Theos-Talk Archives (August 1998 Message tt00470)

>Rodolfo Don wrote:
>> Interesting that Tibet never used land mines to protect itself from China,
>> even if they were threatened, and finally overrun and occupied by Chinese
>> forces.
>
>	And look what happened to the people of Tibet, as a result. Do you mean
>to say that if they had used land mines, the result would have been
>worse?
>
>	Bart Lidofsky
>

If the Tibetans had chosen land mines their action would have been wrong.
Right action is the only thing that matters. They can't control what the
Chinese decide to do, but they can control what they themselves do. Can you
imagine the Dalai Lama ordering his people to set land mines to kill
chinese soldiers?

Yes, the result would have been much worse for humanity if the Tibetans had
placed land mines in Tibet to kill the chinese invaders.

Rudy Don