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By: mary

mary — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:46:21 +0000

Ms Norberg-Hodge has, though, been criticised by native Tibetans for what they see as her patriarchal and patronising view of Tibet. Jamyang Norbu, for example, in his essay ‘Beyond the Lost Horizon’ comments that “what such advocacy conveniently ignores is the harsh geopolitical climate in which such a frail society exists.’ As Norbu puts it ‘Calling on people in underdeveloped societies to live passive, traditional and ecologically correct lifestyles . . . does not sit too well coming from someone who may own a car or who has hot and cold water in his or her home.’

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Norberg-Hodge

If the Dalai Lama thinks she’s OK then I am instantly suspicious of her and her agenda.

By: brianct

brianct — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:31:42 +0000

Good article except that Mcdonalds is the decline of real food and contributes to the ris of those illnesses that the Pharma thru its medical profession arm promises to cure.

ALSO alert if your in europe:
‘With strict European legislation due to come into force next April, will some age-old herbal remedies on sale in health food stores today become, quite literally, a thing of the past?
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6013380,00.html

and as for rehmats quote:
‘The easy answer is that Western culture is intrinsically preferable – that blue jeans are simply better than homespun robes, the nuclear family better than the extended family.’

No they arent..

By: Rehmat

Rehmat — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:53:50 +0000

Helena Norberg-Hodg is founder and director of US-UK-based International Society for Ecology & Culture. She is an author and analyst of social and environment impact on humanity. In her 1992 research paper, titled The Pressure To Modernise, wrote:

“Why do the traditional societies break down upon their first sustained contact with the modern world? The easy answer is that Western culture is intrinsically preferable – that blue jeans are simply better than homespun robes, the nuclear family better than the extended family.

http://rehmat2.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/western-modernity-destroys-human-values/

By: Don Hawkins

Don Hawkins — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:01:53 +0000

You went and did it this time Martha, good one.