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China Says Tibetans Need Permission To Reincarnate

Posted by kdawson on from the now-that's-censorship dept.

michaelcole writes "China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. This article is both hilarious and sad, looking at the lengths to which a government will go to regulate thought through censorship. It also goes into some of the more subtle politics of the current 72-year-old Dalai Lama as he thinks about his political and spiritual successor. The Dalai Lama 'refuses to be reborn in Tibet so long as it's under Chinese control.'"

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  1. And so help us... by Atario · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...if we figure out you're defying this order, we'll slaughter you in your crib.

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    1. Re:And so help us... by somersault · · Score: 4, Funny

      Rice tastes better anyway. I'd rather be able to eat for a few decades than drive around until I die of starvation

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      which is totally what she said
    2. Re:And so help us... by PopeRatzo · · Score: 4, Funny

      You'll have to excuse me, who, as an American, is more used to religious leaders who rape little boys, do crystal meth with their prostitutes (male and female), and run around screaming that homosexuality is an abomination. That's not to mention the ones who are promoting the murder of the leaders of other countries and want to teach schoolchildren that the Earth is 6,000 years old.

      So by my measure, the Dalai Lama seems like a pretty good dude.

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    3. Re:And so help us... by budgenator · · Score: 3, Funny

      You better plant some food long before you start to starve or your going to be dining on grass soap with an main course of roast tree bark.

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  2. Well then... by WwWonka · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...I create a new law in my glorious purple sky kingdom that every Chinese government official must get special written permission from King Me prior to squatting down and excreting the same kind of fecal matter that they are spewing from their mouths.

  3. Re:Holy shit. by MichaelSmith · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's a wonderful example how totalitarian states need to control every corner of life even the dark corner of superstition.

    I think it is amazing that the Chinese government can give permission to reincarnate. Maybe they can offer a package deal to people on their last legs: pay for permission to come back and agree to leave the country afterwards.

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  4. Melting Alpacas? by Mister+Transistor · · Score: 4, Funny

    Every time I hear "Dali Lama", I think of melting llamas draped over tables and held up by poles and crutches!

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  5. The price of fish? by MysteriousPreacher · · Score: 4, Funny

    In other news, Slashdot changes its slogan to "News for nerds, stuff that matters and anything that happens in China".

    It's certainly a censorship issue but hardly related to the techie world, unless I missed the RFC on Buddhist reincarnation.

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