Dalai Lama: forgive Pinochet

Margaret mairead at mindspring.com
Mon Apr 12 02:48:03 PDT 1999


Doug wrote:


>[our old friend the Dalai Lama is a merciful sort...]
>
>Dalai Lama Suggests Chile's Pinochet Be Forgiven
>
>SANTIAGO (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled leader, suggested
>Sunday that Chileans should forgive former dictator Augusto Pinochet for
>alleged human rights abuses during his 17-year regime because he is an old
>man.
>
>``In the Pinochet case, as an individual, now old,'' it might be worth it
>to forgive him, the Dalai Lama told reporters in Santiago.

I think he has a good idea, Doug. Pinochet should indeed be forgiven. Killed, then forgiven. Pour encouragement les autres.

Margaret



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