Japan during the second world war had a very different philosophy from Buddhism - Bushido, or rather a perversion of Bushido derived from Shinto. At the time the official religion in Japan was Shinto, with Buddhism practiced by only about 40% of the populace. I remember reading somewhere (I'll have to dig up the reference) that there was a degree of active persecution of Buddhism in the late 30's through to the end of the war.
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:312779 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
