Thursday, Sept. 18, 2003
Dalai Lama Talks Tough on Terrorism
The Dalai Lama - winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, idol of the appeasement movement and one of the world's leading voices of pacifism - says that it might be necessary to fight terrorists with violence and that it is "too early to say" whether the war in Iraq is a mistake.
"I feel only history will tell," the tough-talking Tibetan is quoted as saying in the New York Times today. "Terrorism is the worst kind of violence, so we have to check it, we have to take countermeasures."
Lest you think the Buddhist holy man has gone all Rambo, he said "the real antidote" to terrorism in the long run was "compassion, dialogue — peaceful means."
"We have to deal with their motivation," he said. "Terrorism comes out of hatred, and also short-sightedness."
He compared Osama bin Laden to a butcher who has grown jaded slaughtering animals. With terrorists, he said, "their whole mind is dominated by negative emotions."
Oh, dear. What will Richard Gere say?
Dalai Lama Talks Tough on Terrorism
The Dalai Lama - winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, idol of the appeasement movement and one of the world's leading voices of pacifism - says that it might be necessary to fight terrorists with violence and that it is "too early to say" whether the war in Iraq is a mistake.
"I feel only history will tell," the tough-talking Tibetan is quoted as saying in the New York Times today. "Terrorism is the worst kind of violence, so we have to check it, we have to take countermeasures."
Lest you think the Buddhist holy man has gone all Rambo, he said "the real antidote" to terrorism in the long run was "compassion, dialogue — peaceful means."
"We have to deal with their motivation," he said. "Terrorism comes out of hatred, and also short-sightedness."
He compared Osama bin Laden to a butcher who has grown jaded slaughtering animals. With terrorists, he said, "their whole mind is dominated by negative emotions."
Oh, dear. What will Richard Gere say?
