KIDNAPPED!!! SELFISH!!!

I can't believe it. The "mystery" is that they need people to populate Shangri-La, and so they just decieded to kidnap them!! The High Lama (perrault) gave his blessing to Talu and he went and kidnapped some people. Nice. Then, the High Lama tries to explain to Conway why he should be happy to be there forever. Basically the best reason to stay is so you can read, learn music, enjoy the beauty of Shangri-La, and live out your days (and rather a lot of days apparently) in lovely peace and solitude. Hello, does that not seem selfish to anyone else? They are willing to let the world destroy itself and they are hoping to live through that, then "the Christian ethic may at last be fulfilled, and the meek shall inherit the earth." p159. Who do they think they are? Why are they so special that they don't have to pass through sorrow and trials and in the end be rewarded with peace and happiness AFTER they have proven themselves worthy? They are so selfish as to isolate themselves from the world and not care about anyone that doesn't happen to "drop in." Mallison is not going to like this at all! I don't know if I am liking this book so much.