Didn't they do one of those shows trying to convince me that Walmart were not as bad a company as everything thinks?

I'm gonna need more than this.

The rest of the Tibetan people in those days might have lived in some poverty and squalor, but I'd guess that they were probably happy with what they had though, probably a yak and mug of butter tea if they were lucky. I dunno...

Pulling out eyeballs? I seem to remember them mentioning that briefly, ... I'm afraid I don't buy that one.

Saying that though, I have read that some zen buddhist masters used to beat their students since it was believed to induce some form of spiritual attainment.