--- Christian Gregory <christian11 at mindspring.com>
wrote:
> >Blaming the Dalai Lama for the crimes of the
> Tibetan theocracy is not
> like blaming Marx and Marxism for Stalin. It is like
> blaming Stalin for
> Stalin.
>
> I'm genuinely curious as to which crimes you want to
> prosecute him for. Is it the general crime of being
> born as the Dalai Lama and stepping into the
> leadership of Tibet at the age of 15, when the
> Chinese sent 80,000 troops over the border? I mean,
> are you really arguing that at that point he should
> have dismantled the political structure of the
> country in order to better defend against the
> Chinese? Or that he should have just capitulated to
> the Chinese? Or are you saying that the Dalai Lama
> made up lists of enemies and had them brutally
> murdered?
>
> In exile, the Dalai Lama drafted a democratic
> constitution for a future free Tibet, and declared
> that he himself would never hold political office.
> You can regard this as a cynical ploy to regain
> power, but if you are really interested in the
> plight of Tibetans, then it would make more sense to
> support the cause of their freedom and then work to
> make sure that the Dalai Lama kept his promises.
>
> Christian
>
> P.S. I am genuinely interested in good political
> histories of Tibet, if you (or anyone else) has
> references.
>
>
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