Comments on: Dalai Lama http://themayorsblog.com/dalai-lama.html Ex-Mayor John Steins formerly known as the Mayor of Dawson ;–) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:54:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: mayor http://themayorsblog.com/dalai-lama.html/comment-page-1#comment-5927 mayor Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:14:10 +0000 http://themayorsblog.com/?p=225#comment-5927 Mark, there's plenty of shame to go around, all of our hands are bloodied so to ask the Dalai Lama to avoid people like Bush would be like asking him to become completely islolated and non participatory. Mark, there’s plenty of shame to go around, all of our hands are bloodied so to ask the Dalai Lama to avoid people like Bush would be like asking him to become completely islolated and non participatory.

]]> By: mayor http://themayorsblog.com/dalai-lama.html/comment-page-1#comment-5926 mayor Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:43:07 +0000 http://themayorsblog.com/?p=225#comment-5926 Andre, call it what you will but as far as my perhaps limited view is concerned, it appears to be a perverted and contaminated manifestation of an inherently flawed ideology. This idea called 'communism' has not revealed itself as useful to anyone except for the dictators that have exploited the proletariat probably worse than the ruling class that they replaced. It is also useful to multinational corporations that do business with the various varieties of 'state capitalism', be it China or Burma. Besides, since when has a 'communist' state been anything other than an oligarchy? Andre, call it what you will but as far as my perhaps limited view is concerned, it appears to be a perverted and contaminated manifestation of an inherently flawed ideology.

This idea called ‘communism’ has not revealed itself as useful to anyone except for the dictators that have exploited the proletariat probably worse than the ruling class that they replaced. It is also useful to multinational corporations that do business with the various varieties of ‘state capitalism’, be it China or Burma.

Besides, since when has a ‘communist’ state been anything other than an oligarchy?

]]> By: Andre http://themayorsblog.com/dalai-lama.html/comment-page-1#comment-5925 Andre Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:31:45 +0000 http://themayorsblog.com/?p=225#comment-5925 I agree with you, John, as far as the Dalai Lama is concerned, but I disagree with the "communist" label to describe the politics of the Chinese junta. That would be like attaching a "democrat" label to Harper. I would describe China as a capitalist society it in terms of economic policies, and as an oligarchy in terms of its politics. I agree with you, John, as far as the Dalai Lama is concerned, but I disagree with the “communist” label to describe the politics of the Chinese junta. That would be like attaching a “democrat” label to Harper. I would describe China as a capitalist society it in terms of economic policies, and as an oligarchy in terms of its politics.

]]> By: Mark Koepke http://themayorsblog.com/dalai-lama.html/comment-page-1#comment-5924 Mark Koepke Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:27:37 +0000 http://themayorsblog.com/?p=225#comment-5924 I think the truly shameful thing is that the Dalai Lama--a man recognized around the world as a symbol of peace--would stoop to accept any kind of award from George W. Bush, whose government has ensured that the United States, once a beacon of hope, now represents the very opposite. Talk about irony in optics. Maybe the Dalai Lama's acceptance of this "honour" will advance the Tibetan cause, but it sure cheapened him in the process. I think the truly shameful thing is that the Dalai Lama–a man recognized around the world as a symbol of peace–would stoop to accept any kind of award from George W. Bush, whose government has ensured that the United States, once a beacon of hope, now represents the very opposite. Talk about irony in optics. Maybe the Dalai Lama’s acceptance of this “honour” will advance the Tibetan cause, but it sure cheapened him in the process.

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