China bans reincarnation without permission

[KafirChobee]

Wasn't certain whether I ought to just put this into the "news of the weird", but decided that with all the other strange things coming out of China (lame claim to fllod world money market with $$$US dollars$$$, rewriting how last names will be expanded - put that one in the weird news thread, and all but laying claim to the North Pole) this required its own thread.
Maybe wrong, but this does demonstrate just how far reaching a totalitarianist government can go to attempt universal political control of all peoples under them (whether legally or not).

This would be laughable, if it weren't so sad that the Commies actually believe they can control a non-state religion.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle2194682.ece


On a lighter note, ever wonder what you might come back as (or whom) after death. or even if you will?

http://www.reincarnationstation.com/
btw, if it doesn't post up - just do a refresh. worked for me.
Oh, I'm to be a rhino - gah! Endangered again.

Amazing, the Chinese government wants total control over everything. Personally, I think we need to rethink Taiwan - atleast we know they are sincere about capitalism.

[Ronin]

the chinese can´t just have people reincarnating willy nilly without any government regulation....imagine what this would do to the population explosion!!!

if the Dalai Lama wants to be reincarnated we will have to act like any of his socialist brothers....go to the ministry for reincarnation issues - subsection B - Desk 12 and present formulary ZXD785473783483843 properly filled out and stamped by the department of population expansion through extraordinary means.....in triplicate..of course.

[Papewaio]

It is definitely funny... they have to apply to four different government agencies so that they can lawfully reincarnate... so I wonder if they have to be born with the signed papers in hand?

[KukriKhan]

Oy Vey... next the Norse will demand Visa's for Valhalla and the christians will be selling passports to paradise.

Humans. Can't live with 'em, can't just...

[Ronin]

.....and the christians will be selling passports to paradise.

they already did that....a few centuries ago

[lars573]

Another meausre aimed at keeping future Dalai and Panchen Lama's under party control. I approve.

[Spetulhu]

Are you sure this isn't from The Onion?

[master of the puppets]

...i hope i'm reincarnated as a liberating chinese rebel bent on reform and the ideals of freedom... but my papers say i'm gonna be a mailman.


...frick
btw, i'm gonna be a crocodile.

[CountArach]

Bear... 32% born a higher form of life than me. I feel so outstandingly... average... I think it was the "Go to Hell" when someone tells you your stuff sucks that screwed me...

[seireikhaan]

Oh god, how ridiculous is this going to end up getting? Controls on reincarnation?

Oh, and I'm going to apparently be an elephant according to the survey. Good, but not great, according to them. Personally, I really hope no one answered that last option on what you think when you see a cripple.

Oh, and I tried again giving what I thought all the best and worst answers would be: best- an owl. Worst- a pigeon.

[AntiochusIII]

It's obviously just a political move against the Tibetan religious leaders.

Everybody knows the Chinese government is really just a bunch of scumbags anyway. The lower they fall, the more I'll enjoy my schadenfreude when they meet their makers, somehow.

Free Tibet! >:(

[seireikhaan]

Yeah, I know, but its like "geez, give it a rest already!" Like you, I eagerly await the demise of the current Chinese leadership.

[Rodion Romanovich]

On a lighter note, ever wonder what you might come back as (or whom) after death. or even if you will?

http://www.reincarnationstation.com/
btw, if it doesn't post up - just do a refresh. worked for me.
Oh, I'm to be a rhino - gah! Endangered again.

Amazing, the Chinese government wants total control over everything. Personally, I think we need to rethink Taiwan - atleast we know they are sincere about capitalism.

Haha dog, no way! I would refuse to blindly obey a disgusting master to get food and be patted like a... a ... dog No, I would revolt and be executed immediately and die as a martyr. I wonder what a rebellious dog is reincarnated as?

[Rodion Romanovich]

Second try: This time, a horse, only 20% got higher

[FactionHeir]

This test is biased. It gives females a higher score than males. Does that imply females are generally "better" than males or what?

[Rodion Romanovich]

This test is biased. It gives females a higher score than males. Does that imply females are generally "better" than males or what?

In that case, ban this heresy I say!

[Kralizec]

It's obviously just a political move against the Tibetan religious leaders.

Everybody knows the Chinese government is really just a bunch of scumbags anyway. The lower they fall, the more I'll enjoy my schadenfreude when they meet their makers, somehow.

Free Tibet! >:(

Indeed

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I'm going to be a rhino

[macsen rufus]

This test is biased. It gives females a higher score than males. Does that imply females are generally "better" than males or what?

No - just that "next time" they get a better start....

[doc_bean]

As a future penguin, I am more concerned with global warming all of a sudden....

Oh yeah, China bad !

[Gregoshi]

So Chinese zoos are really prisons for the illegally reincarnated?

[Odin]

Oy Vey... next the Norse will demand Visa's for Valhalla

Thats not half bad....

A Cat:

Almost 50% of people will be reincarnated as a higher form of life than you.

There's quite a bit of room for improvement in your life. If you continue to follow your current path, many obstacles will await you in your next life.

Funny test, improvement please....

[Husar]

So Chinese zoos are really prisons for the illegally reincarnated?

I got an elephant and it said 25% would be better.

Just makes me wonder who will reincarnate as a human? IIRC in India you can reincarnate and be born in a higher class if your previous life was good, or you can be born as a lower human if you weren't all that bad etc. I was hoping to be reborn as a woman just to experience the world as the other gender, but then again, since I'd lose my current memories, I'd probably want to be reborn as a man then to experience the world as the other gender etc. etc. elephant sounds a bit boring, I will probably try to become worse until I can be reborn as a cat like Odin. Cats are cool.

Also I thought cats are good at dealing with obstacles so that description doesn't make a lot of sense, given that they probably see obstacles as something bad.

[lars573]

It's obviously just a political move against the Tibetan religious leaders.

Everybody knows the Chinese government is really just a bunch of scumbags anyway. The lower they fall, the more I'll enjoy my schadenfreude when they meet their makers, somehow.

Free Tibet! >:(

Probably won't happen. Don't forget the red government is shipping ethnic Han Chinese into Tibet by the hundreds. Meaning that by the time a independance referendum comes there will be a sizeble pro-China voting block in Tibet.


Hedging your bets FTW!

[master of the puppets]

hmm, i wonder how many chinese want to be reincarnated as a wealthy european or american.

[Ronin]

a parrot....35% will do better

[AntiochusIII]

Probably won't happen. Don't forget the red government is shipping ethnic Han Chinese into Tibet by the hundreds. Meaning that by the time a independance referendum comes there will be a sizeble pro-China voting block in Tibet.

I know that. The large-scale state-encouraged "immigration" into Tibet is no secret in any case. I don't even really support a sovereign Tibet as I fear the return of a Medieval-ish Theocracy that they used to be.

I just want a freer, better Tibet and China that is all. The scums on top right now make me cringe every time I use something with a "Made in China" label on it, and in America this includes just about everything. I'm 18 and I can't say no if my parents decide to shop at WalMart either. Apolitical immigrants that they are, they'd look at me the wrong way.

It is after all a country of my ancestry [yes I'm a peasant, and that's the limit of my genealogy as far as I'm concerned], rich in culture and values and an amazing history...under the leadership of capitalistic, authoritarian scumbags*

*Not that capitalistic denotes scumbaggery, just that they are both

[Divinus Arma]

A Gorilla. 17% will do better.

[Don Corleone]

Kick ass! I'm gonna be a lion! It says only 18% will do better, but I don't see anybody doing better than being the king of the jungle! That's a life I could lead... a harem of ladies to out and get my food for me. What a life.