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The Dalai Lama is a great man who has struggled brilliantly in the only way his unarmed people can against brutal Chinese occupation and mass murder. He and his people face the sword of communism every day. Yes, his religion is not my religion. But he is a great man. Seven Years in Tibet. Worth reading. Tens of thousands of Tibetan monks killed by the Chinese Communists, almost silently. Worth remembering. The Dali Lama's many sacrifices in his people's struggle against communism. Worth respecting.

Of all the things!! Are we going to attack Solzhenitzn next for character flaws? Oh right, some people are already off and doing that. These are great men who have fought great battles. They may say things you disagree with. Comparing the Dali Lama to Lisa Simpson is just incomprehensibly silly.

Sigh -- thanks for the ping but it was so sad to read this. It was the Taliban that blew up that Buddhist sculpture too. Incomprehensible that people here should be as intolerant as the Taliban. I'm sure the Taliban finds the Dalai Lama silly too. I have absolutely no doubt that if C. S. Lewis were alive, he would find the Dalai Lama to be a great man and vice versa.