Posted on 08/22/2007 7:11:45 PM PDT by guyshomenet
Irony is the ultimate entertainment, and today the Chinese government has outdone even itself. In effect the Godless Communists have proclaimed themselves God.
In an effort to culturally castrate Tibet, Chinese Communist Party Hacks (forgive the quadruple redundancy) have laid their heavy police state hands on Tibetan social systems, transportation, immigration, and even religious practices. Not content to control Tibetan temporal transactions, China’s chief thugs are now targeting the afterlife.
Buddhists — Tibetan and otherwise — believe in reincarnation, that they will be born again into this world, which stands as the most complete form of auto-masochism ever conceived. They are particularly fond of hunting down the deceased lamas and upon their reentry into this world, give them immediate employment again as … a lama (imagine holding the same job for a couple of thousand years).
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