Dalai Lama apologizes after video shows him kissing boy, asking him to 'suck my tongue'
I can't make this an "I told you so" post because this blog has been focused on the religious culture that that I was raised in. I come from the belief that you clean up your own house (Christianity) first before you try to change other people's houses (every other religious system in the world). Divine sanctions and such!
Just a few things to say:
1. No religious system is devoid of the abuse of children - physical, emotional and sexual. Power makes a person think that they are above the norms of the general populace - that they are exceptional.
2. Religious systems are set up to make "worldly abuse" something that people have to accept - it will be better in the next life - or worse.
3. Remember "Don't buy Thai". (this Wikipage is in desperate need of amplification but I don't have time to do it at this point) You probably don't. But I do because I was a voracious reader and fan of the writings and activism of Andrew Vacchss. Here is a link to his official website, The Zero. Thailand, a devout Buddhist country was (is?) the accepted hub of child sex tourism.
Oh no, my class on the History of Religion is going to be so much fun in the fall (irony, sarcasm and all that).
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