'That female must be attractive, otherwise it is not much use': the Dalai Lama's controversial comments

[Sarcelle]

What is funny about saying a female is not much use without an attractive face?

I think it was more tongue in cheek.

However, you do have a point. Females are judged first by their physical attractiveness. I get that.

 

[Sarcelle]

Me a liberal? Now that’s funny!

Why, is he so good-looking that people are paying attention to what he says?

Well, he’s a man so it’s different.

 

[lax16]

Well, he’s a man so it’s different.

How is it different?

Blessed Mother Theresa radiated the love of Christ without model looks.

 

[lax16]

I think it was more tongue in cheek.

However, you do have a point. Females are judged first by their physical attractiveness. I get that.

A spiritual leader that speaks tongue in cheek? I guess I am not used to that.

 

[Sarcelle]

How is it different?

Blessed Mother Theresa radiated the love of Christ without model looks.

I was being sarcastic.

 

[lax16]

I was being sarcastic.

Thanks for explaining! I generally rely on in posts to keep up.

 

[Exiled_Child]

The overriding emphasis upon our visual image never stops seeming bizarre to me, but it must seem a thousand times weirder to the Dalai Lama. Television hadn’t even been invented when he was a kid, and now he’s living in a world where ones onscreen charisma is the deciding factor in what defines our humanity. And of course it’s only going to get worse as time marches on and people become even stupider in the future than they are today. So His Holiness is actually entirely correct, from the jaundiced perspective I just described.

 

[Techno2000]

Nobody likes an ugly llama!