No I haven't and don't plan to. Also I did not refer to your post. I believe I quoted lyndon taylor.Meggo wrote: You actually haven't addressed my post, which you seem to point at here.
Where i talked about your friend.
That is pretty weak. Quoting a guy who you yourself described as your friend only to deny that later?Buddha Vacana wrote:No I haven't and don't plan to. Also I did not refer to your post. I believe I quoted lyndon taylor.Meggo wrote: You actually haven't addressed my post, which you seem to point at here.
Where i talked about your friend.
And no he is not my friend. You seem to think I agree with what that person says.
There is way too much vitriol in your words, I'll steer clear, thanks.
And who expresses fascist ideas, which clearly are not vile enough to be of any concern to you but then denying me a proper answer because my criticism of his ethnocentric Blut und Boden philosophy contains too much vitriol? Not really convincing.One of my Burmese friends from Mandalay shared this on facebook
I see the misunderstanding here. My friend shared a post written by someone else on facebook. Hence the author is no friend of mine. Also, that friend is a friend because it is someone who helped me arrange meditation retreats in Burmese places, not because I agree with her idea of politics. But I think it is better to listen to what people have to say rather than claiming you already know while you are actually unwittingly misunderstanding the situation.Meggo wrote:Quoting a guy who you yourself described as your friend only to deny that later?
In all honesty, please tell me: before reading this post,were you aware of the existence of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army and what they have been up to recently?Meggo wrote:I don't see any misunderstanding. You have a friend who likes fascist philosophy you found worthy of posting. You don't like to be criticized for that and call that poisonous.
In October 2016, the group, calling itself Harakah al-Yaqin (or, Faith Movement), claimed responsibility for attacks on Burmese border posts along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, which left 9 border officers and 4 soldiers dead.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arakan_ ... ation_ArmyOn 25 August 2017, the group claimed responsibility for coordinated attacks on police posts and an attempted raid on an army base. The government announced a death toll of 77 Rohingya insurgents and 12 security forces in northern Maungdaw following the attacks. The government stated that they had attacked a police station in the Maungdaw District with a handmade bomb alongside the coordinated attacks on several police posts. The ARSA claimed they were taking "defensive actions" in 25 different locations and accused government soldiers of raping and killing civilians. The group also claimed that Rathedaung had been under a blockade for more than two weeks, starving the Rohingya, and that the government forces were preparing to do the same in Maungdaw.[21]
On 26 August 2017, over 4,000 ethnic Rakhines fled their villages as fighting between the ARSA and the Tatmadaw escalated.[22]
The government in August 2017 accused the ARSA of killing 12 civilians, including Hindus and Muslims, some of whom were suspected by the ARSA of being government informants.[23][24][25]
ARSA in a statement on 28 August released a statement, calling government allegations against it as "baseless" and sought to represent its cause as defense of Rohingya rights.[15] Bangladesh meanwhile has proposed joint military operations with Myanmar against ARSA.
I have been aware of their existence but i have not been aware of what they have been up to recently. The reason is i am not very fond of reading about war and violence which is happening on this planet. But i think we are talking past each other, let's see.Buddha Vacana wrote:In all honesty, please tell me: before reading this post,were you aware of the existence of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army and what they have been up to recently?Meggo wrote:I don't see any misunderstanding. You have a friend who likes fascist philosophy you found worthy of posting. You don't like to be criticized for that and call that poisonous.
Yes it gets ugly because people believe in sides. Therefore groups of people can easily be mobilized leading to mass scale atrocities. I am not on any side. What is right and wrong should be analyzed on an individual level, like i i tried to do with the post/ individual you quoted.War is ugly. There are many sides to this tragedy.
Yes and no, because regardless of a given history which is always open to interpretation and revision you have to hold the individual accountable for his/ her own actions. So called History can lead to actions but doesn't excuse them ever. So criticizing somebody for their ethnocentric views can be done regardless of what happened to him, his relatives or "his country".Every tragedy has a history. Claiming to have a fair idea of what is happening without knowing the history nor listening to what locals have to say is not a wise thing to do. Understanding is not the same as condoning. It is easy to judge from our comfortable chairs what happens in conflict torn areas.
Hi SDCSDC wrote:It was never enough to qualify as the dominant view of the forum, which is the story you are trying to tell everyone.lyndon taylor wrote:I was speaking on the forum in general, and it was more than just a small handful of posters.
Hard to believe the Rohingya, such a poor, powerless & small minority, are making war against such a large majority. Maybe it is best to give up the 'Buddhist vs Muslim' identity charade and look a bit deeper into the economic & corporate reasons why that part of Burma is being conveniently depopulated. With the USA & NATO bombing Libya due to an alleged fake uprising, with a Syrian terrorism going on for 5 years by outsiders and with a fake Aleppo Holocaust alert last year by all political & media groups, we still believe the cowboys vs Indians rhetoric. Have we all forgotten the nonsensical Aleppo hysteria from last year & the Bana al-Abed Twitter girl?Buddha Vacana wrote:War is ugly. There are many sides to this tragedy. Every tragedy has a hisrory. Claiming to have a fair idea of what is happening without knowing the history nor listening to what locals have to say is not a wise thing to do. Understanding is not the same as condoning. It is easy to judge from our comfortable chairs what happens in conflict torn areas.
Still not "the dominant view" on forum, Mr Hero, though, as usual, it seems your agenda is otherwise.Mr Man wrote:Hi SDCSDC wrote:It was never enough to qualify as the dominant view of the forum, which is the story you are trying to tell everyone.lyndon taylor wrote:I was speaking on the forum in general, and it was more than just a small handful of posters.
It does come top down though
https://dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f ... 20#p436641
What's the agenda SDC?SDC wrote:Still not "the dominant view" on forum, Mr Hero, though, as usual, it seems your agenda is otherwise.Mr Man wrote:Hi SDCSDC wrote:
It was never enough to qualify as the dominant view of the forum, which is the story you are trying to tell everyone.
It does come top down though
https://dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f ... 20#p436641
I'm too small for your fishing netsMr Man wrote: What's the agenda SDC?
You mean you were just posting falsehoods?SDC wrote:I'm too small for your fishing netsMr Man wrote: What's the agenda SDC?
Still too small for you to catch...Mr Man wrote:You mean you were just posting falsehoods?
What are you even talking about. I'm not trying to catch you, sorry.SDC wrote:Still too small for you to catch...Mr Man wrote:You mean you were just posting falsehoods?
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