Dalai Lama: Pedophile Or Traditionalist?

Is The Dalai Lama a pedophile — or a Tibetan traditionalist?

Current Events :
In case you missed the news from New Delhi, India, a young boy approached The Dalai Lama at an event and asked if he could give him a hug. The 87-year-old (supposed) spiritual leader and Nobel Prize winner invited the boy on stage and pointed to his own cheek saying, “First here,” prompting the boy to give him a hug as well as a kiss on the cheek. However, things went rapidly downhill from there.

Immediately after receiving the hug and kiss on the cheek, The Dalai Lama then pointed to his own lips and told the boy: “Then I think finally here also.” He then pulled the boy’s chin toward him and delivered a prolonged kiss to him directly on the mouth.

“And suck my tongue,” he said a few seconds later, poking his tongue out in a strange attempt to coerce the child into what appeared to be a French kiss.

Interestingly, the entire exchange was captured on video.

WARNING: GRAPHIC AND DISTURBING VIDEO:

Now, the “DL’s” handlers are apologizing on his behalf and attempting to spin the uncomfortable moment into something positive that was all a mere misunderstanding.

In a statement Monday, the office of the Dalai Lama said he “wishes to apologize to the boy and his family, as well as his many friends across the world, for the hurt his words may have caused,” adding he “regrets” the incident.

“His Holiness often teases people he meets in an innocent and playful way, even in public and before cameras,” the statement continued.

However, the most interesting explanation described the sucking of one’s tongue as “our traditional way of greeting,” a sign of respect, and a Tibetan tradition among people within that region of the world.

Hmmm…

So, it appears the “handlers” want the world to know that The Dalai Lama is not a pedophile, that he was only being “playful” and “jovial” when he kissed a young boy on the lips and then told him to “suck his tongue,” and that even though the tongue sharing was between an 87-year-old man and an extremely young boy, there was nothing pedophilic about the gesture.

Do you believe the “DL’s” explanation that this was all just a joke gone wrong while partaking in a Tibetan tradition? Or, could it be that the old goat has long been overstepping his “holy” bounds with young boys and his advanced age made him forget he was being filmed for all the world to see?

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Is The Dalai Lama a pedophile?