If you do, I have the cure for your delusion right here:
No shit. He actually said that.Bonus: He also handed over Tibet to Chairman Mao. Suddenly, his idea of who’s a “good leader” makes a lot more sense, eh? Sick sense, maybe…but sense nonetheless.Audience member: “Can you give us an example of a leader we should look up to as a positive influence?”Dalai Lama (after thinking for a few seconds): “President Bush. I met him personally and liked him very much. He was honest and straightforward, and that is very important. I may not have agreed with all his policies, but I thought he was very honest and a very good leader.”
I have never been able to figure out the Dalai Lama. He’s always giggling and I can’t trust people like that.
OTOH, when you’re a living god, you can think very, very, very long term. Perhaps he’s giggling because he knows what Bush’s next incarnation will be: perhaps as the swine who gets the flu, who infects the Chinese, that brings down the neo-liberal/fascist system who ….
Hmmmm, I hear His Holiness likes to shoot birds (a very un-Buddhistic hobby). And Bartcop calls Dubya the Giggling Killer. How appropriate, two giggling killers.
But I kind of like the swine flu angle, too!
They share a birthday you know.
The romanticism that has been wrapped around Tibet’s old feudal theocracy is unfortunate, as Lamas were as corrupt as any Catholic clergy.