[KantianBurke]

Dialouge's done HIM and HIS people alot of good. Sorry jackass but you don't "talk" or "discuss" things with Hitler, Mao or Osama. Thinking like that gets one sent to gas chambers or get one kicked out of their own friggin country for 50 years.

[Bikers4Bush]

I see that all that reasoning and thought talk has really worked out for the Dali Lama with respect to China.

[Sloth]

Tibet's spiritual leader refused to condemn the U.S.-led bombing of Afghanistan, however.

"They (the Americans and the British) know more about these things than I do," he said. He compared the joint action with the two World Wars and said, "This is a sign of civilization."

A more humble stance than many of our people, at least.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Dalai Lama -- Lhaso Apso -- what's the difference?

[camle]

We totally discredited fascism. sure it exists, but it is in the lunatic fringe. we can do the same to the Taliban.

[Nogbad]

The Dalai Lama once said passive resistance would have been effective against Hitler.

[hchutch]

Agreed. Sometimes, the only way to clearly communicate with scumbag, no-goodniks, and other assorted punks is with high explosives.

[MadEagle]

When will some of these idealistic pie-in-the-sky idiots get it through their thick skulls that some "people" (I use the term loosely) will only understand a good, old-fashioned ass-kicking? Dalai Lama, honey, read my lips: NO NEGOTIATIONS with these creatures. They need to be exterminated. Period. Capish? Gee, no wonder you are still in exile...

[Seeking the truth]

When this clown ran from his country's invasion by China in 1959, his countryman put up a courageous fight against insurmountable odds. I have always wondered which behavior was viewed by Buddha as the correct one.

[A Ruckus of Dogs]

way to defeat terrorism in the long run is through thought, argument and reasoning.

We tried talking. Talk only works for civilized people. Talk got you nowhere with Red China.

[tallhappy]

Guess it's all how it is presented. Here is another report on the same talk. From AFP

Dalai Lama praises US approach to bombing Afghanistan

STRASBOURG, Oct 24 (AFP) -

The Dalai Lama, exiled spiritual leader of Tibet and staunch supporter of non-violence, praised the United States Wednesday for taking what he described as a civilized approach to the bombing campaign in Afghanistan.

"We need a maximum effort in avoiding violence," he told a press conference following a speech to the European Parliament.

"At the same time, as a quiet fellow, I am amazed and admire that, at this moment, unlike First World War, Second World, Korean War and Vietnam War, I think the American side is very, very carefully selecting targets, taking maximum precautions about the civilian casualties."

"I think this is a sign of more civilization," said the Dalai Lama.

He warned, however, that "bombing can eliminate only physical things, not thoughts or emotions. Talk and reasoning is the only long-term solution."

[Maceman]

"You can eliminate people but you cannot eliminate human thought," the Dalai Lama said at a news conference.

Well, I guess you can't expect everything.

[wideawake]

"Oh I tried to get the Lama to give me a little antiterrorist advice, you know, for the effort . . . he stiffed me, the Lama stiffed me . . . but he did say this: 'On your deathbed you will receive total consciousness' - so I got that goin' for me . . ."

[MindBender26]

Basic truth #1: War is horrible.

It is 100 times worse than anyone who has not been in combat could ever imagine. That said, once we are attacked, it is the duty of our civilian leadership to reply to that attack, and defend our citizens, with as much force, firepower, shock action concentrated weaponry and vigor as we can gather.

To fail to do so only encourages people who want to kill us, and gives them more opportunity to do so. In addition, it prolongs the conflict, which kills more beople on both sides of the war.

For example, the tought of using fissionable weapons (nuclear bonbs) is an anathma to many Americans, but when you ask one question, their opinions often change.

The simple question is: How additional American men and women should die so as to avoid use of the atomic bomb? Puts a new perspective on it, doesn't it?

[JAWs]

"The way to defeat terrorism in the long run is through thought, argument and reasoning."

Mistaken assumption- we`re not dealing with reasonable people.

"Once you commit violence it is unpredictable and it causes side effects."

So do most medicines. It`s time we cured this disease.

[neutrino]

While one may find the source of the following quote odious, one must accept truth where one finds it.

Once, when the Pope criticized Stalin, the dictator responded "And how many divisions does the Pope command?".

A similar response seems appropriate for the Dalai Lama's views.

[lady lawyer]

How can foreign policy be "democratic"? That's just silly, unless he means the "international community" should get together and decide everything by vote, which is to say that we should surrender our sovereign right to defend ourselves to the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Even there, there is no "democracy." The UN usually works by consensus in recognition of the fact that each member of the UN is a sovereign nation, and that the other nations of the world can't force anything on another sovereign nation, even by majority vote.

[sanjuanbob]

Hello Dalai It's so nice to have you back where you belong.

[cactmh]

"The way to defeat terrorism in the long run is through thought, argument and reasoning.

This is true. Too bad we live and die in the short run, while waiting for the talk to work.

[goodieD]

Amen! His people are so much better off by not doing anything at all. (sarcasm off)

[Imperial Warrior]

Of course we can't hear from the hundreds of thousands of dead Tibetans the Chinese massacred, only their spiritual leader who only survives in exile because he is protected by symapthetic western nations. Besides, he might be sharing Richard Gere's bong or worse, his gerbil.