama (aside from being probably the kindest man on the face of the planet). He just kind of rolls with the punches of whatever is thrown at him. Nothing ever gets to him. He's just always so damn...serene.
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It seems an appropriate time to play a little game called...
Dalai Lama, or Pope?
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