Showing posts with label No one likes the Dalai Lama anymore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label No one likes the Dalai Lama anymore. Show all posts

Sunday, 7 September 2014

No one likes the Dalai Lama anymore

Here's why governments around the world are unfriending the Tibetan leader.
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Look at that face. You're suddenly a bit more serene, a bit more contented than you were a minute ago, aren't you? Maybe you're remembering the year — was it 2002? 2003? — when you gave every single one of your friends and family a copy of "The Art of Happiness" for Christmas.
On the other hand, if you're the president, prime minister, or foreign secretary of any country in the world, then this face is giving you serious angina right now.