Muslims in general do not assimilate well as minorities, and if they get to be the majority, the minorities don't fare well under them. I feel concern for the individual refugees, but not too much.
Of course they are Muslim, so our main obsession must be what have they done wrong to incite the good people of Burma to attack them violently and destroy their businesses.
The pay quote here is where Aun San Suu Kiy says "she was a politician long before she was described as a human rights champion." And she is not an untouchable deity like the Dalai Lama.
And she is not an untouchable deity like the Dalai Lama.
She is gutsy. I doubt too many can call her out given her track record of confrontational politics.
BBC has a 90 sec video on the Rohingya Crisis, mostly likely a slanted view but also gives an Aung San Suu Kyi's supporters viewpoint.
Or are her words becoming her reality?:
It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.
Ever since they handed out Nobel Peace Prizes for "actions to be taken in the future" (particularly when the recipient would go on to expand one war and start a few more) I've decided to refer to the Prize as the "Award for Not Being George Bush" because clearly that's the only criteria for receiving it.
So one Not-George-Bush has criticized another Not-George-Bush for something? Who cares? Wake me when our current prize-winning president does something peaceful, as the Nobel Committee so clairvoyantly predicted.
The Dalai Lama is a religious celebrity, and his incoherent and sophomoric babbling about world affairs reflects a lot of celebrity, but not much religion. He spends most of his life lecturing before worshipful college students so his anemic powers of reason have atrophied to those of sheltered teenagers. As far as the Muslims of Burma are concerned, you really have to be a super asshole to make Buddhists want to kill you.
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Muslims in general do not assimilate well as minorities, and if they get to be the majority, the minorities don't fare well under them. I feel concern for the individual refugees, but not too much.
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Of course they are Muslim, so our main obsession must be what have they done wrong to incite the good people of Burma to attack them violently and destroy their businesses.
I don't know enough about the situation there (who is killing whom and why) to have an opinion.
The pay quote here is where Aun San Suu Kiy says "she was a politician long before she was described as a human rights champion."
And she is not an untouchable deity like the Dalai Lama.
I think the important issue is whether or not the Dalai Lama and Aung San Suu Kyi are men pretending to be women.
He should call out Yasir Arafat, I'm sure, being the Dali Lama, he has connections.
Nasty business, I'm sure, but it looks like the Myanmarese are not taking any chances.
@Sebastian:
"Nasty business, I'm sure, but it looks like the Myanmarese are not taking any chances."
It rarely takes long for one to see how deep the rot goes.
And she is not an untouchable deity like the Dalai Lama.
She is gutsy. I doubt too many can call her out given her track record of confrontational politics.
BBC has a 90 sec video on the Rohingya Crisis, mostly likely a slanted view but also gives an Aung San Suu Kyi's supporters viewpoint.
Or are her words becoming her reality?:
It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.
Why do I so not care?
Does that make me a bad person?
I'm much more interested in Laslo and Scarlett...and whether they ear-fuck.
- Krumhorn
The hypocrisy is strong with this one. Where is the Dalai Lama's condemnation of violence against the Dorje Shugden?
The DL is a wussy who won't fight for his own country. Where does he get off criticizing anyone else for their actions?
Ever since they handed out Nobel Peace Prizes for "actions to be taken in the future" (particularly when the recipient would go on to expand one war and start a few more) I've decided to refer to the Prize as the "Award for Not Being George Bush" because clearly that's the only criteria for receiving it.
So one Not-George-Bush has criticized another Not-George-Bush for something? Who cares? Wake me when our current prize-winning president does something peaceful, as the Nobel Committee so clairvoyantly predicted.
If that's the criteria, then we all win. Except Bush. Sorry.
The Dalai Lama is a religious celebrity, and his incoherent and sophomoric babbling about world affairs reflects a lot of celebrity, but not much religion. He spends most of his life lecturing before worshipful college students so his anemic powers of reason have atrophied to those of sheltered teenagers. As far as the Muslims of Burma are concerned, you really have to be a super asshole to make Buddhists want to kill you.
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