by Sojourner » Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:59 pm
by gossipgirl » Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:44 pm
by Dogwatcher » Tue Jun 14, 2011 3:00 pm
by gossipgirl » Tue Jun 14, 2011 3:05 pm
by Bum Crack » Tue Jun 14, 2011 3:16 pm
by Ron Burgundy » Tue Jun 14, 2011 3:28 pm
by Bum Crack » Tue Jun 14, 2011 3:29 pm
Ron Burgundy wrote:Who is Harry O'Brien??
by Dogwatcher » Tue Jun 14, 2011 3:44 pm
Bum Crack wrote:Apparently she did want to meet him but Harry O'Brien had already booked her scheduled time for his token photo shoot and two minute meeting Seriously, who gives a ****??
by Sojourner » Tue Jun 14, 2011 4:39 pm
by Dogwatcher » Tue Jun 14, 2011 4:50 pm
by Sky Pilot » Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:00 pm
by dedja » Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:09 pm
Sojourner wrote:A little surprised to read that Prime Minister Gillard has refused to meet the Dalai Lama whilst he is on his Australian trip at present? She seems happy enough to meet anyone from Israel or Turkey who like the Tibetans live in occupied territory? When Oprah Winifrey came she was more than happy to meet with her also, yet the spiritual leader of Tibet as well as the various millions that affiliate themselves with Buddhism can not get 10 mins of her time?
Both Bob Brown and Tony Abbott seem to be quite okay with meeting him, Since when is the ALP beholden to the policy of the Communist Party of China to exile the Dalai Lama and to support that objective?
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/n ... 6074516949
by bulldogproud2 » Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:11 pm
Sky Pilot wrote:Surely Julia can choose who to meet and who not to meet? This Lama guy reminds me of that boring screeching little bishop Tutu. Products of their own PR machine. They are irrelevant - who cares
by dedja » Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:17 pm
by The Sleeping Giant » Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:28 pm
by Sky Pilot » Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:35 pm
bulldogproud2 wrote:Sky Pilot wrote:Surely Julia can choose who to meet and who not to meet? This Lama guy reminds me of that boring screeching little bishop Tutu. Products of their own PR machine. They are irrelevant - who cares
Whether they are irrelevant or not all depends on whether you value human rights. I personally do. Just a little about them:
Archbishop Tutu has been active in the defence of human rights and uses his high profile to campaign for the oppressed. He has campaigned to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, homophobia, transphobia, poverty and racism. Tutu received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism in 1986, the Gandhi Peace Prize in 2005,[1] and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009.
The 14th Dalai Lama (religious name: Tenzin Gyatso, shortened from Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, born Lhamo Dondrub,[2] 6 July 1935) is the 14th and current Dalai Lama. Dalai Lamas are the most influential figures in the Gelugpa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, although the 14th has consolidated control over the other lineages in recent years. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, and is also well known for his lifelong advocacy for Tibetans inside and outside Tibet.
Irrelevant??? Not to millions of people around the world.
Cheers
by southee » Tue Jun 14, 2011 8:48 pm
by redandblack » Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:20 pm
southee wrote:Once again absolute arrogance by the Labor government!!!!
He probably would of thought she was an orangatang from his home land anyway
by dedja » Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:28 pm
by Leaping Lindner » Wed Jun 15, 2011 1:52 am
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