just had another call - they're on their way home from the demonstration.
on arriving, the Dalai Lama had to get out of his car to go into the Sheldonian right in front of the demonstration, just across the - fairly narrow - street, to a deafening roar of "STOP LYING!! STOP LYING!! STOP LYING!!"
on the way out, they let him get into his car inside the courtyard, but he still had to drive right by the demonstrators.
i think he heard them. and of course, so did everybody else, including the media...
the world is starting to wake up.