It might matter or not. But to whom it may concern: For the first time since a long time I feel a significant sense of respect for my own parliament. The reason? They will not have themselves bullied by China to refrain from receiving the Dalai Lama.
In no uncertain terms, China threatened our country with economical sanctions if we did. But an envoy of the parliament made it very clear to the Chinese ambassador, that China was going to be ignored in its objections against the Dalai Lama visiting our House of Democracy. “Nobody is telling our parliament what to do!”, must have been the general tone of that conversation.
So much for a piece of high faluting diplomacy. At times like these I regret not being able to hear what is actually said at such an occasion. Is there shouting and screaming going on, perhaps? Maybe some china is hitting the walls? Are faces turning purple or are mouths foaming white? It must be a thrill to see two diplomats trying to strangle each other while they are exchanging insults.
Sanctions… So what? Why should we care? Do we need China? I don’t think so. Seriously, their mere attempt to meddle in our business, our policies, our foreign affairs; the sheer audacity to even THINK that they can tell us our democratic job, it makes me want to throw up.
Hey, big country VERY FAR AWAY and very afraid for his Holiness the Dalai Lama to vent his opinion* on China….. we couldn’t even give a crap if the USA told us what to do, so why should we care about YOU? I love the idea of our parliament sharing my feelings on this. Get real, China. If you have energy and resources to spare, why not put them in the improvement of Human Rights in your country, or cleaning up your ecological disaster zones?
There is one more thing: if our Prime Minister is also going to receive our RedRobed guest, I might even get to like him.
*) And the Dalai Lama’s opinions are highly questionable at times. Read some interesting criticism on hime here.
