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minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoThat does sound like something the Dalai Lama would say.
minus-squarePacattack57@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoIt is a cultural difference slightly taken out of context. Albeit it is incredibly jarring for Americans and other European countries. He did issue an apology for it.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day ago It is a cultural difference slightly taken out of context. Go on … This is a perfectly normal thing in Tibetan culture?
minus-squarePacattack57@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoSort of. According to residents who defended him they said it is a normal joke that elderly people to do children in Tibet.
That does sound like something the Dalai Lama would say.
It is a cultural difference slightly taken out of context. Albeit it is incredibly jarring for Americans and other European countries. He did issue an apology for it.
Go on …
This is a perfectly normal thing in Tibetan culture?
Sort of. According to residents who defended him they said it is a normal joke that elderly people to do children in Tibet.