Oh, I wasn't trying to say in any way that the Tamil Tigers aren't terrorists, they most certainly are. My point was rather that the image of Buddhists as being non-violent and, well, kinda docile is very much a myth.
Japan is predominantly Buddhist and Shinto and they certainly did a fine job recruiting suicide bombers in WWII. Judah On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > I thought the Tamils were mainly Hindu (over 85%), with Muslims > accounting for about 5%. > > That said the Tamil Tigers were one of the most violent terrorist > groups. They invented the modern application of suicide bombing. The > first prominent suicide bombing was the assassination of Rajiv Ghandi > by a member of the LTTE Black Tigers > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Rajiv_Gandhi and > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_bombing#Modern_occurrences). > > Problem is that both sides have committed atrocities against the > Sinhalese people. At the end of the LTTE they were kidnapping > civilians and using them as shields against the Sinhalese army. They > also attacked civilians fleeing the fighting in the final stages of > hte war, killing upwards of 2000 or 3000 civilians according to > independent witnesses. > > On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The Tamil (Muslim) minority in Sri Lanka probably wouldn't concur >> since they are being wiped out by the Sinhalese (Buddhist) majority. >> There have been plenty of other violent acts committed by buddhists in >> Laos and Thailand and China. But yes, on the whole, I would agree that >> Buddhism seems to produce proportionally less violence than the other >> large scale religions. >> >> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Scott Stewart >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I guess I should rephrase, I've never heard of a Buddhist Terrorist.. >>> I don't know of any other major religion that can say that >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Maureen [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 10:58 PM >>> To: cf-community >>> Subject: Re: WTF?!?! >>> >>> >>> There were Buddhist monks who set themselves on fire to protest the >>> Vietnam war. That's pretty extreme. The media being what it is, the >>> extremists are going to get the coverage. It's up to those of us who >>> aren't extreme to reclaim our faith, and when the media covers the >>> extremists by using the name of our faith, to speak up and say "those >>> people do not act or speak in my name". I love Jesus. I'm just not >>> fond of some of his fan clubs. >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Scott Stewart >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> It brings up a broader issue, there are thousands of people of faith, who >>>> quietly practice and truly adhere to the tenants of their particular >>> faith, >>>> yet the extremists (Christian, muslim and others, although I don't think >>>> I've ever heard of a Buddhist extremist) seem to get all the attention >>> thus >>>> souring the reputation of faithful at large,. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Maureen [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 8:42 PM >>>> To: cf-community >>>> Subject: Re: WTF?!?! >>>> >>>> >>>> And just to clarify, I am not saying the Mullah was right in his >>>> views, only that those in the US who are using this to attack people >>>> of Muslim faith should clean up their own back yard first. >>>> >>>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Scott Stewart >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> The thing that got me about the original article is that the Mullah in >>>>> question seems to advocate consummating the marriage, which in the US >>>> would >>>>> probably get him shot, and buried head down in an unmarked grave facing >>> as >>>>> far away from Mecca as he could get. >>>>> >>>>> He's an extremist, but like most extremists he has a loud mouth and will >>>> say >>>>> almost anything to get attention... >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312773 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
