Klink nogal of die ene Shree Narayan Singh, wat so te kere gaan oor die kastige kinnermishandelings in Tibettaanse kloosters eintlik glad nie baie van die Tibettane hou nie, so lees ek bv hier dat hy selfs ’n saak aanhangig gemaak het in die Indiese hof teenoor die Dalai Lama.
Ek lig met graagte ’n paar punte uit hiervan, volgens die man se klagtes is dit meer as duidelik dat hy enige stok sal gryp om Tibet mee by te kom, en veral ook die Dalai Lama, volgens hom is die mense van Tibet die ergste mense op aarde en hy beskuldig hulle van elke denkbaar misdaad, sonder enige greintjie bewyse:
The plaintiffs above named beg to state as
follows:1. That plaintiff no. I is a patriotic Indian who has spent almost twenty five years in close association with Tibetan refugees living in various parts of this sub-continent and through extensive research has found to his amazement that the defendants are severally and jointly engaged in a wide range of illegal acitivities, some of which are deterimental to the national security of India, including sorcery and black magic.
2. That defendant no. 1, the Dalai Lama, the erstwhile God King of Tibet, had been deposed by the Communist Chinese Government, and compelled to flee his country incognito, crossing over into India in what was then NEFA, March 31, 1959 .
3. That subsequently, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Prime Minister of India , had granted the Dalai Lama, Defendant No. 1, political asylum in India , concerning which no document was ever executed.
4. That around this period, approx. 1 lakh Tibetans had fled the Chinese takeover of their country and sought asylum in this country.
7. That contrary to the image projected of Tibetans internationally, as 'a simple, peace-loving people who merely want their country back', Tibetans are an extremely violent and wily people who stop at absolutely nothing to further their own interests, even though these may compromise the national security of India, the country which gave them refuge, land, residence, food, clothing, health, education and so on, so that they may continue to lead lives as normal human beings with dignity.
15. That thus, the Dalai Lamas enjoy the dubious distinction of being supposed saints whose hands, feet and body are stained with the blood of countless innocent Buddhists, making them unique in the history of human civilization, and him most certainly an appropriate recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1989.
16. That compared to the most nobel person in independent India, Mother Teresa, who was also awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, our illustrious Dalai Lama, Defendant No. 1, has done absolutely nothing for the country of his refuge, and its residents.
17. That this single incidence speaks volumes of the chasm between the message of the Buddha which these defendants profess and practice, which is to 'Make holes in the very platter from which they eat', to quote a Hindi adage.
Lees gerus die res self, dis vaak, MAAR op die ou einde stel iemand dit baie mooi:
Para 7 All the allegations made against the people of Tibet in this paragraph are false and scandalous, and scurrilous and defamatory and are specifically denied. They constitute political defamation and denigration, of a race and clearly fall outside the jurisdiction of any Civil Court, besides being opposed to and in violation of the basic tenets of the Constitution of India.
Para 8 The allegations in this paragraph are in the nature of political defamation and denigration and outside the jurisdiction of any Civil Court and false and scandalous and scurrilous and defamatory and are specifically denied.
Dit som beide Angus en Shree Narayan Singh se gekatterwaal besonder mooi op, nl dat die aantygings is "false and scandalous and scurrilous and defamatory and are specifically denied".
Maar dit verbaas my geensins dat Angus so laag sal daal nie ...
Francois Williams