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<blockquote>Uhm, no. Like I said, it's mindboggling how he even got this wrong, since "eat" is clearly the easier word for a foreigner. English isn't my first language either and I would never mix the two up. And in the context of the supposed expression "eating" means to take away the tongue so the owner doesn't have it anymore. "Suck" doesn't even come close to that. </blockquote>
Well, I'm from Romania and we consume candy, we usually say that we suck it, not eat it, since it's hard and it has to be kept in the mouth to melt. So, such a confusion between eat and suck is easy to be made.
"Eat my tongue" is not the same as "suck my tongue". It doesn't even come down to the same thing. Not sure how the Dalai Lama could even get this wrong, since "eat" is clearly the easier word for a foreigner."
He just misspoke, since it's not his first language, he wanted to say "eat" not "suck", an honest mistake, it's explained there.
"Is there any evidence from before the incident that this is an expression in Tibet? If it is, why didn't that info come out immediately and not just yesterday? If you spoke to Tibetans, why didn't YOU mention this? Instead everybody tried to explain it away by saying that sticking your tongue out is just a way of greeting."
I posted the explanation four days ago.
" Even the article mentions that the supposed expression is said in a completely different context between a child and an adult who share a familiair relationship. Like I said, even if it was just a joke, it was inappropriate, especially since the boy was obviously feeling uncomfortable."
The Dalai Lama often acts like a friendly grandpa to the kids he meets, he means no harm.
Vice article explaining it:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg5854/tibetans-explain-what-suck-my-tongue-means-dalai-lama-viral-video
Sometimes over-explaining things could make the matter much worse, attract even more attention, discussion and debates over what is a small unimportant problem, they apologized and that's more than enough, for them the subject is now closed...
It was explained on various online forums, social media and in youtube comments, but they are getting deleted or downvoted very fast, people don't want to hear any explanations, they just want blood now.
https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/12ggufj/removed_by_reddit/
Yes, I've talked with some Tibetans online, who explained it, and are very confused why this whole thing was blown out of proportion by the media, to them it's obvious just some silly banter and harmless jokes, that simply got lost in translation.
There was no molestation here.
It's you, my child who's desperate for clinging so hard to something meaningless instead of simply letting it go...
Once two traveling Zen monks reached a river where they met a young woman. Wary of the current, she asked if they could carry her across. One of the monks hesitated, but the other quickly picked her up onto his shoulders, transported her across the water, and put her down on the other bank. She thanked him and departed.
As the monks continued on their way, one was brooding and preoccupied. Unable to hold his silence, he spoke out: "Brother, our spiritual training teaches us to avoid any contact with women, but you picked that one up on your shoulders and carried her!"
"Brother," the second monk replied, "I set her down on the other side, while you are still carrying her."
Just chill bro, it was a joke, get over it, no point in wasting time and mental energy for nothing.
It was clearly a joke.
You're just Chinese shill.
I don't understand the meaning of your question, I just live...
What "preposterous explanation", his office published an apology and explained that the Dalai Lama often jokes and teases people in playful ways, but he wishes no harm.
Because the boy is Indian, he wasn't familiar with the joke.
[quote]That’s news to Eschyus, Euripides and Eumenides.[/quote]
Who?
But even now there are tons of dirty drawings on walls and fences everywhere, however you don't see this in contemporary movies or TV shows.
Back then the footage wasn't sped up, it was shot at around 16fps and projected at the same speed. Only when they started to convert old silent films to be shown on modern projectors and TVs, they increased the speed.
How old is your daughter?
If you look at the women chess players from that era, most of them were rather unattractive, nerdy, stiff, with no sense of fashion, they send a strong asexual vibe, I really doubt they had loose morals.
She stole their secrets...
Yeah, but they aren't black, women or gay...