Buddhist mobs killed 94-year-old Muslim woman, burned more than 70 homes

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/02/world/asia/myanmar-buddhists-kill-woman-94.html

Myanmar: Buddhists Kill Woman, 94
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 1, 2013

Buddhist mobs killed a 94-year-old Muslim woman and burned more than 70 homes on Tuesday as sectarian violence again gripped Rakhine State, despite a visit by the president aimed at resolving the tensions, officials and residents said. More than 700 rioters, some swinging swords, took to the streets in Thabyuchaing, the police said. An elderly Muslim woman was stabbed to death, a police officer said, and 70 to 80 homes were set on fire. President Thein Sein arrived in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State, on Tuesday, his first visit to the region since sectarian violence broke out more than a year ago. Since then, more than 240 people have been killed and more than 140,000 have fled their homes.

[pipoman]

1. Don't tell me the Buddhists are going to lose their fucking minds now...

[Atman]

2. Then they weren't really Buddhists.

Period.

[Orrex]

4. They probably weren't true Scotsmen either.

[Warpy]

5. Well, they certainly missed the point.

They remind me of a lot of Christians who haven't read that book they try to batter the rest of us with.

I'm not surprised by this, just sad.

[TygrBright]

3. Because WWBD? n/t

[liberal_at_heart]

6. I fear we will see more of this now that the Dalai Lama is no longer in a leadership role.

I wish the human race wasn't this way, but it really does seem that when there is a vacuum of leadership people seem to just go whichever way their emotions take them. And Buddhists who are really practicing their belief are suppose to be more in control of their emotions. That is really sad that an elderly woman died and so many lost their homes.

[xiamiam]

7. this does not make any sense..at all..nt

[Jester Messiah]

8. *facepalm*

Well, that's what happens when you substitute religion for reason.

[A HERETIC I AM]

9. If there was ever a thread that I wanted to respond to....

but knew...just KNEW the post would get alerted on and probably hidden, this is that thread.


"Then they weren't really Buddhists. Period."





OK...that's enough.