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To: I_C_Deadpeople who wrote (17184)	5/5/2009 12:16:41 PM
From: Proud Deplorable	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50758

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To: I_C_Deadpeople who wrote (17184)	5/5/2009 3:17:19 PM
From: Broken_Clock	1 Recommendation Respond to of 50758

rupeenews.com 1) The Sinhalese-Tamil (Buddhist-Hindu) civil war in Sri Lanka is of course taken toll of thousands of lives, and as of last week was on the cover story of all major news organizations. The Sri Lankan government and the Tamils are both accused of terror tactics and committing atrocities. 2) The Cambodian killing fields were red in blood, not because the Khemers were docile Buddhists. 3) The violent perpetuated in Buddhist Vietnam between rivals (US as well as Vietnamese) was more violent than any we have seen in recent times. 4) Where was Mahayana Buddhism during the Sun Yet Sun and Maoist civil war? 5) Where was Buddhist “ahimsa” (non-violence) during the Cultural Revolution? 6) Why was Buddhist-Taoist philosophy unable to “to fill the poor with greater optimism about their lot” during the Japanese invasion of Korea? 7) Why was Buddhist philosophy in hiding during the rape of Nanking by Buddhist (Japanese) soldiers? 8) Why was the “enlightenment” absent during the abduction of 300,000 Korean women by Buddhist (Japanese) soldiers in Korea? 9) Why doesn’t Mahayana Buddhist-Taoist philosophy stop the genocide of Ughurs? 10) The human rights records of Laos, and Burma are not written in gold in the history books of tolerance and enlightenment. 11) ) The Thai massacres of Muslims in Thailand should not be a reason to criticize all Buddhists! All Buddhist countries have seen unprecedented violence in the past 70 years. To pretend otherwise is disingenuous! Ankya knows well, that neither Islam, nor Hinduism, nor Sikhism, nor Judaism, nor Buddhist nor Christianity has a monopoly on terror or violence or genocide. It is not the religion, but politics, injustice, colonialism, and occupation that create violence.