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Buddhists committing violent massacres is not the usual headline, but here it is.  

Aung San Suu Kyi should hand back her Nobel Peace prize.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-41152774/rohingya-refugees-flee-myanmar-through-the-jungle

With the best, thats a good bit of PR, though I would say the Bedford team, theres, like, you know, 13 blokes who can get together at the weekend to have a game together, which doesnt point to expansion of the game. Point, yeah go on!

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8 hours ago, Bedford Roughyed said:

Buddhists committing violent massacres is not the usual headline, but here it is.  

Aung San Suu Kyi should hand back her Nobel Peace prize.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-41152774/rohingya-refugees-flee-myanmar-through-the-jungle

She shouldn't have been given it in the first place.

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett)

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41224108?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central

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The security operation targeting Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar "seems a textbook example of ethnic cleansing", the UN human rights chief says. 

Zeid Raad Al Hussein urged Myanmar to end the "cruel military operation" in Rakhine state. 

More than 300,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh since violence erupted there late last month.

 

 

With the best, thats a good bit of PR, though I would say the Bedford team, theres, like, you know, 13 blokes who can get together at the weekend to have a game together, which doesnt point to expansion of the game. Point, yeah go on!

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To repeat: if you really thought that Aung San Suu Kyi was anything other than a member of the Burmese elite who have long been prone to regarding lower classes and other races as undesirable then you weren't actually paying any attention.

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett)

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On 11/09/2017 at 10:42 AM, gingerjon said:

To repeat: if you really thought that Aung San Suu Kyi was anything other than a member of the Burmese elite who have long been prone to regarding lower classes and other races as undesirable then you weren't actually paying any attention.

It might sound odd but I think a lot of her appeal comes from the fact that people like her name.

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1 minute ago, gogledd said:

Depressing news... of all the world religions you would have though would never stoop to crimes such as ethnic cleansing it would be Buddhism.

As with extremists everywhere, they like having the shelter of the religious name which automatically gets them some protections and local support but they're about as Buddhist as Ian Brady and Myra Hyndley.

By doing nothing, Aung San Suu Kyi has essentially condoned the ethnic cleansing.  By refusing to move towards the same standard as those who she treats as her personal heroes (Ghandi, Nehru, etc.) she joins the ranks of the genocidal appeasers.  She spends more time sucking up to Russia and China to stop Security Council resolutions than she does on domestic issues.

What's worse is that she still trumps (sic) on about her commitment to human rights but increasingly that seems only for human rights for the Buddhist majority in her country.

"When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout"

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True this ethnic cleansing is being carried out by militia hiding behind the  religion of Buddhism. Doing nothing seems to be the adopted position of political leaders. It is incredibly awful for the people who are displaced. 

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I read an article on the Beeb today that put it in some perspective. Essentially it said that Suu Kyi doesn't have as much control as we would like to think (the military are still deeply entrenched in positions of power) and that this genocide does have mass popular support amongst the regular Burmese people. Challenging this is a dangerous political Tightrope for someone who was only recently a major political prisoner, though I agree she's not being critical enough if at all. I feel as though she's partly not as secure in her position as she'd like to be, and that with regards to the rohingya she's not keen on sticking her neck out for them either. They are unfortunately the victims of political pragmatism.

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7 hours ago, ckn said:

As with extremists everywhere, they like having the shelter of the religious name which automatically gets them some protections and local support but they're about as Buddhist as Ian Brady and Myra Hyndley.

Agreed - it's nothing to do with religion; it has everything to do with power. 

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23 hours ago, gogledd said:

Depressing news... of all the world religions you would have though would never stoop to crimes such as ethnic cleansing it would be Buddhism.

The fundementals of all mainstream religions would create a loving world.  They are all based on spiritiuality and humility and mediation and vital to all of them.

It is also in common that when people are offended vicerally, they will normally believe their reaction is moral righteousness and cite religion.

"You clearly have never met Bob8 then, he's like a veritable Bryan Ferry of RL." - Johnoco 19 Jul 2014

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