ANALYSIS: Unrest fuelled by anti-Dalai Lama drive, scholar says
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Mar 14, 2008, 12:33 GMT
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Violence is never the answer, and the Dalai Lama stands for this fact. With laypeople joining in the protests, I can see how tensions would ratchet up; but I am also glad for this article because it points out several things that are important to remember. The Dalai Lama's absence in Tibet and China's unwillingness to speak with him are causal factors. And to force monks to practice denouncing their spiritual leader is reprehensible, though unsurprising in China's history on this issue.
I am also tracking this closely to see how different activities are defined. 'Shots were fired'. If anyone was killed in the process, then an uprising would be extremely difficult to avoid. Shops and cars on fire differ from people killed or injured, though to categorize them all as violence is probably appropriate. Yet if protesters were killed, I can understand how fires would result at the least.
It is ironic to me, to say the least, that China was removed from the US's Human Rights offenders list just prior to this.
If you are curious, and can find it, Martin Scorcese did a tremendous biographical movie on the Dalai Lama and the beginnings of this crisis 50 years ago called 'Kundun'.
Please pray for the people of Tibet.
Om mani padme hung.
- Heath
They are posted by someone else here.
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