--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Several months ago I saw the film "Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion" > which is about the Dalai Lama, Tibet, and the forceful occupation > and rape of Tibet by the Communist Chinese. > > There is heavy emphasis in the movie on the principle of non- > violence and how it is at the cornerstone of the Tibetan Buddhist > philosophy and the Dalai Lama's teachings, etc. > > But one line struck me as odd: at one point during the onslaught by > the Chinese into Tibet when it was becoming blatantly obvious the > horrors that the Chinese had in store for Tibet that the voice-over > of the Documentary observed (I'm paraphrasing): And the Tibetans > attempted to get the Americans on their side to get their support > but the Americans weren't interested. > > Well, I had just sat through about an hour of a movie in which the > ENTIRE emphasis was on non-violence and then to have them say: we > tried to get the support of the Americans but they weren't > interested in helping us...that doesn't make sense. > > What possible reason would there have been to obtain the "support" > of the Americans other than their military help...or the threat > thereof? What else of value could the Americans have been to the > Tibetans other than that and why else would they have wanted the > Americans' help? > > So how does this jibe with the principle of non-violence? > > Where's the non-violence if the threat and fear of the American A- > Bomb is invoked in order to save your people?
Non-violence is preferrable, but is justified when dharma is at stake and adharma prevails. In short, it sounds like, 'holier than thou, hypocrisy'.....BillyG. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
