BREAKING NEWS
August 17, 2006
Buddhist Monks Brawl at Peace Protest
Protestors calling for an end to recent violence in Sri Lanka found themselves brawling with hardline Buddhist monks today, after a rally dubbed a “peace protest” turned unexpectedly violent.
Organisers said there were around 1000 people in a park in the capital, Colombo, listening to a range of speakers when hardline saffron-robed monks opposed to concessions to Tamil Tiger rebels mounted the stage and erected banners.
Some more moderate Buddhist monks, protesting for peace, were already on the stage when punches were thrown. Soon, monks' robes and fists were flying, although no one was badly hurt, witnesses said.
"They were saying we should go to war," said pro-peace monk Madampawe Assagee.
Sri Lanka currently is embroiled in the worst fighting with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) since a 2002 truce, with many believing a two-decade civil war has resumed. Hardline monks - allies of President Mahinda Rajapakse - say the government is too soft on the rebels and want military action.
The hardline monks are violently opposed to Tiger demands for a separate Tamil homeland.
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Push Comes To Shove; Even Monks Are Pushing Back
By: Pete Kendall, August 17, 2006 |
The main social influence of a bear market is to cause society to polarize in countless ways. That polarity shows up in every imaginable context — social, religious, political, racial, corporate, by class and otherwise. Separatism becomes a force as territories polarize.
Conquer the Crash |
How's this for bear market social behaviour?
--Chad
It fits in with the uptick in global mayhem that was first described here on July 13. With deeply set religious and racial animosities and more than two decades of separatist activity, Sri Lanka is one of the best places to catch early glimpses of the truly divisive political movements of the future. The Tamil Tigers formed in 1972, right before the worst bear market since the Great Depression. After two decades of civil war, a truce was reached in 2002, but that ended in July when warfare between the Tigers and Sri Lanka military re-ignited. In the latest incident, the Sri Lankan Air force carried out a attack on rebel territory, killing scores of young Tamil schoolgirls attending a course on first aid. After initially claiming the target was a rebel training camp, Sri Lankan government officials and military generals, openly stated that children were legitimate targets, regardless of "age or gender" One military official declared, "If the children are terrorists, what can we do?" People lose control in bear markets. When it's a really big one, it can bring the monks to blows. |
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