Assuming he's able to master the feat of controlling his rebirth, as Dalai Lamas supposedly have for the last 600 years, the situation is shaping up in which there could be two Dalai Lamas: one picked by the Chinese government, the other by Buddhist monks. "It will be a very hot issue," says Paul Harrison, a Buddhism scholar at Stanford.
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I don't understand. Tibet should already be a boot-licking vassal state in CivIV by now, right?
Well, Cooking Mama didn't help me become a better cook, and Trauma Center certainly didn't help me become a better surgeon. I have the proof of both sitting in my freezer. -- imbiginjapan
There's some serious questions that need to be answered here (either to curb my curiosity, or for general amusement)...
1) What's the penalty for reincarnating without government approval?
2) If death, what's to stop the person from causing a morbid infinite loop through space and time?
3) Exactly how do you prove someone reincarnated without permission (and aren't just lying to gain a group's favor)?
4) If there's two DL's, and both can reincarnate, how do you get rid of the one you don't want anymore? Put him in a coma? Cryogenically freeze him?
5) Could a DL committing suicide so he could reincarnate be considered breaking out of jail?
6) Could the unwitting mother be convicted of accessory to a crime? How about harboring a known fugitive?
Location: I turn once more to those who/ sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer...
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007 - 1:41pm
This would probably mark the only time that "deportation" as punishment could be an effective deterrent in modern China.
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1) No idea.
2) If so, then nothing.
3) This is China, proof is not strictly a requirement.
4) There won't be two, there will be one true DL and one that the Chinese gov't has chosen at random and will have control over.
5) A DL would never commit suicide.
6) Ask the Chinese. Based on the absurdity of this whole fiasco, I wouldn't doubt it.
baggachipz: Who cares about Japan, let them have their silly pointless dog games and countless re-hashes of anime-based dragon princess super lucky crapitty crap.
Well, Cooking Mama didn't help me become a better cook, and Trauma Center certainly didn't help me become a better surgeon. I have the proof of both sitting in my freezer. -- imbiginjapan
So, I'm on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one - big hitter, the Lama - long, into a ten-thousand foot crevasse, right at the base of this glacier.
Do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga... gunga, gunga-galunga.
So we finish the eighteenth and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, "Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice.
All this science I don't understand. It's just my job five days a week.
Location: I turn once more to those who/ sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer...
Monday, August 27th, 2007 - 9:47am
Symbiotic wrote:
For Catholics, this would be the equivalent of the Italian government installing a new Pope, rather than allowing the Vatican to do it...
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that kind of thing has happened in Europe, though. Frankly, I think it's fair to blame this whole mess on France for setting a precedent.
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Monday, August 27th, 2007 - 5:26pm
Ahh, Pope Innocent VII, the most bloodthirsty Pope of them all. The big problem the Chinese government will have is what the monks believe. The GS happened because popes are elected, not reincarnated. It'll be a hard sell to the other monks due to their beliefs and the very idea behind reincarnation. The masses will probably accept it because they're the masses, but any spiritual leader with conviction won't be moved by this.
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I buy even though I have 2 of them. I likey the Snakey.
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Monday, August 27th, 2007 - 5:32pm
Grenn wrote:
Ahh, Pope Innocent VII, the most bloodthirsty Pope of them all. The big problem the Chinese government will have is what the monks believe. The GS happened because popes are elected, not reincarnated. It'll be a hard sell to the other monks due to their beliefs and the very idea behind reincarnation. The masses will probably accept it because they're the masses, but any spiritual leader with conviction won't be moved by this.
...Sounds like everybody wins?
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Chinese government = spawn campers.
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Dude, I call h4xx0rs on that sh*t.
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Tight. Wish I'd thought of that.
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The Dalai Lama can only be Tibetan? I guess I can tell the wife we're done with that retirement plan...
so much fail -a triumph of lowbrow consistency
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Arrggghh - why did I even bother with the application?!
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Wow. That's some serious hubris.
We were hoping one of our future kids would get the nod. The Big L himself I am definitely not.
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I don't understand. Tibet should already be a boot-licking vassal state in CivIV by now, right?
Well, Cooking Mama didn't help me become a better cook, and Trauma Center certainly didn't help me become a better surgeon. I have the proof of both sitting in my freezer. -- imbiginjapan
I'm not even sure it'd rate as a goodie hut.
so much fail -a triumph of lowbrow consistency
Am I a man filling out a 27-D form to become a butterfly, or a butterfly waiting in line to register for becoming a man?
NOTE: This is not a doodle bug.
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There's some serious questions that need to be answered here (either to curb my curiosity, or for general amusement)...
1) What's the penalty for reincarnating without government approval?
2) If death, what's to stop the person from causing a morbid infinite loop through space and time?
3) Exactly how do you prove someone reincarnated without permission (and aren't just lying to gain a group's favor)?
4) If there's two DL's, and both can reincarnate, how do you get rid of the one you don't want anymore? Put him in a coma? Cryogenically freeze him?
5) Could a DL committing suicide so he could reincarnate be considered breaking out of jail?
6) Could the unwitting mother be convicted of accessory to a crime? How about harboring a known fugitive?
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This would probably mark the only time that "deportation" as punishment could be an effective deterrent in modern China.
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1) No idea.
2) If so, then nothing.
3) This is China, proof is not strictly a requirement.
4) There won't be two, there will be one true DL and one that the Chinese gov't has chosen at random and will have control over.
5) A DL would never commit suicide.
6) Ask the Chinese. Based on the absurdity of this whole fiasco, I wouldn't doubt it.
Also, free Tibet!
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hmm, i wonder if middle management reincarnates as receptionists for the celestial bureaucracy
Please tell me I'm not the only one who saw that and though Big Lebowski.
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You're not.
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Group hug!
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"Nobody f*cks with the Jesus"
Apparently everyone f*cks with the Dalai Lama
Well, Cooking Mama didn't help me become a better cook, and Trauma Center certainly didn't help me become a better surgeon. I have the proof of both sitting in my freezer. -- imbiginjapan
So, I'm on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one - big hitter, the Lama - long, into a ten-thousand foot crevasse, right at the base of this glacier.
Do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga... gunga, gunga-galunga.
So we finish the eighteenth and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, "Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice.
All this science I don't understand. It's just my job five days a week.
Loopin' For the Dalai Lama
You don't have to call me Lieutenant, Rosie......
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Here's more info, for anyone who cares not to take this issue so lightly.
http://savetibet.org/news/newsitem.php?id=1159
For Catholics, this would be the equivalent of the Italian government installing a new Pope, rather than allowing the Vatican to do it...
'Most favored nation' indeed...
Worse, the Chinese government is going to make them roll on the reincarnation table from the 1st edition DMG.
Symbiote, there's hardly anything to do but take it lightly.* That said, I'm following your link, you magnificent son of a bitch!
*EDIT: Okay, well, yeah. In Civ terms, this is like being restricted from generating any Great Persons. Not a good thing, and an obnoxious power play.
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure that kind of thing has happened in Europe, though. Frankly, I think it's fair to blame this whole mess on France for setting a precedent.
Elysium: The democratization of the web ... has installed an illusion of a digital first amendment that protects speech no matter how poorly spelled or stupid.
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elementsofmeaning.blogspot.com
Ahh, Pope Innocent VII, the most bloodthirsty Pope of them all. The big problem the Chinese government will have is what the monks believe. The GS happened because popes are elected, not reincarnated. It'll be a hard sell to the other monks due to their beliefs and the very idea behind reincarnation. The masses will probably accept it because they're the masses, but any spiritual leader with conviction won't be moved by this.
I'm an Uncle!!! -8/20/07
Scrub wrote:
ICO: General Fancypants l Steam: Grenn[GWJ] l WoW: Goquelyrslf, Grendwar l XBLA: GWJ Grenn
...Sounds like everybody wins?
Why are we still in Everything Else? One way to Ohio, please!
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XBL: E Munnie
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