Richard Gere on Situation in Tibet

Mar. 14 - Buildings burn and deaths are reported in the Himalayan region's biggest demonstrations for years.

At least two people have been reported killed in the unrest in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa where Radio Free Asia says Chinese police fired on rioting protesters.

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[terran97]

Indeed. 

[TheSeer101]

@theoneintheall Wow, here we go again. Why is it we try to tell everyone in the world what they have to do. We tried to force Iraq to do what we wanted couldnt stay out of that one. Same in Afgan. . Now we are trying to tell the Chinese what to do. People there no WMD's or terrorists in Tibet. This is their business we need to stay out. We are not the global police or global bullies. We asked the Chinese to leave they said no. No means no people. Hey Richard Gere shout the hell up!!

[TheSeer101]

Wow, here we go again. Why is it we try to tell everyone in the world what they have to do. We tried to force Iraq to do what we wanted couldnt stay out of that one. Same in Afgan. . Now we are trying to tell the Chinese what to do. People there no WMD's or terrorists in Tibet. This is their business we need to stay out. We are not the global police or global bullies. We asked the Chinese to leave they said no. No means no people. Hey Richard Gere shout the hell up!!

[mispistoIeros]

A French writer's book put on sale recently has disclosed another side, including opportunism and tricks, of the Dalai Lama deified by some Western politicians and armchair pundits.

Maxime Vivas's new book "Not So 'Zen': The Hidden Side Of The Dalai Lama" hit the shelves of bookstores and online retailers Thursday, days after the Dalai Lama himself held a three-day public conference in the southern French city Toulouse.

[mispistoIeros]

Facts and views in the 130-page French-language book refute the long-time self-beatification of the Dalai Lama.

"Based on the word of the Dalai Lama in his transcribed memoirs and also in his speeches during his trips abroad, Maxime Vivas highlights opportunism, omissions, tricks, and lies of a man and his kingdom," the publisher Max Milo Editions said in a press kit.

[mispistoIeros]

"In a plea for secularism, the author raises the question of what would be a 'Free Tibet' led by a recalcitrant prophet in front of science and freedom of worship," the publisher said, while presenting a briefing of a feudal system decades ago under the Dalai Lama and the free primary education system in today's Tibet that is significantly bringing down the illiteracy rate.

[mispistoIeros]

"The trend in France is mostly to edit mass books praising the Dalai Lama. Writing against the Dalai Lama or breaking his image is akin to smearing the portraits of Nelson Mandela or Mahatma Gandhi, the idols which we can't touch," Vivas told CNN.

[mispistoIeros]

Confusion-and-curiosity-driven­, Vivas conducted a truth-seeking trip to Tibet in the summer of 2010 with several other French journalists.

He found there is a modern Tibet prospering with free prayers in temples and monasteries and even on the streets, and Tibetan-written signs are everywhere.