In an act of increasingly rare defiance against the whims of the totalitarian state China, the US Government awarded the ‘Dalai Lama’ the exiled leader of Tibet with the Congressional Gold Medal for his contributions to peace, religious understanding and human rights.
The government of China firmly protested the visit of the Tibetan leader and was incensed at the great honor bestowed upon him by the American state. Veiled threats were made and talks of increased bilateral tensions have arisen, to the surprise of none who are familiar with their despotic drum-beat-banter. China is of course the world’s worst oppressor of the human spirit, routinely denying and murdering its own citizens for the most basic of all human expressions; free religious worship, freedom of information, and democracy. The ‘Dalai Lama’ is viewed by China as a renegade, a usurper of sorts, a sort of itch between their massive shoulder blades that just cannot be reached. Today’s ceremony effectively chopped China’s scratching stick in half.
But who is this Dalai Lama? In the West he is revered as a spiritual leader, popularizer of Buddhism and an advocate for non-violence… but why? The man himself says he is the reincarnation of the Buddha, a claim so bold faced and arrogant that I think its stupidity is often overlooked, hiding in the throaty back-wash of his self proclaimed deity. What you might ask, entitles him to claim status as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama? As the tale goes, in 1937 a group of Buddhist monks, tasked with the pre-set goal of finding the new Lama interviewed the boy’s upper class religious family. After placing a number of items before the family’s young boy; some the previous Lama’s, some fakes, it is said the young lad correctly identified a number of the Lama’s items with the pointing of a finger and the phrase “mine”. This was all the monks needed to hear, they had found their new leader.
Reason be damned. If the vague pointings and mumblings of an incoherent 2 year old child are enough to enshrine him both leader of a nation and reincarnated god, then the government of Tibet is built on a sand foundation. Such idiocy does not possess the necessary genetic stock for survival in this world. Consider how many millions of individuals around the world fawn over this now old man; buy his book, support his movement, and believe his words. Remember if you will that this Dalai Lama is the same man who longs to return Tibet to the terrible serfdom it suffered in the pre-China days (of which he would rule of course), supports India’s nuclear tests, and was a strong backer of Shoko Asahara the Japanese cult fanatic who killed and maimed hundreds in a Tokyo subway in 1995 with Sarin nerve gas.
Consider please the best argument for this man’s position as a reincarnated Lama: he randomly pointed at objects as a 2 year old child. Remember, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
While I despise the Chinese regime more than any other on Earth, I cannot support the US government’s decision to award the Congressional Gold Medal to this charlatan. To me the Dalai Lama is on level playing field with modern history’s other idiots of faith; Joseph Smith, L. Ron Hubbard, and Mother Theresa among a host of many, many others.
I firmly believe it does not take an intelligent mind to see these people for who they really are. The elementary, basic principals of reason are enough to illuminate even the most celebrated frauds, exposing their true qualities.
On another note, I wonder if my website will now be banned by China’s expansive internet filters or permitted on account of my criticisms of the Lama. As long as www.crazybicycle.com is not blocked in China I will feel a moral responsibility to achieve that esteemed status. Next time I’ll talk about Tiananmen Square!
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