Holding out for a hero
Jul. 22nd, 2008 12:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
uberreinigerIn today's news, Batman was arrested for beating up his mother and sister.
The Barenaked Ladies' Disney-sponsored foray into children's music was aborted by their lead singer being arrested for cocaine possession.
The Dalai Lama's current speaking engagements in the U.S. are being protested by adherents of Dorje Shugden, an allegedly fierce and frightening Buddhist deity. The Shugdenpas accuse the Dalai Lama of showing his trademark kindly face to the Western world while trying to oppress and ostracize their sect among Tibetan Buddhists. Theological squables are inevitable in any religion; that part isn't as sad as what happened outside Radio City Music Hall following the Dalai Lama's speech there. Five hundred audience members who had come to hear the Dalai Lama speak responded to the Shugdenpa protestors by throwing things and spitting at them. The police had to intervene, busing the protestors away from the site for their own safety.
So that's at least five hundred people who apparently didn't take the Dalai Lama's messages to heart.
"Hero" is a word invented by the Greeks to describe a group of legendary figures who performed great acts of courage, the best of whom were rapists, murderers, and alcoholics.
It's something to think about.
The Barenaked Ladies' Disney-sponsored foray into children's music was aborted by their lead singer being arrested for cocaine possession.
The Dalai Lama's current speaking engagements in the U.S. are being protested by adherents of Dorje Shugden, an allegedly fierce and frightening Buddhist deity. The Shugdenpas accuse the Dalai Lama of showing his trademark kindly face to the Western world while trying to oppress and ostracize their sect among Tibetan Buddhists. Theological squables are inevitable in any religion; that part isn't as sad as what happened outside Radio City Music Hall following the Dalai Lama's speech there. Five hundred audience members who had come to hear the Dalai Lama speak responded to the Shugdenpa protestors by throwing things and spitting at them. The police had to intervene, busing the protestors away from the site for their own safety.
So that's at least five hundred people who apparently didn't take the Dalai Lama's messages to heart.
"Hero" is a word invented by the Greeks to describe a group of legendary figures who performed great acts of courage, the best of whom were rapists, murderers, and alcoholics.
It's something to think about.
