Friday, August 18, 2006

We're talking about those orange nite-gowned, hands folded, bowed- and bald-headed Monks.
Protesters calling for an end to recent violence in Sri Lanka found themselves brawling with hardline Buddhist monks Thursday, after a rally dubbed a "peace protest" turned unexpectedly violent.
See, we're not the only ones who've become aggitated by terrorism! I don't think I've heard of Red-Christians and Blue Christians who've come out swinging over it.
Organizers said there were around 1,000 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.
That would have been a fauxtograph Reuters wouldn't have had to Photoshop.
"They were saying we should go to war," said pro-peace monk Madampawe Assagee. "We like to listen to other opinions so we let them do that but then they started fighting and we couldn't control some of our people. They tried to make it a big fight but we settled it in a few minutes."
MORAL: don't spit in to the wind or mess with Big Bad Peace-monk!

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HT: Kairos Journal

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