Even though I do not consider myself religious, I generally respect other people's religions. Moreover, because of my own Buddhist sensibility - another word he tried to crack nut on yesterday, with a sexist spin - I had always respected Dalai as a religious leader. (And perhaps because I said so in one of my previous blogs, the Chinese government has recently adopted a much tolerate approach to Tibetans who keep his portraits inside China, according to media reports online.)
And because I was propelled into politics without my prior consent, I knew I was not prepared for it. In particular, I knew I did not know enough about the many issues surrounding Tibet. As such, I wanted to listen to what Dalai had to say. (Frankly, I am disappointed as well in this regard.)
Also, Dalai is widely regarded as a moral leader. As I mentioned before, I very much lamented the worldwide moral decline of our time. By keeping quiet on Dalai, I thought that at least his fans could continue to look up to him as a role model.
For example, when I said last October that "Mr. Osama's 'winning' the Peace Prize was only part of an integrated plan to deal with the potential fallout of my being brought out by the Chinese government during the National Day celebrations period", what I had in my mind was chiefly Dalai's trip to Canada around that time when he cracked a few nuts. I had not wanted to talk about it for the above considerations. Perhaps I will get to it later in this blog. As for yesterday, I lost counts on how many nuts Dalai tried to crack. But I will add the details later as well. (Some pundits already figured them out, as can be seen in this BBC commentary.)
