Posted on 04/27/2006 2:20:28 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
A 23-year-old monk, who wishes to remain anonymous, describes his recent decision to flee Tibet for the Indian town of Dharamsala, the seat of the Dalai Lama's government in exile.
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What you said.
There was a documentary several years ago - sorry, don't recall the name - that was taken secretly in Lhasa and which made it perfectly clear that the "intention" is to utterly destroy Tibetan society, and in particular the influence of Tibetan Buddhism.
The Lhasa monastery has been turned into a museum/tourist attraction for Beijing visitors, but even Tibetans must pay the entry fee. There's a children's amusement park at the very foot of the Lhasa palace. All expressions of Buddhism are of course prohibited.
One friend who visited there found it a dismal and repressive place. And while trekking in Nepal we ran across a whole group of monks escaping by foot from Lhasa on their way to Dharamsala. They were happy to be out of Tibet, but sorry they had to leave.
I've been shot at in the New York City Subway, had a British soldier make a dent in my temple with his rifle muzzle in Northern Ireland, and survived all manner of Biker/Gang Banger/Local hoodlum run ins in my misspent youth, and the most frightened I've ever been in my entire life was when I was trying to use the public mens room in the airport in Khatmandu.
I bristle when I see a "Free Tibet" bumper sticker. They should read, "Free Tibet and China".
The United States should recognize the Tibetan Government in Exile ....that would put a burr under the PRC blanket!
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