Merle, I forgot your first question.
Yes, technically I have been to China many times - but only to change planes in the airport at Beijing and Guangzhou. Otherwise, no. I have been and worked in both Hong Kong and Taiwan if that counts. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > > have you been to china bill!..i have been 3 times...the han chinese are the > majority > > .. why are you attacking the Dalai lama?///// i know about tibet and the > oppressive feudal regime...however i think you'd have to actually go to tibet > to witness what is going on...the han chinese are flooding tibet...is that > good?...estonia my home country was invaded by the russians in world war 2 > and thanks to the allies the russians were "given " the baltic states...so > estonia was governed by the kremlin and the russians flooded into estonia... > since independence it is madatory that one can speak estonian in order to > claim estonian citizenship( the russians would not learn the language..and > the official language when the russians were in power was russian...it's not > fun bill!..being overlorded by another country...so i say if the tibet wish > to run their own country...then they should do so and change to modernise > through that not have it imposed upon them by the han chinese... merle > > > > Bill!, > > Your remarks and quotes will make the great zombie lying in Tiananmen Square > happy. But he would say, 'not enough, what I did dwarfs them'. > > Anthony > > From: Bill! <BillSmart@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, 15 September 2012, 10:00 > Subject: [Zen] Re: THE BASIC TEACHING OF BUDDHA > > > > > WOMAN LIKE CATTLE (and a lot of other information) > > "Tibetan Buddhism has a legacy of violence, hypocrisy, sexism, institutional > sexual abuse, homophobia and religious rule by a dictator said to be a living > god (the Dalai Lama) - all so the idle monk lifestyle could be supported by a > feudal system of peasants who gave over half their labor/possessions. > Although Chinese rule has been oppressive for the ruling Lamaist class and > its defenders, is there ANY evidence to suggest that going back to rule of a > feudal God-King would be better than the current system? Has ANY dictator > ever ruled to the benefit of "his" people?" > Source - http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2003/12/277073.shtml > > I hope these will suffice as 'evidence' of my opinions. There are lots and > lots of other sites and you can find them yourself by Binging or Goggling. > > ...Bill! > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> 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/
