sd Man, When I said, Mr. Dalai Lama is being used by the west, I was not wrong. I think you haven't been well informed about the undeclared cold war between China and the US. They shake their right hands for that China supplies cheap labor to the US and US buys cheaper goods from China. But there is always fist to fist on the other hands where US talks about the human rights violation and protests the gobbling up of Tibet by China. And China shows the finger and says to mind their own business. Tibet is not the only issue. When China put her missiles pointed out towards Taiwan, the Japs and the American coalition sold numerous fighters to Taiwan. Not to mention, how can you forget the rescent arguement between them about the nuclear warfare? Apart from this, whether you know or not, China is soon in near future becoming the #1 economic power in the world surpassing the US. And that is only coz the Americans can't buy anything that cheap if it is not from China. This is really making the US scratch her head. And he didn't have to focus on these three topics, war, peace and reconcilation coz that was the topic he was supposed to speak for. Of course his mind is in very much peace, it can be felt in his speech. I already said he is not a politician, just trying to be one. If he does that, he is going to loose his peaceful mind. And Gautam buddha was a privileged man but that can't be counted for what he did. Coz he was a supposed to be a king and he became a sage. It is like Arnold's coming up as a better baseballer and saying that he was a privileged man. About the Nobel peace prize, neither I think Dalai Lama deserves it for peace keeping nor I think every Nobel peace prize is not politically motivated. So, my friends, I believe what he received in the Rutgers was the appropriate for him. Later.