Acidus wrote:

A scuffle broke out Thursday between saffron-robed monks and anti-war demonstrators at peace rally in Sri Lankan capital.

About six or seven monks from a right-wing Buddhist faction had stormed the stage during a peace rally attended by about 1,000 people in the capital, Colombo, shouting pro-war slogans, an AP reporter at the scene said.

... how does that work? "Fight this war now or we burn ourselves alive?

Maybe Jello, being in India, knows a little more about the civil war in Sri Lanka.

I've been back a year, and I'm no expert on Sri Lanka but basically...

Buddhism in Sri Lanka is like Catholicism in Italy. Its the basis for the country's nationality, the unifying thing about it. The Tamil Tigers disagree with this basic premise, and think that parts of Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu and Indonesia should be united under a common nation based upon Tamil language and culture. The buddhist monks of Sri Lanka have their own political party, and it is against peace talks with the Tamils who murder Buddhists. Thus they were against the peace rally.

Now, does this seem... a religious thing? No. This seems kinda like Americna politics, with Buddism substituted for Christianity.

RE: Pro-war Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka?