The Dalai Lama.

retired_miki57 · 10-18-2007, 05:58 PM

Nice over simplification. One of his tutors was a Austrian who just happened to be in the SS, he admitted he joined because that was the vogue thing.

Have to give a :thup: to the Bush Administration for not backing down against the obvious Chinese warnings.

retired_ks reddy · 10-18-2007, 06:15 PM

You really believe that? How many SS men do you know of who said they were big fans of nazi ideals?

And over simplification it might be, but it's all the truth.

retired_miki57 · 10-18-2007, 06:20 PM

This guy was probably a raging furher loving SS lunatic as well according to you Bert. Though he did admit he used slave labour during the war..

retired_ks reddy · 10-18-2007, 06:35 PM

I've absolutely no doubt he was. Otherwise he'd have followed the other scientists who didn't like the way things were going and emigrated in the 30s.

retired_autumn · 10-18-2007, 06:42 PM

So if the Dalai Lama returned to Tibet and acted as its leader, peasants would be enslaved and Nazi sympathizers would find safe haven?

retired_ks reddy · 10-18-2007, 07:10 PM

Well I accept he might have toned down his ideas in practice the last few decades.

But deep down you know he's still a nazi bastard

Now why did you give him the gong?

retired_navy0614 · 10-18-2007, 07:15 PM

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Originally posted by Sir Bert Preast:
In Tibet under his rule the vast majority of the population were either slaves or debt-bonded serfs. Outrageous taxation reduced everyone who wasn't a large landowner or part of the theocracy to that level. There were no jails, if you broke the law they cut bits off you. His best mate and tutor was a sergeant in the SS.

Just little things like that.

Another "legend" for my **** list then :thup:

retired_ks reddy · 10-18-2007, 07:29 PM

From the horse's mouth:

"The Chinese say that they liberated Tibet from slavery and feudalism. Is that the truth?

The old Tibet was backward in its technological and social systems. Nobody denies this. If, however, you look at the faces of those Tibetans who were born and grew up in that society, you can easily notice their genuine smile. When compared with other communities, the Tibetans were generally quite peaceful and warm-hearted. If they were really as cruel as the Chinese claim, then I think the people who were born and grew up under those circumstances would be different. The people living at the time were happier and calmer than the people in this new generation. At that time, unfortunately, there were people who were used by the landlords. Now the whole nation has become a slave. That is the main point isn't it? (laughter) The Chinese have come up with some very silly reasons, like saying that the majority of Tibetan people were suffering from syphilis, so they came to liberate them. That is one of their reason (laughter)"

'genuine smile'? 'happier and calmer'? 'laughter'?

Christ, what an evil old bastard.

BobbyK · 10-18-2007, 07:32 PM

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Originally posted by Helarxe:
Free Tibet \o/

That's right... All the tea.

retired_kswelker · 10-19-2007, 03:25 AM

Free money, porn and mandatory atheism for Tibet \o/

The Dalai Lama.

Grab a beer, sit back and relax.

The Dalai Lama.