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Dalai llama ask a child to suck his tongue

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Mooshamoo · 10/04/2023 12:49

Has anyone seen the new video of the Dalai Llama asking a child to suck his tongue. Yes. It sounds bizarre. But it is in the news right now. The video is out there. And the dalai llama is apologising on social media now

Im devastated! I went to see the Dalai Llama in India. He gave a speech on accepting and loving everyone, and that it didn't matter what religion we are. I always told people that it was one of the highlights of my life.

I went through life thinking he was a good person, that he was one of the good ones. To see this today, makes me think oh no is he yet another abuser.

Some people have remarked about this video that sticking your tongue out at someone is a greeting in Tibet.

However - the Dalai Llama kisses the child on the lips in the video, and asks the child to suck his tongue. It does not look right at all.

He has apologised on twitter now.

What do you all think?

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ananass · 12/04/2023 10:19

L3ThirtySeven · 12/04/2023 10:13

I would like to think that the local Indian police are already fully aware of the incident as it happened in February.

Why are you refusing to answer the question, @L3?

You said you weren’t asked that asked, now you have been asked, and yet you won”t answer?

Sudeko · 12/04/2023 10:19

The Indian Police will not do a thing. They are a hundred times worst then the failing Met. Don't you know about the bribery and corruption which has been going on for decades? He is a revered figure, a status symbol as far as they are concerned. They never bothered to get a grip on child prostitution which is rife in the slums so they are not going to go out of their way in this case and risk a major diplomatic row?

ananass · 12/04/2023 10:21

Sudeko · 12/04/2023 10:07

If you were here to carry out damage limitation on behalf of the DL then what else would you say?
If it was picked up on the audio, it would have been quite loud. Or were they randomly cheering and clapping? Does the DL encourage robotic episodes of mirth?

If you were here to carry out damage limitation on behalf of the DL

I think you’ve hit the nail on the head there, I think they have been sent for that purpose.

GingerbreadBaking · 12/04/2023 10:22

ananass · 12/04/2023 10:17

I’m saying it because I’m aware that unconscious bias to black and brown child victims is a fact. Bame children are often seen as ‘older’ or ‘less innocent’.

I have seen this, as if their culture means that they don't deserve safeguarding.

We can't talk here in tbe UK properly about safeguarding, we think a random child sexually abused in a home or catholic church deserves safeguarding and the enablers should become homeless if necessary, yet that same child in a classroom the adult enablers sexually abusing them shouldn't become homeless or be looked at how they safeguard their own children in their home.

Safeguarding is poor overall and full of hypocrites with double standards, you can't even name the pattern of males involved.

ananass · 12/04/2023 10:23

L3ThirtySeven · 12/04/2023 10:11

He could, but he does not per the reports on how he lives and where he lives.

Yes, as all human societies have child abuse, it’s reasonable to realise that even some Buddhist monks and children in Tibet experience child abuse. No religion or country is free of child abuse.

So do you personally get a report for every day of the DL’s life?

onirgellep · 12/04/2023 10:25

ananass · 12/04/2023 10:23

So do you personally get a report for every day of the DL’s life?

Equally do you get daily reports of the DL life which contradict this?

Thought not

L3ThirtySeven · 12/04/2023 10:27

ananass · 12/04/2023 10:17

I’m saying it because I’m aware that unconscious bias to black and brown child victims is a fact. Bame children are often seen as ‘older’ or ‘less innocent’.

You worded it as an accusation of conscious racism, not unconscious bias:
“You won't get an honest answer to that question. I also think the ethnicity of the victim is a factor. As it's a young Indian boy, he's collateral damage in the race for damage limitation.”

Kolakalia · 12/04/2023 10:30

Religions are full of sex offenders. Utterly disgraceful but no idea why it shocks anyone.

L3ThirtySeven · 12/04/2023 10:30

ananass · 12/04/2023 10:19

Why are you refusing to answer the question, @L3?

You said you weren’t asked that asked, now you have been asked, and yet you won”t answer?

I have answered. You asked if I thought the police should be called. You are assuming, rather weirdly, that they have not already been called. You seem invested in implying some massive cover up is in progress,

By saying that I think the local Indian police are already aware it means that not only do I think they should be called, but I think that they probably have been called.

L3ThirtySeven · 12/04/2023 10:32

ananass · 12/04/2023 10:21

If you were here to carry out damage limitation on behalf of the DL

I think you’ve hit the nail on the head there, I think they have been sent for that purpose.

We’ve been “sent” to this thread? Who do you think “sent” us?

L3ThirtySeven · 12/04/2023 10:32

ananass · 12/04/2023 10:23

So do you personally get a report for every day of the DL’s life?

Do you?

ananass · 12/04/2023 10:32

L3ThirtySeven · 12/04/2023 10:30

I have answered. You asked if I thought the police should be called. You are assuming, rather weirdly, that they have not already been called. You seem invested in implying some massive cover up is in progress,

By saying that I think the local Indian police are already aware it means that not only do I think they should be called, but I think that they probably have been called.

No, you didn’t answer. You obfuscated by saying you’d like to think the police were aware.

But thank you for finally confirming that you agree the police should be called to investigate why the DL kissed this boy on the lips and asked him to suck his tongue.

ananass · 12/04/2023 10:34

onirgellep · 12/04/2023 10:25

Equally do you get daily reports of the DL life which contradict this?

Thought not

I’m not the one saying he has no access to children. I have no idea who his visitors are.

It’s L3 who says it’s reported what visitors the DL gets.

ananass · 12/04/2023 10:35

L3ThirtySeven · 12/04/2023 10:32

Do you?

No, I don’t 🤣 You are the one saying there are reports, not me. Can you link to them?

L3ThirtySeven · 12/04/2023 10:36

ananass · 12/04/2023 10:32

No, you didn’t answer. You obfuscated by saying you’d like to think the police were aware.

But thank you for finally confirming that you agree the police should be called to investigate why the DL kissed this boy on the lips and asked him to suck his tongue.

I didn’t obfuscate. I will have to remember to give you simpler one word yes/no answers in future as it seems you struggle to understand short answers.

ananass · 12/04/2023 10:36

GingerbreadBaking · 12/04/2023 10:22

I have seen this, as if their culture means that they don't deserve safeguarding.

We can't talk here in tbe UK properly about safeguarding, we think a random child sexually abused in a home or catholic church deserves safeguarding and the enablers should become homeless if necessary, yet that same child in a classroom the adult enablers sexually abusing them shouldn't become homeless or be looked at how they safeguard their own children in their home.

Safeguarding is poor overall and full of hypocrites with double standards, you can't even name the pattern of males involved.

I agree. Calling out that racial bias exists is not racist.

Sudeko · 12/04/2023 10:36

L3ThirtySeven · 12/04/2023 10:32

We’ve been “sent” to this thread? Who do you think “sent” us?

Through my direct, personal experience of a similar 'organization', the brainwashing takes care of that. Nobody would need to send you to do their bidding or pay you anything.

If anybody out there is a DL devotee and is afraid to leave, then I wish them the courage to do so. Many people (including myself) walked out largely unscathed by it all. The bond you feel towards him and to your smaller satellites are illusory.

ananass · 12/04/2023 10:38

L3ThirtySeven · 12/04/2023 10:36

I didn’t obfuscate. I will have to remember to give you simpler one word yes/no answers in future as it seems you struggle to understand short answers.

The quote history is right there, L3. I won’t respond the personal attack, though I suspect you want the derailment of the thread.

AllIsBest · 12/04/2023 10:39

@L3ThirtySeven

Did you bump your head this morning and forget?
😂On a thread preoccupied with dementia, this has tickled me.

@pickledandpuzzled

It's a waste of breath encouraging people to engage with what is actually being said, and use their brain.
All that collaborating and mansplaining! Maybe take some time out if this thread frustrates you and instead engage in the worthwhile practice of tolerance, acceptance and compassion?

In any case, your (plural) posting style is very telling!

The world won't forget this video in a hurry. No amount of damage control will erase the grotesque juxtaposition of one of the world's most revered religious leaders coercing a boy into unwanted intimate physical contact with an unsuspecting boy with bystanders clapping and laughing.

L3ThirtySeven · 12/04/2023 10:39

ananass · 12/04/2023 10:35

No, I don’t 🤣 You are the one saying there are reports, not me. Can you link to them?

Ah, you see there are reports is quite different from saying daily reports.

You wouldn’t trust any links from me.
Have a search on Google and a read of the Wikipedia page on the Dalai Lama.
His bio and living situation are quite well known & frequently reported on.

L3ThirtySeven · 12/04/2023 10:39

ananass · 12/04/2023 10:38

The quote history is right there, L3. I won’t respond the personal attack, though I suspect you want the derailment of the thread.

Ok, and no.

GingerbreadBaking · 12/04/2023 10:40

Kolakalia · 12/04/2023 10:30

Religions are full of sex offenders. Utterly disgraceful but no idea why it shocks anyone.

Anyone in a position of power is likely personality disordered, personality disordered people harm in various ways not just sexually. Obviously not everyone in leadership has a PD, just those who conduct interest in this area tell us it is more likely they are.

ananass · 12/04/2023 10:41

L3ThirtySeven · 12/04/2023 10:39

Ah, you see there are reports is quite different from saying daily reports.

You wouldn’t trust any links from me.
Have a search on Google and a read of the Wikipedia page on the Dalai Lama.
His bio and living situation are quite well known & frequently reported on.

So you acknowledge that there is no report for each day of the DL’s life? How can you categorically say who he has access to then?

AllIsBest · 12/04/2023 10:41

AllIsBest · 12/04/2023 10:39

@L3ThirtySeven

Did you bump your head this morning and forget?
😂On a thread preoccupied with dementia, this has tickled me.

@pickledandpuzzled

It's a waste of breath encouraging people to engage with what is actually being said, and use their brain.
All that collaborating and mansplaining! Maybe take some time out if this thread frustrates you and instead engage in the worthwhile practice of tolerance, acceptance and compassion?

In any case, your (plural) posting style is very telling!

The world won't forget this video in a hurry. No amount of damage control will erase the grotesque juxtaposition of one of the world's most revered religious leaders coercing a boy into unwanted intimate physical contact with an unsuspecting boy with bystanders clapping and laughing.

No amount of damage control will erase the grotesque juxtaposition of one of the world's most revered religious leaders coercing a boy into unwanted intimate physical contact while bystanders are clapping and laughing.

GingerbreadBaking · 12/04/2023 10:42

ananass · 12/04/2023 10:36

I agree. Calling out that racial bias exists is not racist.

Same with the male on male issue.

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