--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ...fat lot of good it did the 1.5 million of his people that died > under his watch and the millions more of his people who suffered > because of his myopic, anything-but-non-violent philosophy. > > I apologize to the group to keep harping on this fellow but it irks > me no end that we automatically rever and praise this man whose > very actions produced the very opposite of the non-violence that he > is supposed to be so knowledgable about...
The man acted in accordance with his beliefs, and in accordance with the stated beliefs of Buddhism. Would you have had him do less? Besides, in all these harrangues you haven't shared with us what he *should* have done. What exactly was the alternative path he could have taken that would have worked out better for Tibet and its people? ------------------------ 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/
