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Buddhists happy when Muslims die. More

Buddhists happy when Muslims die.

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  • same old cycle we've seen in a lot of other places. once people have died on each side, it becomes so difficult to stop.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by Talinom ( 243100 ) *
      When Buddhists [wikipedia.org], generally peaceloving people, start toting machine guns to defend themselves there is probably some serious violence going on. I am sure that the Buddhists would be happy to see the violence stop, but who started it in the first place, the local Buddhist bully or someone belonging to The Religion of Peace [thereligionofpeace.com] (2001-2003 [thereligionofpeace.com], 2004 [thereligionofpeace.com] and 2005 [thereligionofpeace.com])? (See also the methodology [thereligionofpeace.com] for gathering the statistics.) If they surrender will their lives be spared or will they be treated like second class citizens [wikipedia.org]?

      A few

      • Re: (Score:3, Insightful)

        by stoolpigeon ( 454276 ) *
        i seem to remember a while back buddhist monks in korea going at it hammer and tongs. they were fighting over a temple and some assets if my memory is right.

        i think any religious group that gets large, is going to be full of people who identify with that religion primarily as a part of their culture. they haven't internalized any of what that religion holds. the article linked seems to indicate that this thing has been cooking for a while with wrongs on both sides. and more importantly, it doesn

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          by Talinom ( 243100 ) *
          i seem to remember a while back Buddhist monks in Korea going at it hammer and tongs. they were fighting over a temple and some assets if my memory is right.

          Yes, you are correct [bbc.co.uk]. They did riot. From what I read, they didn't riot very much.

          The Christians had The Crusades [wikipedia.org], but that was to recapture Jerusalem and the sacred "Holy Land" from Muslim rule. Looks like it may be time for round two [worldnetdaily.com].

          And I must disagree. Blame does matter, otherwise the oppressor gets a pass. The innocent party, if that can b

      • Re: (Score:1, Insightful)

        by Anonymous Coward
        Haven't read the Old Testament much, have you?
  • Here [hindustantimes.com] and here [globalsecurity.org]

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