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Why is that absurd? The catholic church did some pretty horrible things in the past, too. But they changed (and still have most of their churches and land) and
by hutzlibu 5y ago
Why is that absurd? The catholic church did some pretty horrible things in the past, too. But they changed (and still have most of their churches and land) and it seems, so did the Tibetian Buddhism. So like I said, it is complicated to reverse expropriation, but if it is possible and the tibetians want their temples back, it would sound right to me, to give them at least some important ones.
- whimsicalism 5y agoThe catholic church is not comparable to the social system in Tibet. When you say "let the Catholic church keep their lands", it is a much smaller claim than saying "let the monastaries keep their land" as the monasteries were the center of the feudal system in Tibet. They owned over half of all of the arable land in Tibet and had legally bound serfs working that land for the benefit of the ecclesiastical class. Your request is more akin to saying that Europe should return the land belonging to feudal lords (ie. most land).
- hutzlibu 5y ago"to give them at least some important ones."