Comments on: Strange karma as Rudd snubs Dalai Lama

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Bernard Keane of course has no problem with Australia selling iron ores to China, some of which are made into knives to be used by the butchers in Beijing.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

This looks like a cheap shot to me. I thought that by subscribing to Crikey, I might obtain some independent, thoughtful analysis of current affairs. This item is a prime example of how wrong I was. Your conclusions giving the reasons for the reason for ministerial travel arrangements are laughable

By: David

David — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Methinks you are stirring the pot Bernard, being a trifle naughty…best play the ball with a straight bat.

By: Patricia Weston

Patricia Weston — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Strange, yes, Bernard, that you should make such a tortuous effort to make so much out of nothing. What is so special about the Dalai Llama that every time he lobs into town on a money making lecture tour he is seen as some sort of ethereal being to whom the world should kow tow? It’s astonishing how people go weak at the knees before him and treat him as if he is the font of all wisdom rather than the mystically, and mysteriously, annointed head of an autocratic theocracy, whose people seem to be held in some sort of feudal bond. My take on this will tell you I have no understanding of Buddhism, an ignorance I am happy to admit. After watching the Dalai’s travelling road show at the Entertainment Centre here in Perth I was unimpressed. Tonight Kerry O’Brien joined the sycophantic chorus of interest in His Holiness who suggested that the failure of young Tibetans living overseas to speak their mother tongue was proof of cultural genocide by the Chinese. If the the Dalai Lama and his government in exile cannot ensure the survival of their mother tongue inside and out of their motherland how well are they likely to govern themselves if they really did gain autonomy?