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it's bingo heaven in Shwe Dagon (r)
The Squandering of language
> I agree with Susu and others that Roger Bunn has a
rather peculiar >slant on Burmese Buddhism.
Not Burmese buddhism m'dear felows, because in reality there is
no such thing as a national buddhism, only nationalism
And I'm not sure there isn't a certain >ethnocentric arrogance involved,
probably a little , but what the hell.. No one is perfect,. except Susu
that is
too. It's true that SPDC has been
>sponsoring the renovation of the Shwe Dagon, spending a lot of money and
>getting a lot of donations from devout folk.
Really? Is that what the b'stards are doing?
(see the recent article by >Aung Zaw in IRRAWADDY).
Their motives certainly are not pure. But >politics has always
been mixed up with religion.
Not in England.. Anyway, not since the Kings troops cut up
my great great great g/father that was.
Despite the junta's >occupation of the pagoda,
Troops in a pagoda!!?? Whatever next? Clinton and an the
return of an intern?
it still is a place where Burmese people (and >foreigners, too)
(oh no, not them)
can find peace and solace. A greater source of
>consolation, I would say, than kicking the junta out of the Sydney
>Olympics!
Goes to show the limited dimension within which they
single brain cell doth operate?
> Also, I think it's true that as terrible as the Ne Win and
>SLORC/SPDC regimes have been, they've not been as bad as Pol Pot in
>Cambodia and Mao in China, where a revolutionary regime tried to
>eradicate the country's culture and religion. Buddhism does provide a
>kind of normative framework for even the generals (which is NOT to say I
>support them).
> So if Roger wants to support democracy i Burma, he's got to realize
>that being anti-religious is not going to get him anywhere!
>
No one is anti-religious around here Don Seekins...
No one at all...
Om Ma Ne Pad Me Hum chaps
bye
and thanks, I respect you..
Rr