Why I fist-bumped the Dalai Lama


	Why I fist-bumped the Dalai Lama

wiccantexan

9-25-2009 10:29 PM

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9-26-2009 11:34 AM

boniface

"Barely an hour passed before reporters began calling to say my fist
bump with the Dalai Lama was "disrespectful," unusual and perhaps
inappropriate. Why would I do that, they asked?"

I guess that's why the Dalai Lama is considered "enlightened," while reporters are just considered "idiots."

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