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China Blocks YouTube Over Tibet Videos
Screaming Cactus writes "Internet users in China were blocked from seeing YouTube.com on Sunday after dozens of videos about protests in Tibet appeared on the site. 'Chinese leaders encourage Internet use for education and business but use online filters to block access to material considered subversive or pornographic. Foreign Web sites run by news organizations and human rights groups are regularly blocked if they carry sensitive information. Operators of China-based online bulletin boards are required to monitor their content and enforce censorship.' The blocking added to the communist government's efforts to control what the public saw and heard about protests that erupted Friday in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, against Chinese rule."
I view his statement as pro-communist propaganda.
I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask where they're goin' and hook up with 'em later.
I'm sure the Dalai Lama is a mild-mannered and nice man in general. However, the system that he represents is no better than the Chinese that he proposes to replace. History has shown that the system in place in Tibet before the Chinese occupation is a theocratic dictatorship, where hands are chopped off for failing to pay back taxes in a justice system similar to Islam's Sharia Law system.
The thing that makes him a tough opponent in this game is that he's so darned reasonable and mild mannered. He's not calling for armed uprising. He's not even insisting on national sovereignty. He refuses to act angry, or even wronged. He just insists that the Chinese leadership should talk, and listen with an open mind.
If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun. - The Dalai Lama, 2001
And interestingly, he apparently wants to kill off retarded children:
Of course, abortion, from a Buddhist viewpoint, is an act of killing and is negative, generally speaking. But it depends on the circumstances. If the unborn child will be retarded or if the birth will create serious problems for the parent, these are cases where there can be an exception. I think abortion should be approved or disapproved according to each circumstance. - The Dalai Lama, to the New York Times.
There are a huge number of yeast infections in this county. Probably because we're downriver from the bread factory.
Dalai Lama was both the Head of State and Archbishop of his religion. He started an armed rebellion, failed and still controls his government in-exile. Can you imagine any American Indian tribe chef do that? BTW, skin young girls live, use their skin for lamp shades, and brag which one is softer was their sport. He is very clever not to mention any of that when being called spiritual and moral leader.