Dalai Lama drinks from SA's Cup of anxiety

Look at that heading, after SA decides to not let him into the country. South Africa has become the embarassment of the world. I stand ashamed. Although, once gain, being south african, we have Tutu, and De Klerk even, both idiots, but their intentions are good. Tutu speaks with his conscience, which is an embarrasing trait sometimes, but oh so preferable to the well groomed deception of others.

Quote: "This decision is not against the Dalai Lama. The South African government has nothing against the Dalai Lama. We have, in fact, on a few previous occasions hosted him in the country."

Masebe confirmed that the presidency had received a letter from Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, protesting at the refusal to grant the Dalai Lama a visa.

In the letter, Tutu reiterated that he would boycott the conference if the Dalai Lama was barred.
... the South African government has, in our view, acted unconstitutionally

"The SA World Cup Committee 2010 requested the three Nobel Peace Prize laureates - namely, myself, Nelson Mandela and F W De Klerk - to issue the invitation to the peace conference as part of the World Cup celebrations," he wrote.

"I cannot understand why the Dalai Lama's visa application of 4 March, through the SA High Commissioner in New Delhi, has not been granted as yet.

"Any assistance from your office in this regard will be greatly appreciated.

"Should His Holiness be denied a South African visa, and so be prevented from attending the South African peace conference, I would reluctantly have to reconsider my own participation in it."

De Klerk is also to pull out if the refusal is not overturned.

"The decision to refuse the visa makes a mockery of the whole purpose of the peace conference," he said in a statement.

"South Africa is a sovereign constitutional democracy and should not allow other countries to dictate to it regarding whom it should and should not admit to its territory - regardless of the power and influence of the country."

It had not been intended that Mandela would attend the conference, the Nelson Mandela Foundation said.

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Oh yeah, we let robertFUCKINGmugabe in to buy his fat wife clothes, but we refuse the Dalai Lama? (I cannot think of another human being who ranks as highly as Mandela??)