| I saw this on Drudge and had to post it. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20227400/site/newsweek/
I know you will find it as funny as I did.
By Matthew Philips Newsweek Aug.
20-27, 2007 issue - In one of history's more absurd acts of
totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from
reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement
issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law,
which goes into effect next month and strictly stipulates the
procedures by which one is to reincarnate, is "an important move to
institutionalize management of reincarnation." But beyond the irony
lies China's true motive: to cut off the influence of the Dalai Lama,
Tibet's exiled spiritual and political leader, and to quell the
region's Buddhist religious establishment more than 50 years after
China invaded the small Himalayan country. By barring any Buddhist monk
living outside China from seeking reincarnation, the law effectively
gives Chinese authorities the power to choose the next Dalai Lama,
whose soul, by tradition, is reborn as a new human to continue the work
of relieving suffering.
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| My dad and his next door neighbor like guns. Yesterday I shot a crossbow and today the M16. Here is a short video clip.
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