Don't get me wrong - if the Tibetans don't want to be part of China they shouldn't be forced to. The same goes for the Kosovars. And the Basques. And the Bavarians (hey, a man can dream, can't he?).
But the one thing those protesters are missing is: If China gives independence to Tibet, then what? The Dalai Lama takes over? And when he dies, a baby gets snatched from a family nearby and becomes the new Lama?
Sorry, the Dalai Lama may be a wise and noble man, but that doesn't mean giving control over the country to him and his merry band of monks would be in any way a sensible idea. Monks run monasteries, governments (preferably democratically elected) run countries.
Giving control over Tibet from China to the Lama would mean giving it from one dictator to the other...
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Free Tibet, and then?
Date: 2008-04-08 11:20 am (UTC)But the one thing those protesters are missing is: If China gives independence to Tibet, then what? The Dalai Lama takes over? And when he dies, a baby gets snatched from a family nearby and becomes the new Lama?
Sorry, the Dalai Lama may be a wise and noble man, but that doesn't mean giving control over the country to him and his merry band of monks would be in any way a sensible idea. Monks run monasteries, governments (preferably democratically elected) run countries.
Giving control over Tibet from China to the Lama would mean giving it from one dictator to the other...