We should have sent these guys to Afganistan?

I still don't consider religion to be justification for killing.

Perhaps my faith isn't strong enough?
 
Dave Rishar said:
I still don't consider religion to be justification for killing.

Perhaps my faith isn't strong enough?
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I don't consider politics enough either.
Prehaps I'm unpatriotic.

My late brother, the International Terrorist said:
"No idiology is worth killing for."
"I never killed anyone that didn't deserve it."
"The only reason some people are still alive is it's against the law to kill them."
"That S.O.B. is lucky I have warrents out on me."
 
Me too, particularly as a Christian who worships no idols. But things are different in other cultures. To them, the statue was basically a god, probably as important as anything in their lives. Walk into a highly occupied house and start smashing their most treasured possesions or attacking their dog with a hammer, and you would expect to get a severe a**-kicking. It is unfortunate that he died though. I am unsure if the crowd intentionally wanted to kill him, perhaps it is due to the sheer numbers that lead the beating to be so severe.
 
The statue undoubtably began life as an abode for Brahma. A point of focus. But as time went by, it became more than a representation, maybe a god itself.

I have been studying anamistic cultures in Indonesia, Africa, India, Nepal and Nagaland. Statues, masks, often weapons, and sacred clothing have attained a level of highly collectable art, but the authentic pieces were all created as tools do do a specific job, or as an abode for spirits or ancestors.

The destruction of one of these pieces would be very serious to the people who worshipped the spirit in residence.

I can understand their reaction and it is certainly a tragic loss to the Thai. But not worth killing someone over. Probably the killers came with a burden to lay at Brahma's feet and found this mental case with a hammer. and they went nuts and killed him.

Religious zealots of any stripe scare me with their irrationality.
 
Bill Marsh said:
The statue undoubtably began life as an abode for Brahma. A point of focus. But as time went by, it became more than a representation, maybe a god itself.

I have been studying anamistic cultures in Indonesia, Africa, India, Nepal and Nagaland. Statues, masks, often weapons, and sacred clothing have attained a level of highly collectable art, but the authentic pieces were all created as tools do do a specific job, or as an abode for spirits or ancestors.

The destruction of one of these pieces would be very serious to the people who worshipped the spirit in residence.

I can understand their reaction and it is certainly a tragic loss to the Thai. But not worth killing someone over. Probably the killers came with a burden to lay at Brahma's feet and found this mental case with a hammer. and they went nuts and killed him.

Religious zealots of any stripe scare me with their irrationality.
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Zealots of any stripe scare me with their irrationality, Bill. I was sickened earilier by this story

BTW, Bill, I still can't thank you enough for your CARE package. Every time I look at them I feel the karma of Uncle Bill, passed to me through you.
 
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I think the humblest were too busy looting in New Orleans and shooting at rescuers to worry about any more free government cheese, Jimmings.

The real humblest are now teaching in Afganistan again, freed by America to practise medicine and other professional occupations, women are emerging to take their nation into the future.

Political cartoons too often are cheap sloganeering, making easy bad guys and good guys, when issues are much more complex.




munk
 
munk said:
I think the humblest were too busy looting in New Orleans and shooting at rescuers to worry about any more free government cheese, Jimmings.

The real humblest are now teaching in Afganistan again, freed by America to practise medicine and other professional occupations, women are emerging to take their nation into the future.

Political cartoons too often are cheap sloganeering, making easy bad guys and good guys, when issues are much more complex.




munk
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Issues are always more complex.
There are always unanticipated consequences.
Never trust absolutes.
 
Yes, issues are complex. But, I think most of the killing in the world has been done in the name of religion or politics.

Actually, I can't think of any large amount of killing that didn't involve either.
 
Regardless of the name, it is people who kill people.
Reasons for war:
hunger or other deprivation
conquest- wanting more
strong belief systems- religion, philosophy,

munk
 
They said Troy was about a woman...but I think it came down to both politics *and* religion.
 
Darn it, Nasty, I saw your name in the mod square but you're still listed as a member?

You are the hardest individual to make into a mod in the history of BF, I think. Does the proton nebulizer keep breaking every time Spark trys to put it over your head, or what?

No matter. You're our mod, and are worth waiting for.




munk
 
hehehe...shhh! I'm under cover...all the power but *no* responsibility and don't draw undue attention.

Danny in Japan - Please note my stealthy movements...ninja worthy, no? I fully expect another belt awarded for my achievments.
 
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