re: #186 b.d.

What a quote:

I could spend the rest of the day just pondering that quote.

Will China appoint the next Dalai Lama in Cleveland this summer? They could save some money on riot police protection?

They’d need to wait until the present DL (#14) passes on before #15 can take over.

Imagine an outside power telling a population, “Don’t worry! We’ve already chosen your temporal and religious leader. Kick back and relax.”