[lbo-talk] boston phoenix: why won't dali lama pick a fight?

Jon Johanning jjohanning at igc.org
Mon Oct 13 16:38:28 PDT 2003


Well, the rap sheet against the DL seems to be that he doesn't follow some people's political line.

Why should he? What have these folks done to earn the right to tell him what to think, say, or do?

Suppose he had scolded Bush over Iraq when he met him? Does anyone think that that would have had an iota of significance to Bush?

I think the problem these DL critics have is that they are envious that he sells so many books, seems so smart, and attracts such large crowds, and yet doesn't agree with them.

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